Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 373)

Originally posted by 4agoodlife Quick pop in on a Sbux walk. Didn't feel like running or biking, but thought a 7mi walk with coffee stop was just the thing this morning. DH is in DC all week so didn't sleep well last night...but "Bridesmaids" entertained me til 1am.

That happened to me Thursday night when Tony flew out to Vegas - couldn't sleep at all.  Friday night was a bit better & by Saturday I had taken over the entire bed & slept like a LOG.  Then... last night because I knew he was going to be home late I couldn't get to sleep again and watched the Emmys followed by Bridesmaids.  I totally blame him. 

EVIL WORK!!! 

Awww - what a sweetie! 

Boo to your shoulder keeping you on the DL.   

Mine usually don't last long enough either.  Tony, OTOH will not only get some ice cubes put into his coffee, but then will do the whole blow-into-the-little-opening-of-the-lid thing to try and cool it down even further.  Yeah.... I don't think that's ever actually worked, but he keeps trying. 

And I finally had time to finish it.

RAreportCE

I didn't do much today. The Sbux walk was about 7mi,  and I'm laughing because my legs are a little sore. My race effort and lack of sleep caught up to me at Mak's nap time. I fell asleep on the floor with my head on her mattress. Luckily one of the dogs made some noise that woke me up; Taylor might have been hanging out at school while they called the irresponsible mom...whose phone was downstairs.

Now I have four more nights as a single mom while DH is at his engineer brouhaha in Washington, DC.

Time to check on the Pod's day

Well, I know I'm late to the "Oh Shyte" party...but that is just poopy. Hope you get some answers on Wednesday. Anything different going on with it today?

Ha! You found the bright side.

How was last week's massage? I need to live vicariously.

Hahaha...that is TOTALLY Jason!

Well we have these little Asian massage places all over the shopping malls in Melbourne - they are no good for injury but for a generaly work out your kinks massage perfect.  I went to my local mall where the grocery store is - 30mins back and shoulders, relaxing oil massage - OUCH.  Loved it.  Will go again this week.

Fibreglass cast tomorrow, right now wrist is pretty much unsupported and feeling every jarring moment!

Well hidden but spotted.  CONGRATULATIONS!

Oh, that's awesomeness Ben!

(thanks for being a super stalker Jo, I never would have caught this!)

blah blah blah blah TACOS

HOLY HELL BATMAN

CONGRATULATIONS BEN!!!

Superstar bike chain congrats for you!

I told Kingsley and he is very impressed. Bum hip, and Branson is a BEYOTCH.

Trevor is a cutie! 

I'm sorry to hear that your shoulder is continuing to act up.

Congratulations!

Haha, thanks!

Yes, efficiency has been cited as the rationale, but this logic does not look at things well enough. What I mean is that it does not look at the efficiency of creating that power. In the cycling position, the leg extension is stronger than the contraction for pulling up. And it's not even close. I forget exactly how much, but think that some of the smallest people in here could put out more power in their extension than I can on the pull up (a 180 lb guy whose strength is the bike).

Then back to the idea of using the circle, that's not really far off. But you don't use each leg for the entire circle and double it up (since you have 2) to be most efficient. That's a waste due to the variation in creating power at different points of that circle. Instead, since you have two legs concentrate on the most powerful phase of each and then fill in the gap between them. That way you're using the most effective part of your stroke for each leg and get a more consistent output going through the cranks in a more efficient manner. You figure out that gap by riding lots. It comes faster by riding hard and riding hills. Hills slow you down faster which makes the gaps more obvious.

Some think to still try and lift the leg in the back to pick up it's own weight, but even that isn't necessary. Top level cyclists will have a negative pedal force in this region, meaning the leg isn't picking itself up. The other one is pushing it. There is no real minimum necessary as the more effective component should be doing as much of the work as you can give it. Having said that, while there isn't really a minimum power to create, it's still beneficial to do just enough make the motion feel circular. So in that, I never have a release point where it feels like I just pushed off a stair step, but rather fade into nothing in the back of the stroke. This helps keep the motion flowing smoothly. I don't think this part of the motion really deserves much concentration. It'll happen over time. Concentrate on the push and everything else tends to work itself out over time.

GOOOOOOD Morning, Manatees!

A gorgeous 70* morning simply begging for a run. I just have to get Mak on board with the idea after her sitting in the stroller for so long yesterday. lol

I had a second phone interview last week.  They are trying to find a day that everyone is available for an in-person interview.