Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED (Page 33)

Woo hoo! That's awesome! 24 minutes, dang!

I haven't been able to justify the purchase.I just think I'd get a lot more use out of the other items on my gear list: iPad for Sufferfest, etc. (plus subscription to Sufferfest, etc.), watch upgrade to 935 or Fenix 5 (battery, etc. is going on the 920XT), after a recent shorts inventory I found that I need a few pair for Desoto tri shorts. So yeah, Air Relax boots are an my list but towards the bottom of it.

Wow, that’s a huge PR! Congrats! Trail running is he best.

i have always been intrigued by the recovery boots, but like Janyne, I just haven’t been able to justify the expense. I read an endorsement of them from one of the pros ( whose name just went out of my head), he has some connection with both normatec and air relax. Made the statement that only a small % of pros in any field are sponsored by he product, but a huge % of pros use some type of recovery boot. Implication being, the pros Must think they are worthwhile since most aren’t getting paid to use them or been given a free pair.

yes, that’s who it was!

Nicely done, Nancy and Stacey! Both of you PR'd, which is no small feat. I had a good ride with Ann, which was what this gravel event was all about. We both did the 35 mile option. And then I did the 35 cookie option (ok, maybe not that many, but I tried ), which may not be the best recovery food on the planet, but it was yummy. I blew through two rear tires and finished with a 1/4 mile hike back to the parking lot. All in all, it was an enjoyable day and I may be meeting up with their Thursday night group for an evening ride or two. I have to return the bike I borrowed, so tonight will be cleaning the bike and re-waxing the chain.

I'll be doing some calculations on the final placements for the Jogo Challenge and seeing who the winner is. BTW, the prize for winning my not be the largest prize ever given. I am not above some creative scoring, so make your case for being named the winner. Also, bribery will not be frowned upon  although admitting that may not be a good idea, given the number of LEO's in this group.

On a serious note, I do have to thank everyone for participating, it certainly jump started my weight loss. I need to keep after it, but if I can drop another 5 or so pounds, I will be happy as can be. I hope everyone was able to get their year started off on the right foot.

Everyone did great with challenge! I loved having the spreadsheets so I could check stuff off :-D

And what email address should we send the paypal funds to???

I forgot to weigh myself this morning, so final weigh in will be tomorrow. I know I didn't hit my weight goal, but at least I hit my core/strength goal! 

The spreadsheet was a great tool!

My dog Teddy and his best bud Bryson are in a contest to become Merrell’s first dog ambassador/s.  The 10 finalist are chosen by popular vote and then the winner by Merrell. Please consider voting for them . Here’s the link.  The site is not mobile friendly, at least Apple products, so don’t get discouraged if you run into a problem voting by phone or iPad- go to your computer   I can’t do a direct link to their photo, except from my FB page, so the easiest way to find them is to hit most liked on the drop down menu and keep looking til you see the picture of Teddy the Griff and Bryson the yellow lab. No names are on the picture ( they don’t make things easy!). Click on the picture then on the black heart. It will turn red. 

You can vote everyday you lucky people!

im trying to add the picture you should look for, but sometimes BT does not cooperate! You can find it in my log though.

thanks in advance!

Wow, great race indeed, congrats!

Stacey, that is simply wonderful!!  And wow, what a way to destroy your previous time, congratulations!

Nice work surviving the Dirty Hamster and the many cookies that apparently were part of the event!

You said you were going to kick butt in the weight-loss category of the Jogo Challenge and you certainly did, excellent job!!  Woooo!

Question for the group: is 8 weeks enough time to get ready to run a half marathon?  My current running has been pretty sporadic, maybe 1x week for about 3 miles.  Oh my gosh, just typing this I feel like my question is overwhelmingly obviously stupid.

I think this is a good strategy, but Adam makes a good point about injury. You know your body and how it handles run volume, so take that into consideration too! 

Thanks, gang, for reinforcing what I think I already suspected: not enough time to build up to a decent, injury-free race.  I guess I'll save that race for next year and be sure to be on top of my running so I can do it.  It's kind of a wish list race, although I don't technically have it on my wish list.  http://www.bluegrayhalf.com/   Some day, some day...

that looks like a great race!

Yes. I have to go out of town for work next month. I'm worrying about it. I'm pretty sure there is a bike in there that is just not gonna happen. I know that it'll be fine in the end but I don't like it when that happens.

You can't help that you were sick! It's frustrating, for sure, but it's not as if you did it on purpose. And regarding the conferences, you've solved that problem for next year!

In the end, we can only do what we can do.