MAD MANATEE Mentor Group (TriAya & lmscozz)--CLOSED! (Page 3)

TriAya - 2010-12-22 5:52 PM

jogo - 2010-12-23 5:47 AM

 

So does this mean I made the cut?   YEAH!!!!!  

I would love to pick your brain about intervals.  I just started reading his Book of Running.  

you made the cut only because you mentioned the secret words -- manatee and galloway -- in the same post

by intervals, do you mean run::walk intervals?

his website is also a great resource ... www.jeffgalloway.com

I actually think Marathon (the newest edition) is the best of his books, but all of them are great. He's also done a lot of research/work with women runners in particular, which I dig.

My name is Jo or Joanne.  I am a 46 year old from Michigan.  I have a blended family with 5 kids (ages 28-18), and  2 grandchildren (4 years and 5 months).  I am so excited to have a little one (the 4 year old) coming to Michigan from New Mexico for Christmas.  I have had a lot of fun shopping. 

I asked for Marathon for Christmas and I know I am getting it.  I am also getting a gymboss, run:walk interval timer.  (I know because my dad doesn't own a computer and I bought them through amazon and sent it to him so he could wrap it for me.  I do that so he doesn't have to go shopping and fight crowds.  He tells me what to order and I pretend I am surprised.) 

I trained for a while with someone who did galloway but training with her was like running speed intervals.  I trained for Chicago marathon(loosely followed a plan and made some rookie mistakes) and it was an epic fail.  I am at a point where I am starting from scratch with everything.  I have Jeff's Book of Running but I haven't read much yet.  My 18 year old started training to do her 1st 5k.  I am starting with that.  I am pacing the last chance walkers (3:45) for a 1/2 marathon in April and then doing the Bayshore 1/2 marathon in May.  Last year I did that with the person I mentioned above, doing run:walk, and I felt super strong. I am toying with trying another full at USAF in Sept or I may just do the half.  Registration opens on 1/1/11, so I have time to decide. 

As far as tri's.  I may do a du with my buddy Paul and some people from my running group want to try a tri.  I am toying with it now that my swim coach is back.  Swimming and biking are weaknesses, oh heck, they are all weak.  I am going to really train to do something, whatever, and commit to putting in the work to get me there.  That is my goal. 

1. carla
2. floyd
3. niall
4. mary
5. ryan
6. mike
7. lagnar
8. john
9. tanya
10. jogo
11. louise
12. mrschach
13. jenn
14. redlands beamer
15. tucker
16. claire
17. arek
18. crystal
19. megan
20. kathy

I tell ya, you go out to the store, get on the bike for a 45 minute ride and whoosh, the manatees are full and we're off to the races, so to speak.

Welcome everyone! And, I love that line, Chlorine is my perfume, because, well, it's mine, too!

Night, night MAD Manatees -- You've been manateed. Love it!

I am sorry I did not have a chance to write an intro last night.  We had some family stuff going on and I was sitting by the phone all night!

My name is Meggan.  I believe there is another Megan in the group so feel free to call me Megg, Chach, or whatever.  This will be my third season of tris but I have only done a few.  My race experience consists of 2 10 mile runs, a handful of 5ks, 3 sprint tris, and a marathon.  I ran Philly marathon as my first last month and cannot wait to do another one!!  I am trying to figure out what races I want to do in 2011.  I will be doing the 10 mile run again the end of March with a firm time goal.  I have something to prove to myself!!  I will be running another marathon in the fall.  I put my name in for the NYC lottery.  If I get in, I will run that the beginning of November.  If I don't get in, I will run Philly again later in November.  I am also registerest for a half marathon the end of August.  I am still on the fence about the triathlons.  There is a new all women's tri group by me that started last year.  I signed up but was never able to train with them.  There main tri they will do as a group is SheRox in Philadelphia.  I have done it 2 times and don't plan on doing that one again this year.  There is another one that day I want to do with friends.  I am looking at 2-3 sprints and possibly an Olympic. 

I live in NJ, right outside of Philadelphia.  My husband and I just celebrated our five year anniversary and we have two boys.  Joe just turned 4 the day after our 5th anniversary and Logan is just about 2 1/2. 

My background is swimming.  I swam for various teams from age 8 through high school.  I did not like the swim coach at the college I went to.  I swore as a teenager I would never swim for him!  I started spinning in college and then got out on the road.  I hated running.  I wanted nothing to do with it.  I was working with a personal trainer after having my second son and he got me running.  I quickly realized that running was the only thing that was going to get me through the PPD (Post partum depression) that hit me HARD after having Logan.  My friends comment on how dedicated I am to running and fitness.  I just reminded them yesterday that I don't always run because I want to.  Sometimes I run because I know I need to.  I am definitely a happier mama when I am training!  I was a few weeks out from the marathon and my husband asked me when my next one would be.  That spoke volumes to me!

Can't wait to get to know you guys!

I have to share with the group the excitement of the morning.  I went on my running club forum and we are the official Michelob Ultra Pace Team for the Lets Move Festival of Races (1/2 marathon pacing).  I was asked to be the last chance pacer a month back.  At first, my ego was insulted, and thought, "dang is that all they think I can do".  I am not fast but I could've easily paced the 2:45 or 3:00 group.  Then the more I thought about it and read the request, it was because this group is special.  They need the most encouragement and fun.  I am the queen of sparkle lately.  After Chicago, I discovered sparkleskirts.com and proceeded to wear a sparkle skirt at all of my races and have been know to don a tiara or a santa hat.  There are races that are goal races for me but life is way  to short not to enjoy those that don't matter.  This race is free to pacers.  I get a finisher's medal and a shirt.  And to top it off I get a "sweet Michelob Ultra" pacer shirt.  I love doing runs that I can just enjoy with no pressure.   If you hear of a pacer dancing in the streets, it will be me.  I'm so excited for this group.  They usually have journeys to share and are such an inspiration.  They also bring me back to reality to celebrate and not be so critical of myself. 

Hey all - I just got some new training aids I won't go to the pool without - waterproof MP3 player (Diver 2 GB) and a sportcount chro 100.  Both through Amazon for about $40 a piece.  LOVED THEM!. 

The chrono is worn on your pointer finger and you just press the button with your thumb, 1 hand (1 finger) operation with no disruption in stroke.  Counts lap, gives you max and min lap time and what lap it was, and provides lap time for X# of laps (at least 50 because that was what I did today).  The MP3 is not the best player but heck, it plays music.  Ear buds also serve as ear plugs and did not cause any problems (slipped off my ear 1 time).

Anyone who has trouble using these little things ("it is too distracting or causes interference with my technique / slows me down") would be someone who I put in the class of those who used to drill their bike parts to save ounces and were usually 10 lbs overweight.

Anyway - not wanting to be a sales guy, but great training aids for the money.

Is there going to be a final list with BT name so the can be added to our friends list?  Swim for me on Friday work on finishing swim goal for year. Happy Holidays.

I just wanted to stop by and let all you all know how lucky you are to have Yanti and Lynn as mentors!  They've both been a huge help to me as I tried to learn more about the sport and their wisdom and encouragement are unparalleled.

Good luck to you all and enjoy the ride!

Art (former manatee)