Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 298)

Originally posted by Asalzwed

Hmmm, I agree with Yanti about the 2 weeks unstructured/easy (but not entirely off.) You are saying essentially a 20 week marathon build up with a HM right in the middle there?

First of all, don't run the HM at mary pace, run it at HM pace. Running it at Mary pace will tell you nothing. Typically if I am doing a tune up HM it's 5-6 weeks out from a marathon but not a huge deal that it's 10. It's just a little less telling. 

Originally posted by switch

If there is any group that can appreciate this story, it is you all.  This most definitely could be a TMI post, so if you don't like that kinda thing, you probably wanna skip it.

My husband had a vasectomy a month or so ago, and he was ready to have a sample checked to make sure it was successful.  I work at the hospital, so I volunteered to drop off a sample for him today. We didn't have a specimen cup, but he put it in a tiny tupperware, and told me he had stuck it in the side pocket of my back-pack.

As I approached the lab counter I thought of all of you as I seriously considered announcing "I'm here to drop off some semen," but instead decided on "I have a post-vasectomy sample from my husband to drop off." (Boooring).  The three people behind the counter, two men and a woman, had been chillin while having a little down time in the lab.  The woman stepped up to the counter, and asked for the paperwork etc, and then she asked me for the sample, at which point I went into the side pocket of my backpack to retrieve it. 

The tupperware was empty.  My side pocket, not so much.

Fach me.

I busted out laughing and said "Can you swab the inside of my backpack pocket?" at which point the guys busted up and left, and the woman somehow managed a fairly straight faced, "I'm afraid not" and, "Maybe there's some stuck to the lid?" followed by a quick, "There's a sink around the corner."

I called my husband and told him what had happened and he was like "I'm sure I sealed it tightly! I checked!" and I assured him that I knew he probably had it probably was just not that tight of a container.  Then he asked me if there was enough to get a swab for me to look at under a microscope. 

???

OK. I'm done.

Originally posted by brigby1

I'm hoping they can expand too. The Arizona race used to be in Las Vegas and included the full 250k. Badly wanted to do that one because of exactly where they had all parts of the course going, but didn't get the chance. I do like running, but not so big on the thought of a full marathon. Bend is the back of my mind and I keep coming closer to going for it.

Originally posted by switch

If there is any group that can appreciate this story, it is you all.  This most definitely could be a TMI post, so if you don't like that kinda thing, you probably wanna skip it.

My husband had a vasectomy a month or so ago, and he was ready to have a sample checked to make sure it was successful.  I work at the hospital, so I volunteered to drop off a sample for him today. We didn't have a specimen cup, but he put it in a tiny tupperware, and told me he had stuck it in the side pocket of my back-pack.

As I approached the lab counter I thought of all of you as I seriously considered announcing "I'm here to drop off some semen," but instead decided on "I have a post-vasectomy sample from my husband to drop off." (Boooring).  The three people behind the counter, two men and a woman, had been chillin while having a little down time in the lab.  The woman stepped up to the counter, and asked for the paperwork etc, and then she asked me for the sample, at which point I went into the side pocket of my backpack to retrieve it. 

The tupperware was empty.  My side pocket, not so much.

Fach me.

I busted out laughing and said "Can you swab the inside of my backpack pocket?" at which point the guys busted up and left, and the woman somehow managed a fairly straight faced, "I'm afraid not" and, "Maybe there's some stuck to the lid?" followed by a quick, "There's a sink around the corner."

I called my husband and told him what had happened and he was like "I'm sure I sealed it tightly! I checked!" and I assured him that I knew he probably had it probably was just not that tight of a container.  Then he asked me if there was enough to get a swab for me to look at under a microscope. 

???

OK. I'm done.

Originally posted by Richardsdrr The ultra is a 24 hour race, http://www.equinox24.co.uk/about/I thought I'd sign up for it as, being a 24 hr race, there is no pressure, so to speak. I'm kind of treating it as a weekend away to see what I can do. Whether that is only a Mary, 50 km, 50 mile, 2 x Mary's with a sleep on between, 50 mile etc it really doesn't matter. I'm just there to enjoy it. No, I haven't done an ultra before, having only done one official Mary and one impromptu drunken Mary at x o'clock in the morning that Yanti mentioned, so, whatever I do should be a distance PR. I'm gonna be tracking my run there with Endomondo, so if any of you have that installed on their phone/computer, feel free to follow me. There's a good feature on there that me and my BIL had fun with, where you can send motivational comments to people on their runs, and the phone would read the comments out. We used to send "your mama...." Type comments to each other whilst training, really good laugh when your busting a gut up a hill to have you're one tell you "Yo mama is so fat that when she gets in an elevator, it has to go down.". But it could be used to give proper encouragement (hint, hint). This ultra is possibly the last race for me this year, and it will act as an end to the haphazard way I've been training and booking races. I haven't been sticking to any plan, with no consistency, and no real direction. I'm currently in the process of drawing up a plan for the next 11 months, including booking in races. So far, I have a marathon booked for the 25th of May. Looking at booking a HM as a tune up 10 weeks from that, this one http://www.btrliverpool.com/event/half-marathon/#the-coursewith 10 weeks training running up to that. I'm looking at using the plan in Daniels book for those 20 weeks. Before the start, I'm looking at having 2 weeks off over Christmas and leading up to Christmas week 12 weeks of Mary training using macmillan's plan with a marathon at the end to check where my fitness level is before starting the 20 week plan in January 14. The Edingburgh Marathon in May is gonna be my A race, with a current aim of getting close to 3:30 hrs, but that could change up or down depending on my mara time in December, and my HM time in March. After that its all guns blazing for IM 70.3 weisbaden, in August. I will need to fit in some serious hill work on the bike into my mara schedule (pronounced shed-duel ) for the run up to this race, possibly from Feb I'm thinking of starting regular trainer road sessions on the bike to increase my FTP with long sustained efforts, intervals at about 95% FTP (any good Ben?). My biggest problem is getting to a pool regularly due to work times/opening times/ class times etc. which is a shame because its the one thing I don't have to pay to go to because I get it free, being an ex-serviceman. So, there it is, the crap that is going through my head constantly, that I try not to spew out too often. Any comments?

Originally posted by TriAya

Soooo ... Manatees always get first crack (the good kind!) ... anybody want to be a virtual pacer for one of my IMJ legs?

I'm taking two pacers for each km of the swim, one for each 10km of the bike, two for each 5km of the run.

The challenge should you choose to accept is to virtually race with me and cheer me on, and in turn I shall be thinking of you beside me, speaking with you and praying for you during that part of the race.

You don't have to be awake--you can send in advance or hell even after if you forget--Spirit knows no bounds of time or place.

THANK YOU!!!!

Originally posted by StaceyK This morning I managed to spend 2 hours at the vet because Bruce (my stupid dumb dog) likes to eat rocks and he ended up with one stuck about 2" from the end of his bowel. Thankfully the vet managed to get it out without having to resort to surgery (actually without even sedating him). It turned out that the rock was a bit over 1" in diameter, FACHMIE!!! It was definitely not a pretty way to start the day! I really don't know how those of you who work in medical fields, be it animal or human, cope with that sort of shyte every. But no-one we have spoken with can give us a definitive reason as to why some dogs eat rocks. There are 3 theories so far 1) they are bored; 2) they are deficient in some kind of mineral but no-one can say what; or 3) they just like the taste of them.

Originally posted by amd723 4th reason- they're big dopes!Glad it work out. There was a Golden Retriever over here who recently made the news for eating 16 river rocks. He needed surgery and I believe the reason he ate them was he is a big dope

Originally posted by amd723 Will you be swimming in the radiation water?!

Originally posted by brigby1

I'm hoping they can expand too. The Arizona race used to be in Las Vegas and included the full 250k. Badly wanted to do that one because of exactly where they had all parts of the course going, but didn't get the chance. I do like running, but not so big on the thought of a full marathon. Bend is the back of my mind and I keep coming closer to going for it.

Originally posted by Asalzwed

I just want to put my head on my desk and sleep. For various reasons. Do you think anyone will notice?

Originally posted by switch

If there is any group that can appreciate this story, it is you all.  This most definitely could be a TMI post, so if you don't like that kinda thing, you probably wanna skip it.

My husband had a vasectomy a month or so ago, and he was ready to have a sample checked to make sure it was successful.  I work at the hospital, so I volunteered to drop off a sample for him today. We didn't have a specimen cup, but he put it in a tiny tupperware, and told me he had stuck it in the side pocket of my back-pack.

As I approached the lab counter I thought of all of you as I seriously considered announcing "I'm here to drop off some semen," but instead decided on "I have a post-vasectomy sample from my husband to drop off." (Boooring).  The three people behind the counter, two men and a woman, had been chillin while having a little down time in the lab.  The woman stepped up to the counter, and asked for the paperwork etc, and then she asked me for the sample, at which point I went into the side pocket of my backpack to retrieve it. 

The tupperware was empty.  My side pocket, not so much.

Fach me.

I busted out laughing and said "Can you swab the inside of my backpack pocket?" at which point the guys busted up and left, and the woman somehow managed a fairly straight faced, "I'm afraid not" and, "Maybe there's some stuck to the lid?" followed by a quick, "There's a sink around the corner."

I called my husband and told him what had happened and he was like "I'm sure I sealed it tightly! I checked!" and I assured him that I knew he probably had it probably was just not that tight of a container.  Then he asked me if there was enough to get a swab for me to look at under a microscope. 

???

OK. I'm done.

Originally posted by Asalzwed

I just want to put my head on my desk and sleep. For various reasons. Do you think anyone will notice?

Originally posted by StaceyK This morning I managed to spend 2 hours at the vet because Bruce (my stupid dumb dog) likes to eat rocks and he ended up with one stuck about 2" from the end of his bowel. Thankfully the vet managed to get it out without having to resort to surgery (actually without even sedating him). It turned out that the rock was a bit over 1" in diameter, FACHMIE!!! It was definitely not a pretty way to start the day! I really don't know how those of you who work in medical fields, be it animal or human, cope with that sort of shyte every. But no-one we have spoken with can give us a definitive reason as to why some dogs eat rocks. There are 3 theories so far 1) they are bored; 2) they are deficient in some kind of mineral but no-one can say what; or 3) they just like the taste of them.

Originally posted by Asalzwed

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that is amazing!!! 

I think there is such thing as TMI but this is not it.

I would respect you more if you had said, "I'm here to drop off the semen" or "drop off a load" or wad or ... I dunno. You are boring. 

Originally posted by switch

If there is any group that can appreciate this story, it is you all.  This most definitely could be a TMI post, so if you don't like that kinda thing, you probably wanna skip it.

My husband had a vasectomy a month or so ago, and he was ready to have a sample checked to make sure it was successful.  I work at the hospital, so I volunteered to drop off a sample for him today. We didn't have a specimen cup, but he put it in a tiny tupperware, and told me he had stuck it in the side pocket of my back-pack.

As I approached the lab counter I thought of all of you as I seriously considered announcing "I'm here to drop off some semen," but instead decided on "I have a post-vasectomy sample from my husband to drop off." (Boooring).  The three people behind the counter, two men and a woman, had been chillin while having a little down time in the lab.  The woman stepped up to the counter, and asked for the paperwork etc, and then she asked me for the sample, at which point I went into the side pocket of my backpack to retrieve it. 

The tupperware was empty.  My side pocket, not so much.

Fach me.

I busted out laughing and said "Can you swab the inside of my backpack pocket?" at which point the guys busted up and left, and the woman somehow managed a fairly straight faced, "I'm afraid not" and, "Maybe there's some stuck to the lid?" followed by a quick, "There's a sink around the corner."

I called my husband and told him what had happened and he was like "I'm sure I sealed it tightly! I checked!" and I assured him that I knew he probably had it probably was just not that tight of a container.  Then he asked me if there was enough to get a swab for me to look at under a microscope. 

???

OK. I'm done.

Originally posted by jmkizer

Emma takes exception to her breed being described as dopes!  She would never eat rock.  Poop, maybe, but a rock?  No!

Originally posted by jmkizer

I have not done this particular event but I have participated in an event that uses the lake.

http://www.triangleopenwater.com/nuclear.html

Originally posted by TriAya

Soooo ... Manatees always get first crack (the good kind!) ... anybody want to be a virtual pacer for one of my IMJ legs?

I'm taking two pacers for each km of the swim, one for each 10km of the bike, two for each 5km of the run.

The challenge should you choose to accept is to virtually race with me and cheer me on, and in turn I shall be thinking of you beside me, speaking with you and praying for you during that part of the race.

You don't have to be awake--you can send in advance or hell even after if you forget--Spirit knows no bounds of time or place.

THANK YOU!!!!

Originally posted by switch

If there is any group that can appreciate this story, it is you all.  This most definitely could be a TMI post, so if you don't like that kinda thing, you probably wanna skip it.

My husband had a vasectomy a month or so ago, and he was ready to have a sample checked to make sure it was successful.  I work at the hospital, so I volunteered to drop off a sample for him today. We didn't have a specimen cup, but he put it in a tiny tupperware, and told me he had stuck it in the side pocket of my back-pack.

As I approached the lab counter I thought of all of you as I seriously considered announcing "I'm here to drop off some semen," but instead decided on "I have a post-vasectomy sample from my husband to drop off." (Boooring).  The three people behind the counter, two men and a woman, had been chillin while having a little down time in the lab.  The woman stepped up to the counter, and asked for the paperwork etc, and then she asked me for the sample, at which point I went into the side pocket of my backpack to retrieve it. 

The tupperware was empty.  My side pocket, not so much.

Fach me.

I busted out laughing and said "Can you swab the inside of my backpack pocket?" at which point the guys busted up and left, and the woman somehow managed a fairly straight faced, "I'm afraid not" and, "Maybe there's some stuck to the lid?" followed by a quick, "There's a sink around the corner."

I called my husband and told him what had happened and he was like "I'm sure I sealed it tightly! I checked!" and I assured him that I knew he probably had it probably was just not that tight of a container.  Then he asked me if there was enough to get a swab for me to look at under a microscope. 

???

OK. I'm done.

Originally posted by brigby1

That's how I see it too. Running at MP can have some value, but think that's done more often as a few miles later on in a bigger run. For the half marathon, run it as a half marathon to get a better gauge of your fitness.

Originally posted by TriAya

Soooo ... Manatees always get first crack (the good kind!) ... anybody want to be a virtual pacer for one of my IMJ legs?

I'm taking two pacers for each km of the swim, one for each 10km of the bike, two for each 5km of the run.

The challenge should you choose to accept is to virtually race with me and cheer me on, and in turn I shall be thinking of you beside me, speaking with you and praying for you during that part of the race.

You don't have to be awake--you can send in advance or hell even after if you forget--Spirit knows no bounds of time or place.

THANK YOU!!!!