Manatee Mayhem Part Deux - 2017 Edition (Page 28)

oh no, so sorry! Feel better soon.

And post puppy pictures!!

Happy Birthday Stacey. I hope you feel like celebrating.

Oh no, sorry you weren't able to race Stacey! Glad you listened to your body though.

I had a pretty good 10-miler, not really a "race" for me but a training run (race report here). Had a lot of volume on my legs, including 8 miles the day before that inexplicably left my legs super fatigued. Not sure what I was thinking signing up for two race weekends in a row - I've got a half marathon on Saturday 

I signed up for the NYC tri  for 2018!

Woo hoo!

Stacey,

I hope that you are feeling better!

Exciting!

Touching base. We are back from the frigid waters of the Great White North. Vacation is cool. Reality, not so much.

That is all.

Truth!  Welcome back, may your return to reality be as gentle as possible.

Stacey, good to see you've had notable improvement at least. There was a few year stretch I had more mild to moderate ones, but still migraine. Some of the simplest lights could set things off. A training session at work did, so I had to write in a complaint about it. Couldn't finish it and had to write in about it. Messed up the rest of the work day. Also had fun with the alarm system tests, which had sharp flashing lights. Had to exit the building whether it was a drill or now. Covering my face didn't help.

Through  few doctors, it was traced down to some allergies heightening things (also causing substantial congestion), and significant tightness in the trapezius muscles. That had come on from swimming a bunch, this was before masters, so didn't know what I was doing as well. Had some medical massages prescribed to work things out. First time in it felt like I had steel cables running through the muscles, things were just that tight.

I had to defer this July cause my hubbie was really sick. I have done this one before and it is a great race.

Welcome Tracy! Feel free to join in the thread.

Chris said it best over in Thread 1. I'll copy his post below.

Welcome to the Manatees. We are all mentors and mentees, which sounds like manatees--hence our name. Some iteration of this group has been going on for over 11 seasons and I've lost track of what season we are in! All experience levels and goals welcome.

We have not-yet-triathletes, multiple-iron finishers, runners, bikers and swimming specialists. We are everything from beginners to veterans, and everyone in between. Our training philosophies, gear, locations, and methods are similarly varied. We are very committed to health and to each other. We are an extremely supportive and very active group, as Janyne likes to say, inactive Manatees make us sad. Please check in (even to admit you're procrastinating or overwhelmed) and be passionate. Keeping up your training log here on BT and opening it to other group members is mandatory. This helps us all connect through messages such as Inspires and PM's, which some of us do on a regular basis. (If you don't know how, we'll help you). We have members that have been here a while and really know how this site works. We are ready and willing to help guide you through the wealth of resources found on BT. We also use a variety of other tools, such as Strava, Instagram, and other Social Media sites to encourage, support, and get to know each other better. We believe the journey is the reward, and look forward to having you as a fellow traveler and a friend.

As always, any former Manatees are welcome at any time. To join, Please respond to this message and include (or later add) your bio.

Bio: Please add information from the format below and/or whatever you'd like to share.

NAME: What you're actually called.

OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook, Twitter, or whatever name/handle you use from any other social media site if you'd like us to follow along.

STORY: Who you are, why you want to do endurance/multisport, any athletic background/none

FAMILY STATUS: Family situation (single/partnered/family/pets)

CURRENT TRAINING: If/how you have been training so far

THIS YEAR'S RACES/EVENTS: If any have been chosen or are on the possibilities list.

GOALS/OBJECTIVES/DESIRES: What do you hope to get out of this?

WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD MANATEE: Why do you want to join this group?

Tracy's post reminded me, we need to be on the lookout for what they are going to do with the Mentor Groups at the end of the year!

The categories are not mutually exclusive!! Congrats on the upgrade.  Sorry your weather is nasty, my weather is finally nice and is perfect training weather. Unfortunately, we will be hot and humid again in no time

Nice!