Manatee Mentors 2016 - Manatee à trois (Page 38)

Yeah, Janyne!!

It's so cool that so many manatees logged in to see her finish live.  I totally forgot about the ability to do that and stalked her the old-fashioned way with IMTrakr updates.  I need to remember to watch the live feed on the IM site!

I was on my bike yesterday afternoon thinking that all my IM Choo friends were as well so we rode in solidarity

that's tough. Like Ben said, I'd probably do both. Commiserate with her with ice cream and then discuss how she is going to attack the next one so it doesn't happen again. Redemption is sweet!

Part of this is just enjoying some other stuff for the time being. The other is to get some time in there before making decisions. Not sure I really make good decisions when worked up about something. Sometimes things work, sometimes they don't. Usually more rationale thought happens when I'm not so fired up, which can often be the case when things don't go well. For me though, I'm always going to continue being active with something. So it's more it's more deciding what and where I want to go with it as opposed to others who may not want to do much at all.

I wonder what the probability of that is.

Congrats! Got to see the pics via fb.

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170 BPM is getting close to 5k pace for me, though I finish out a 5k at 200 bpm.  I typically run using the Maffetone method at 180-age, roughly 150 bpm.  That's Z3 for me.

I do think your HRs sound a bit high.  Seems strange to me that you're comfortable in the 160s-170s.

The exact values of HR are rather individual. Some Kona qualifiers have trouble going past 170. Some more regular folks on site have held mid to high 180's for a marathon. Yours is on the higher side, but it doesn't seem like anything is really off with it. My bike numbers are just a bit lower than what you said for run, maybe 180-182 for LT, but have hit 190-194 at times during some very hard intervals.

Since it sounds like using HR is newer to you and it's probably been a few months, testing again isn't a bad idea. You have some more experience with it and it sounds like test conditions may have improved. Heat can really get to people.

I am also in the high heart rate zone especially when running. But us females can have overall higher HR's - and you're not all that old yet. I wouldn't worry too much about it - it is very individual. 

There are lots of schools of thought on HR zones where to train in the right sweet spot. You're still gaining fitness and speed so it's really up to you but you should think about what you want to get out of it. I have done most of my running using RPE and pace (but i am someone who can slow down and just enjoy a chatty, easy run without racing everything)  - but when doing things like IM i'll do HR training because that indicator is very helpful in pacing the entire day. 

But if you're curious - go test away! :D You've been working a lot on your fitness and it would be a good benchmark for you to see if things have shifted. 

I was going to say this, but it's already been said :/

I'm getting ready for a winter of trainer sessions so have been busy downloading a crap load of TV to watch that have passed me by.

So far I have:

6 seasons of Game of Thrones

10 seasons of The Sopranos

5 seasons of Boardwalk Empire

7 seasons of Mad Men

1 season of Mr Robot

1 season of Legends of Tomorrow.

I'm currently watching season 2 of Gotham of Netflix whilst at work when waiting for a load and am about to jump in to Designated Survivor. I've made a promise to myself that I'm not allowed to watch any of them unless I'm on the trainer or treadmill. Do any of you have any other suggestions? What are you in to at the moment? Anything coming up that I should look out for? I think I saw that Netflix was about to release a new Marvel series. I think it was the dude in Jessica Jones, Cage something?

There's a running film on Netflix I saw a while back that some of you may be interested. It's called Town of Runners.

Flash, Arrow, and Supergirl are all DC with Legends of Tomorrow. Don't think Supergirl will crossover as much as the others have as they set it in an alternate universe.

Luke Cage is the guy from Jessica Jones, starting up this Friday. Either late this year or early next year will be Iron Fist, then The Defenders with all 4 of them together. I don't know that they're going to crossover with anything else in the Marvel universe just yet, but who knows. They have acknowledged things like "the incident in New York" which was Avengers. Spiderman would be fun too and is in New York, but probably saving him for Homecoming next summer.

I've been watching a lot of mountain biking through Red Bull. Both XC and downhill though have liked the XC more. Both the men's & women's races can be good.