Mad Manatee Mentors, Part 2! CLOSED (Page 36)

I did! CONGRATULATIONS KATE!

My hips and glutes are really sore today.  I had a hard time walking up the hill to my car after the race.  I'm going to a yoga class in an hour, so hopefully that helps.

Hello all, thanks for all your thoughts and prayers today. My race went pretty well, in retrospect. I was hoping for a better time, but again it was a learning experience, and I am good with that. The most fun part was that on the way home we stopped at the Manatee viewing area. Over 100 manatees floating around just outside of a power plant. The water is warm, so they are happy.

Manatee Viewing area

Race Report

I had a fun race. It was a bit of a stretch through the winding single track in the woods, but a really enjoyable experience, nonetheless.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Seriously endorphin crash this afternoon after reffing 4 high school soccer games in two days.   Calves are the only muscles that are sore.  

...Nestled in comfort on the couch riding out the gravity storm.  Should be clear by tomorrow.  

I am indeed. :D

you are absolutely right! a 2.5km OWS is not for the faint of heart! You're so strong!!  Enjoy your accomplishment!  I love your fantastic attitude - I'm proud of you!!

How cool!

I'm like who the heck is Tom!?  I can only cope with user names!  And then I'm like WTF how does she know that....?

I love that you love that but it's not real!  If you saw me out for dinner with my husband on saturday night crying into my Fajitas coz i don't wanna do this stoopid ironman and can't train with his sister living with us!  I went crazy (again!)

Why he fails to understand the significance of her being there is beyond me.....

The power of those guys is phenomenal.  I bumped into piglet Mike who is currently training for an English Channel double crossing in 2014....so before Saturday's race he swam 8km in the morning, then did the 2.5km and the 1.2km races then went off and did some more.

He currently averages 40km a week.....that's normal for most of the squad 'swimmers'.

I love it, I'd like to do more swimming too.

OMG! I totally get what you're going through!  We just had a friend get a job in our area and he moved in with us (last week) for and unknown amt of time - and I'm training for IM too!! I feel ya sister! it's just adds a bit of stress - but keep on keepin on Jo. You ARE strong!!!

Thanks!  It's been 21 days so far and likely another 6 weeks.

I feel so mean about it all!  And the family (husband and 6 year old triplets) move over in April.  Now that's great BUT I've kind of gotten used to our independence, no immediate family around.  I just know my husband and his sister, she and the kids are gonna be over at ours the whole time which of course is great for Artemis to have her cousins but I'm sorry, my home is my sanctuary, i like to spend time alone there or at most the three of us.

Truth be told I'm dreadin the next few months big time - hope I'm strong enough to deal with them all without just quitting...walking away!

Haha, sometimes I have to jump into the profiles of those who maintain lists to figure out who's talking about whom.

Anyhow, I'm looking forward to seeing what Yanti has to say about it.

Funny how those short sprints wreck your calves!  I can run and run, swim for hours, even ride on the trainer for long periods.  One Step class and I'm crippled!

Good luck with your 6 miler!  Report back....I so don't wanna do any work today!

Pleased to make your acquaintance Tom!  I'm Jo, easy huh?!

I just googled Seventh Day Adventist coz i'm clueless.  Now I'm educated.  Always nice to learn something new

Well, I did it.  The first three were tough, and a mental battle.  I promised myself after mile three I'd take a water break (forgot water bottle), and after that the last three were easier (though not easy).  Forging into unchartered territory is great.

As for being an Adventist (a Christian denomination for those not wanting to take the time to look it up), we have a strong emphasis on healthy living. Our body being "a temple of the Holy Spirit", and all that.  There are a lot of Adventists that are vegetarians in pursuit of healthy living.  It's great, I like it.

Yeah, you're like one of the first three names us newby manatees learn, ya know?  Pleased to make the acquaintance! :D

Likewise Tom - religion and health!  That's good.  makes sense.

The mental battles are the hardes - file it away in your suffer files, to be used when you're out suffering again!

Yeah, I'm learning not to believe what my body is telling me over the first half of a workout.  Unless, of course, there's an injury type of pain, but in the absence of that, I'm learning to push through it.  It's funny, there's one swim workout I did back in October that stands out in my mind.  I think I did 200y before quitting, lol!  That one gets chalked up as a life lesson.

First 2km of any run of any distance - I loathe.  Swim squad, 1km warm up or however long it is - i think of bailing all the way through that.  Then boom it's over and we're onto the main set and I'm loving life!  It's once the endorphins are pumping I'm fine.

Jo have you tried that your bike?  On the trainer until you are warmed up then out on the road?