Racing Manatees - Better Together in 2022 (Page 30)

Originally posted by amd723

Congrats on joining the Garmin crowd! Which one did you get?

Originally posted by alaskatri I ended up going with the forerunner 945LTE. I can't imagine I'll use the LTE features anytime soon, but I like the smaller size of that one over the 945. I've had my fitbit for several years now and it's dying - it tends to drop from 50% to 0 quite often in a matter of minutes. Other times, it works just fine. But it's really not a great workout watch, and the steps to get things into strava from there is kind of a pain. I figure I'll be able to keep better track of things with the Garmin, plus it has all the golf features I was hoping for in a watch too (GPS distance to the green on over 42,000 courses, including my local course that my son and I play several times a week). It was $200 off at REI during their sale.

Originally posted by alaskatri Happy Memorial Day!!! I am hoping to get out and play some golf, and maybe get down to the boat and get out for some halibut with my daughter. She's just got a couple months until she leaves for college, so I'd like to fish with her as much as possible. We've had a rough couple weeks. We got her graduated and had all the grandparents in. A couple days after graduation, my dad fell on my deck. He has depth perception issues, and ended up walking right off a step. He knew it was there, but is 81 and forgets. That landed him at the ER and he ended up breaking a bone in his neck (odontoid fracture). So we spent several days taking care of him. Then some of our company that came to celebrate passed a pretty nasty bug on to me, so I've been off for two days pretty sick with a virus (not covid). Back to work today and still recovering, but definitely hoping to get out this weekend to do some outdoors stuff again.

Originally posted by JBacarella Sounds like a rough time. We cancelled our plans to go help my in-laws. Nobody teaches you how to parent your parents. My mother in law's dementia is advancing and my 83 yo father in law is the primary care giver. It is getting tough and she is not advanced enough for nursing care. We had to made some really difficult medical decisions this past week, and that really hit him hard. Quality of life vs extending life stuff. Primary goal is to give him a break and and do some chores around their house.

Originally posted by juniperjen

Yes! Black lab puppy joining our house mid-month. It's really coming up! should be lots of fun - and i do mean that. Puppies are work but not the same as babies. LOL! Maybe in the future it will be running buddy ... we shall see. 

Originally posted by BlueBoy26

I did the running club group run on Saturday.  Most of the crew were out of town so the typical group of 8-10 was a skeleton crew of four.  Everyone is on their own training schedule so long runs don't always line up.  I can't remember when I last did a real long run (6 weeks ago?  More?) or how far I went so I figured that 10-12 would be plenty for me.  They other guys were going 16-17 miles so I ended up doing 14 miles.  I always seem to end up doing something between what I should be doing and what everyone else is doing when I show up for a group run with out a firm training plan.  So...the knees ballooned up and my legs are now pretty stiff.

I wanted to do a longer but easier effort bike for Memorial Day.  My family want to go hike a state park early in the day before It got hot so I didn't get my morning ride.  When got home around 11 AM and it was already getting hot so instead of a bike ride I went to the gym and got in a longer but easier swim instead.  If I counted laps correctly (that would take a miracle) I would have been a done 2,500 yds.  The GPS however got me at 3,200 yards. That would probably be my all time longest swim ever (previous distance record is 3,000 yds).

Originally posted by amd723

Nice, I've only heard great things about the 945. I think Janyne has one. I just bought the 745. Not b/c there is anything wrong with my 935, but b/c I wanted it and it was on sale! I'll try to sell the 935 on FB marketplace. I've used marketplace to sell a couple of things recently and have been pleasantly surprised by how well the sale (and what I was able to get) went.

Originally posted by jmkizer

Yup.  I have a 945 and I really like it.

Originally posted by jmkizer

I hear you on the group training! My rides never seem to line up with the group rides. Going longer isn't necessarily and issue -- ride to/from the ride -- but shorter....  Well, that means I go long than the plan. Ah well, it's supposed to be fun, right?

Originally posted by BlueBoy26

Ya...that is part of the problem on group runs.  They are fun, so I don't want to quit. I need to be smart though and stick with a plan. Oh...and I got out the GPS of my swim and counted laps.  It was only 2650 yds.  Not 3200 yds.  So my impressive swim stats were knocked down a bit. 

Originally posted by marysia83 2650 is still impressive

Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

June 4
Janyne - MS Spring Fling 100k
Leanne - WNC Flyer 100 miler
Anne - Unbound Gravel volunteering

Doooo eeeettttt!!!!!!

Is anyone else racing or doing anything else fun this weekend?

Originally posted by amd723

Lots of cycling Manatees this weekend ! Go have fun !! Only fun thing I'm doing this weekend is possibly hanging out in a tropical storm

Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

June 4
Janyne - MS Spring Fling 100k
Leanne - WNC Flyer 100 miler
Anne - Unbound Gravel volunteering

Doooo eeeettttt!!!!!!

Is anyone else racing or doing anything else fun this weekend?

Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

June 4
Janyne - MS Spring Fling 100k
Leanne - WNC Flyer 100 miler
Anne - Unbound Gravel volunteering

Doooo eeeettttt!!!!!!

Is anyone else racing or doing anything else fun this weekend?

Originally posted by ceilidh Jim and I are supposed to do the WnC Flyer as well.

Originally posted by jmkizer

Awesome!  Have a great time and doooo eeettt!!!

Originally posted by ceilidh We abandoned ship. Both of us did a lot of cabin work, sewer unstopping (DONT FLUSH PAPER TOWELS AND DIAPERS), yardwork and house repairs. Its the first time in 2 years I could really get out without hurting. So yes, I may have done too much. It would be scary to get out on the roads today with sore everything. I hate to miss it, it is a good ride.

Originally posted by alaskatri It isn't racing pics, but we had a great weekend of plenty of halibut (ended up with 7 in total on the weekend), seals, and plenty of whales, including a pod of orcas all around us and even going right under the back of our boat to the point we could have reached down to touch them (which we'd never, EVER do).

Originally posted by alaskatri It isn't racing pics, but we had a great weekend of plenty of halibut (ended up with 7 in total on the weekend), seals, and plenty of whales, including a pod of orcas all around us and even going right under the back of our boat to the point we could have reached down to touch them (which we'd never, EVER do).

Originally posted by melbo55

Nothing going on as exciting as the racing manatees, but I did get out on my MTB to see the new bridge on one of the local trails that has been years in the making.  There was an existing RR trestle which had the original wooden decking (for lack of a better word) that was fenced off at both ends because it was unsafe.  With funding from many sources, they were finally able to create a beautiful concrete deck with high-ish railings, two viewing scopes, and multiple small plexiglass 'windows' to look below the deck.  It is near a dam and is just fantastic!  I am not ashamed to admit I shed a tear of joy at its beauty and the fact that it is finally open!  They made it plenty wide for users and did a great job with the information signs and a replica of a watchman's station (there already is one old, original one near the trail head).  

Now two sections of the trail can meet.  Once they finish doing a similar makeover to the other RR trestle that is about 3.5 miles away (it had been refurbished for trail users but some numbnuts burnt it a couple years ago (arson) so now they are adding concrete decking to it instead of wood to prevent the same outcome), the trail will make for a 20 mile ride one way.  Technically it can be done now but until the bridge is repaired, trail users have to go out onto the road to go around.

We saw black vultures, a bald eagle, song birds, and when we stopped on the bridge, cormorants and ducks in the waters and rocks below the dam.  Usually eagles and ospreys hang out there, too, but I didn't see any while I was stopped.  It was neat to see where the waters of the creek and the big Susquehanna meet below the trestle.