Beth and Yanti's New Manatees - FULL! :-) (Page 29)

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

Great list Erin....I forgot that my version of "Classic Rock" and most all of the other Manatees' version is probably different by about 15-20 years.  I graduated high school in 71...yes 1971 Beth...not 1871 so I was already married with multiple children when the Big-Haired 80's bands were just getting going.

This is a great list.....This is just what I am looking for...I would have never remembered Stealers Wheel and Blind Faith.  Steve Miller and Lynard Skynyrd on the other hand are some of my all time favorites...that is until a radio station hear in Atl. has a policy that they have to play the Eagles, Skynryd and S. Miller at least 3 times per hour...EACH.....OMG.  But theothers are great and thanks Erin.

 I think you are wise to give the marathon training a hard look.  With job situations like they are right now and the stress that places on people a marathon program is a tough task to start unless you are 100% sure.  I know you will make the right call.

Steve

I graduated high school in 71...yes 1971 Beth...not 1871

i guess i should quite picturing you with a white powdered wig then

good to hear from you Erin!

sounds like work has been really rough - hope things all come out ok!  you will make the right decision, and whatever it is, we are here for you!

I'll have to think about the playlists

i find i run better to slower music.............sort of wierd i suppose, i think it's because i don't feel like i have to keep pace with the music, and it helps me to breathe

here are some artists that i seem to have my best runs (hmmmm that doesn't sound right )

• Goo Goo Dolls
• Matchbox Twenty
• Dashboard Confessional
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Five for Fighting
• Blue October
• Switchfoot
• Cake

not really 'classic' rock, but it doesn't hurt to try something new right?

it's funny, i really haven't put any of my classic favorites on my ipod...............hmmmmmm

i seem to do better when i listen to an 'album', i like knowing which song is coming next

I have to have upbeat stuff for the most part.  I have a few things that are slower but if they hit at the wrong time during a run then I'm hittin' fast forward.

here are some artists that i seem to have my best runs (hmmmm that doesn't sound right )

• Goo Goo Dolls
• Matchbox Twenty
• Dashboard Confessional
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Five for Fighting
• Blue October
• Switchfoot
• Cake

not really 'classic' rock, but it doesn't hurt to try something new right?

I am very cool with new stuff.  These^^^ are some of the things I have already.  I also like Coldplay, etc...and I LOVE Nickleback..."I wanna be a Rock Star" etc.  The girl who loaded my iPod loaded this type of music and I love it but I like to also revert to my classic rock days and she thinks "Classic" means something from the 90's...poor thing...bless her heart.

Steve

Steve

I am sure you have some these groups/songs as well.  I use to work in an office where all they played was classic rock. 

Newer stuff

• 311
• The Fray
• Hinder
• Maroon 5
• 3 Doors Down
• Snow Patrol
• Fuel
• Breaking Benjamin
• Live - anything from Throwing Copper
• AFI
• The Killers

Classic

• DePeche Mode --one of my fav's to run with
• Supertramp
• Cheaptrick
• Meatloaf
• Old Ozzy
• Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
• Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
• More Steve Miller - Jungle Love, Magic Carpet, Take the Money and Run
• Yes - Roundabout
• Queen
• Old Elton John - is Back, Saturday Night's Alright
• Rush
• AC/DC
• Motley Crue
• CCR - plenty on theme to choose from
• Steppenwolf
• Dr Hook  Mama Don't Dance
• Lynard Skynard - Free Bird, Black Betty
• Van Morrison
• The Who

I feel your pain...so to speak.  I have issues with life getting in the way too.  The idea of running was not appealing the last week.  The two weeks before life got too busy.  Like Steve, I get tired of listening to me when I run.  I want to dissacociate and usual can but lately due to frustration I can't get Tweedledee and Tweedledum from work out of my head.  arghhh!!!!

How do other's deal with this?  How do you stop letting life get in the way?  In my case, how do I stop giving up my time set aside during the day to students who want to "talk"?

I call my Tweedledee and Tweedledum "my squirrels." Sometimes they have a cage match with a feather and only the one holding the feather can talk, but they keep snatching it from each other!

Ahem.

Boy, I can really relate to students who want to "talk" ... when I taught at SC I also supervised a bunch of instructors who would need to "talk" about their students, too ..... ARGH!

That means you are a very dedicated, helpful, outstanding instructor!

But taking the time for yourself will make you even more so. I'm kind of terrible at this, but really SCHEDULE IN your workout times and stick to your office hours. If a student comes in with say 5 minutes to go, explain you're happy to see them, but have another appointment you need to leave for immediately afterward (maybe they can e-mail you if they feel they need more time). And it's true, and it's a very important appointment--with yourself!

I posted this in another forum, but hope you get some good stuff out of it!

Here's a random list of songs I dig, with artists when I know them  I'm kind of a classic rock fan. Have fun with your new toy

Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
Hot Blooded
Born to be Wild
Start Me Up
Hurt So Good
Don't Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestra
Free Fallin' - Tom Petty
Harajuku Girls, What You Waiting For, Danger Zone - Gwen Stefani
Soak Up the Sun, Every Day is a Winding Road - Sheryl Crow
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Hell's Bells - ACDC
Mortal Kombat Soundtrack Theme Song
The Impression That I Get - Mighty Mighty Boss Tones
Send Me An Angel - Paul Oakenfold
Listen Like Thieves, Need You Tonight, Devil Inside - INXS
Shake Your Booty, That's the Way I Like It - KC and the Sunshine Band
Pump It, Dum Diddly - Black Eyed Peas
Don't Stop Believing - Journey
The Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels

GOOD LUCK RONEN!!!!!!!

He is running a 10K today! 

Here's Ronen's fine race report--he did AWESOME!

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=150260&posts=2#M2018651

Great job my friend.  You and your wife did GREAT.  Way to make the Manatees proud.

Steve

Hi Manatees!

Sorry I have been such a slackard in checking in - work has gotten crazy busy, and to be honest, i have my own Tweedledee and Tweedledum - they decided to visit me last week - i spent way too much time squirrel caging (that's what i call it when i can't turn my brain off at night and the same thoughts go 'round and 'round)

Amy - sounds like you ended up having a good experience at the clinic.  my only experience with a tri club was back in omaha - i can't say i belonged long enough to say one way or another.  i did attend a tri clinic though and it was awesome

Steve - thanks for getting the conversation going about playlists - great song ideas!  also CONGRATS on your awesome swim volume this month - what do you mean you didn't mention it in the thread?

Suzie - i wish i had the answer to give tweedledee and tweedledum the boot. i do know that generally speaking, if i let them get in the way of my training (which i have certainly done), the longer i let them interfere, the louder their voices become.  a couple of things i try to do to drown out the voices, i try and redirect and really 'see' the sights on a bike or a run.  i also find it helpful to think about the people i *know* on BT.  i try and incorporate tips someone has given me, think about tips someone has requested from me and how to answer, and last but not least, to send positive vibes to someone else going through a tough time - it doesn't always work, but it helps

Ronen - Awesome race!

Erin - i hope things are going smoother at work - hang in there!

Hi mantees! It has been so quiet in here! I have been busy, but the training is going pretty well, actually. Around here, the elementary school students  are ona year-round school schedule, which is to say that they are in school for 9-12 weeks, then out of school for 3 weeks. No long summer vacations. My youngest is on this lovely shool schedule, so it seems that everytime I finally get to where I'm in a groove and am able to start advancing my training much, he goes "off track" and I am stuck with trying to figure out how to train with a 6 year old in tow and a gym daycare that is only open a few hours each day. This usually coincides with my husband being out of town for business. Alas, it happened again this month, but I have really been doing better sticking to the plan. I am feeling very proud of myself for that. As a matter of fact, I am off to my parent's house to try to fit in the other couple miles I didn't get in while the boy and I were at the park today. 

I asked the question about the tri clubs because I have been a member of one of our local clubs for a little over a year, and I feel like I have gotten a lot out of it. They are really good about scheduling both classroom and hands-on clinics covering everything from indoor swimming, open water swimming, bike maintenance, bike fitting, nutrition, to running form. Add to that the online forum, and the calendar they put together of local races, plus the one family-oriented sprint they put on each summer and the many weekly group workouts, and I can't imagine my tri life without it. I just hope that others have the same great opportunity that I have been blessed with.  

How is everyone else doing this week? Staying pretty busy?

Amy, you are doing a fantastic job of training!

I truly don't know how I would have done it with young children - my hat is off to you!

Awesome swim as well!

ps

i'm with Amy, where have all the Manatees gone?

I hope so! I just hope that they come back and tell us about it.

Thanks Beth! You always seem to make me smile. Mwa!

I have been on Spring Break.  It's amazing.  I have only been able to enjoy 3 breaks due to my involvement with athletics for all these years. I took a few days to go enjoy the Texas Hill country.  It was fun.  Hiking up and down some slopes.  Jumping and climbing on rocks.   I have been working out a little to maintain a realm of fitness.  I am getting back in to the swing of things.  Tomorrow, the plan is to ride. 

Not as far as this guy goes.  I coach High SChool baseball and the season has started and I have had a situation with my MIL that shows no end in sight.  She is terminal, in Hospice and the Dr.s have told us that "she will not make it through the weekend"....they have said that quote for 3 WEEKS.  So it has been kind of crazy here....truth be be told...I have had plenty of time to train but haven't had the energy or the motivation...mainly the latter

I have had to cancell one of the races I was looking forward to (Chattanooga Oly.)  Very cool race, I have been told, but I just don't have the $$$ to make it happen.  Fellow Manatee Susan also cancelled this race.

I have been slack on the inspires as well, which is not like me, but hey when you are in a group with Beth and Yanti there is going to be some Inspires thrown around.

Hope everyone is doing well and I hope to get back to training this week and I WILL get back to inspiring ASAP.

Steve

Spring Break, now that brings back some memories (or lack there of )

take care my friend

i'm sorry you had to cancel the race

the lack of motivation is COMPLETELY understandable considering what you have going on in life -

hang in there, we're thinking good thoughts for you!

Thanks Beth.

Steve