Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 37)

For the moms:

For all the manatees:

1. Happy Mother's Day.

2. I had a teeny tiny problem and everything I did to try and fix it made it far worse so now, an hour later and in hideous pain, I'm off to the ER. A horribly familiar place. I guess we'd been parted too long.

idiotville

I just passed out reading about it. 

Hope you're OK!!

1. Happy Mother's Day.

2. I had a teeny tiny problem and everything I did to try and fix it made it far worse so now, an hour later and in hideous pain, I'm off to the ER. A horribly familiar place. I guess we'd been parted too long.

idiotville

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Take care dear lady.   Please remember that a high IQ is no guarantee against  doing something idiotic.

Self medication is not always the best of ideas.       Hmmm, that's something I need to remind myself of every few years. 

Just some leftover beef goulash I was eating; a thread of beef got stuck in there and, well, yeah.

I got a lot of horrified faces at the ER and they slammed me with IV pain medication immediately. Apparently my self-maxillofacial-surgical skills leave something to be desired.

The ER doc couldn't get it out either, though she did valiantly try with all sorts of surgical and stitching instruments.

So now that I'm not in awful pain anymore (sure still hurts though, and every time I touch it even with my tongue I get the shooting nerve pains), I'm thinking surely I can get it out NOW ... I think that's the painkillers talking.

Sigh. 9 hours 'til the dentist. Just 9 hours.

Just some leftover beef goulash I was eating; a thread of beef got stuck in there and, well, yeah.

I got a lot of horrified faces at the ER and they slammed me with IV pain medication immediately. Apparently my self-maxillofacial-surgical skills leave something to be desired.

The ER doc couldn't get it out either, though she did valiantly try with all sorts of surgical and stitching instruments.

So now that I'm not in awful pain anymore (sure still hurts though, and every time I touch it even with my tongue I get the shooting nerve pains), I'm thinking surely I can get it out NOW ... I think that's the painkillers talking.

Sigh. 9 hours 'til the dentist. Just 9 hours.

I had a teeny tiny problem and everything I did to try and fix it made it far worse so now, an hour later and in hideous pain, I'm off to the ER. A horribly familiar place. I guess we'd been parted too long.

Mother's Day swim video

I'm not seeing much improvement here. A little frustrated.

Okay. Maybe there is some improvement.

Swim video from a year ago.

Ok, so we went in to the trusted LBS today and I told James, the owner, about my conundrum. He explained to me the ways in which a new bike in my price range would be better than what I currently have. He did some measurments then brought out a beautiful Felt B 16. He explained how the geometry is different than my Giant and he made some adjustments and put on some pedals for me to take it for a spin. I was sooooo amazed at how much the carbon soaks up the rough-ness of the road!!! So I pulled it back in to the store and discussed it with DH with NO pressure from James. (And it wasn't even at the top of my budget) When we decided to buy it the other owner, Brandi, noticed that they had a helmet in stock that matched! Of COURSE I had to get that! They also had gloves that match but I resisted those (it'll leave DH something to buy for me ). Then we talked about what kind of tires to put on and discussed my bringing in my old bike to start swapping out components. We drove home, put away the groceries we got after bike shopping then I hopped on the old bike and rode back to the bike shop. James switched over my pedals and saddle then did an initial fit. He is going to make the adjustments and I'm supposed to pick it up on Monday. Then after I've had a chance to ride it some I'll go back and we'll fine tune the fit. I'm pretty excited about it now. I feel like I really thought it through.

So, without further ado, here she is (I'll take a better picture when I get her home)

Your stroke is fundamentally sound.  Where we would gain the most is tweaking the arms.  I would like to see an early vertical forearm and the using the shoulder and pectoral muscles to pull back along the body line.   Picture the motion that one would use when climbing a ladder.   One other thing is to pick up the pace of your cycle.   Speed gains come with two things: better technique and strength.     Try to do a few 25's but do them faster than you are now.   

Swimming is mostly doing sets.   Short sets to work on technique and strength. Longer sets to work on aerobic capacity.  

Hope this helps.