Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 346)

Dang... work has been making me do... work.  Don't they know that I have BT/Manatee responsibilities? 

WHAT THE FACH??

I thought it was focai? Fach. 

Focaccia. Completely unrelated to previous conversations, yet very valuable in it's own right.

I thought it was focai? Fach. 

Speaking of bread... Salty, I asked our barista yesterday about the La Boulange. He said we should have it around Christmas time. He said we don't get the bistro packs because they are too hard to ship.

Well in my whole ONE season of tris...

It's not so much my own experience with this as it is that I have posed this question on a couple of different boards and arrived at this answer.  If a race is wetsuit legal look at the wetsuits the pros are wearing--almost always long sleeved.  Does that mean it's right for the average AGer, maybe maybe not, but sleeves = faster in the water.  When the temps are warm, that extra suit can make you feel kind hot (especially for longer races/slower swimmers), and the sleeves add some time to getting it off.  I only had one race this year I would have really liked a sleeveless, and my full was fine, but if I get a chance to pick one up on the cheap, I probably will.

Used wetsuits are no problem.  I ordered one at the beginning of the season and it was back-ordered all summer.  The company sent me a rental to use until mine was ready.  It worked just fine. 

FWIW, I don't feel noticeable fatigue in my shoulders from the suit.  All I seem to think about with it on, is how much effing better my position is in the water, and how I should really be practicing more so it feels like that all the time

Great weekend info from everyone!

Can we get logistic info for Jo's race start this weekend?

I had a CRAZY weekend. I feel like it's worthy of a report! Short version... I volunteered for packet pickup for one of Coach Andie's races this weekend, then also worked the transition area (slurp). There was a "kid" (19ish) that I spoke with at packet pickup that was going to do this race on a FIXIE! He did it too. I saw him in T2 looking ready to run. In transition I saw some speeeeedy transitioners, shoeshoebeltgone, and some slow ones, shoes off, take a drink, apply deoderant (yes deoderant), apply sunscreen, shoes on, eat a gel, take another drink, put on the hat... go. And we had several people try to bike or run out the wrong way. I ALWAYS walk the bike out run out when I get to a race.

Looking forward to my mud run this weekend. I've decided that the old Solomans (with over 375 miles on them) will be sacrificed for the race. I'm wondering what shorts to wear. My niece is making shirts for us to wear so I won't have to plan that. Those of you who've done these, what kind of shorts did you wear?

Have a great week everyone.

TJ

WRIST UPDATE

Yesterday was a sore day so much so that i went to the ER to try and get an X-ray,  i chose the evening there was a power outage in the whole of eastern Melbourne some train derailment or some such.  So consequently there was a 6 hour wait for an Xray, unless there was a bone sticking through my skin i wasn't going to bother.  So went home to ice and more anti-inflammatories.

This morning it is half as painful - by my reckoning it will be fine by Sunday.

I can hold a cup today which i couldn't yesterday - i am thinking i will have to be that loser riding with a camelpak on Sunday because of the weakened grip i'm not sure i can do the waterbottle thing on the  bike.

forecast is hot.  I'm happy with that. no wind no rain is my ideal regardless of temperature!

You have such a great voice! (and that you are cute goes without saying.) You are a great spokesperson for the cause. Thanks for sharing.

Oh, and Randee, I LOVE the video of the grayhounds that started playing after the MS bite.  Are they yours? Precious!!

Jo, I see THIS is coming!

I think you are one of the few people who knew what I was talking about when I mentioned Summer Heights High.

Also, just for fun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toDg9I0SYy0

It's an australian comedy from like, 2005 that my friends and I discovered. Chris Lilley plays 3 characters in the show. Anyway, one of the characters has "her" own off-shoot show as well. In fact, that may have come first and then Summer Heights High was the offshoot. Whatever, doesn't matter.

It's effing hilarious though. 

You can pretty much youtube all of the episodes, starting @ 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF0ciPrKzH4

It's an australian comedy from like, 2005 that my friends and I discovered. Chris Lilley plays 3 characters in the show. Anyway, one of the characters has "her" own off-shoot show as well. In fact, that may have come first and then Summer Heights High was the offshoot. Whatever, doesn't matter.

It's effing hilarious though. 

You can pretty much youtube all of the episodes, starting @ 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF0ciPrKzH4