Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 350)

It's gonna mainly be a maintained gravel/dirt path:

and some grass at the start and chute. 

One week down in my boot.  Not noticing much improvement.  Still hurts sometimes when I'm not walking. Family was in the National Harbor for the weekend; E and I came home yesterday. DH isn't home until tomorrow night (late) after he takes a certification exam.  Took this awesome photo on a statue at the beach:

It's gonna mainly be a maintained gravel/dirt path:

and some grass at the start and chute. 

I'm thinking that whatever pair of road shoes you want, from what I can tell of the trail. It looks like the groomed trail in the park that I run in, and I simply use my Asics 2170's.  

FWIW, I love trail running. It is a more "In Touch" running experience for me. I can't wait for the heat and rain to stop so my local swamp dries out a bit

Yeah I think I'm just gonna do that until I decide on spikes or whatever. The reason for just not getting spikes is because there is such a wide variety in courses and some of them don't even allow spikes. Maybe spikes with some plugs are a good option? Anyway, until I decide on that, road shoes it will probably be.

I love the trails too, been doing a lot of them lately. Talk about spider-web-ville though!

Note:  The below is for longer rides of 65+miles (and with limited spots to re-fill), for anything shorter than HIM distance I usually go with the PD bottle between the bars and the one on the down tube for something with flavour/electrolytes. 

Profile Design bottle between the aero bars which is my go to for drinking water.  I try to always have it full which makes it easy to just take a sip whenever I need one.

I've also got a bottle on the down tube that I will usually have for Gatorade or something with electrolytes and will try to re-fill this at least once.

2 bottles behind my seat - I usually don't use these a whole lot, but with the recent HIM in high heat/humidity and knowing there were only 2 places to get water on the bike course, I kept one filled with water in case my aero bottle ran out, and the other filled with Gatorade.  I then would take a water bottle from the aid station and use that to fill my aero bottle then toss it.  It's a good thing I had all my bottles as I went through a LOT of liquid during those 56 miles. 

My insurance paid a good portion of the massage that was part of PT.  Still had a copay, but one covered all the massage appointments in the week, and it was way cheaper than entirely out of pocket.

I think the first time (or season even) is tough from a gear perspective, no matter what you are doing. Gotta figure stuff out, from multiple perspectives.

Yeah, with that amount of maintenance being done on the trail I don't think it's going to matter much. It's probably better than a number of road sections I see at times. Where the trail shoes are more useful is when there are lots of rocks, roots, streams, etc. In other words, lots of stuff on the trails. To me it's more when I have to start looking at foot placement more carefully.

Downside: not only does my truck need a new carrier bearing and U-joints, but it also needs a new front axle and both front wheel bearings replaced...at the tune of $1280.00....and it will take at LEAST until tonight, possibly tomorrow to get it done.

Upside: Those are the only issues the saw on the undercarriage of my poor little beastie truck (his nickname is Beast); also, it meant that I went out on my mountain bike to run some errands (that probably COULD have waited, but I am impatient)....

I forgot how much I enjoy riding that bike! Super heavy, but he has some SPEED! hm. I should post a pic. I'll look into that.

I talked to mom this morning, though she is healing physically, the thoughts of "what will happen next" is getting to her. The med people are taking their time finding an oncologist, she is scared about the chemo itself, and just overall that she will still die from this. I talked with her for quite some time and while I have no idea of what she is truly dealing with, apparently I helped her feel somewhat better. Her worrying about the future and the treatment is affecting her more than anything. I told her that she received a packet from American Cancer Society, and I am SURE that there are numbers for support folks to talk to that HAVE been through her issues. I know it is hard for her to talk to people about how she feels, emotions, and whatnot, (I am the exact same way...probably worse actually) but I know that if she has a better idea of how its worked out for others in her situation, she will worry less, and actually help herself heal as well ( I am a big believer in positive thinking helping one to heal). 

We shall see, I still have the vibe that she'll be all good after the treatment, so that is something. Also, Dad did his first cardio rehab yesterday! I.e. EXERCISE!!!! After being somewhat grumpy, they figured out it was his worry for my mother that was holding him back--they worked with him and the pointed out that he is actually ridiculously strong--especially for someone of his age, let alone in general. (It runs in my family....)He actually told my mom how he felt regarding her, so that is a GREAT  start. He will be okay. 

Alright, off to work on my Cheshire Cat head! 

Ah schnap just got confirmation I'll be racing my first XC meet on Saturday.

*Actually, I need to decide what shoes I should wear. I'm not going to buy XC spikes/flats for now. I assume I probably want to run in whatever I have that is both light and has the most aggressive tread?

Not sure if anyone knows much about this or not.

dont stalk me this weekend add me to the injury list.

broken left radius and i'm left handed.  in a cast for six weeks....hello trainer.....

dont stalk me this weekend add me to the injury list.

broken left radius and i'm left handed.  in a cast for six weeks....hello trainer.....

HELLO TRAINER.....!

I am about to get fast in a cast.....

Yanti,

One of the Dr's my husband works with gave us a book based on a vegan diet.  Guy who wrote it used to be a pro triathlete at th Olympic distance Rip Esselstyn.  I skimmed through it tonight--some of it is very dogmatic and some of it's "here's why I do what I do" but the recipes looked interesting.  Will let you know what I try and if we like it.

I don't even know if trail shoes are something I would go toward anyway. My NB trail shoes are so minimal, I can feel rocks worse than I do in my road shoes LOL

and then, literally I left my other trail shoes in a mail box at the top of a mountain they were soooo awful

no, really...

Do you really need to ask us what the correct plan of action is here??? 

dont stalk me this weekend add me to the injury list.

broken left radius and i'm left handed.  in a cast for six weeks....hello trainer.....