Yanti & Salty MAD MANATEES Mentor Group - FULL POD (Page 39)

ebshot - 2012-04-20 9:19 AM I got up this morning and said to myself, "it's a perfect day for a run.  Get off your rump and go."  So, after the kids got on the bus I laced up my shoes and hit the pavement.  What a wake up call.  My little two mile run HURT!  But it's a starting point.

ebshot - 2012-04-20 2:19 PM I got up this morning and said to myself, "it's a perfect day for a run.  Get off your rump and go."  So, after the kids got on the bus I laced up my shoes and hit the pavement.  What a wake up call.  My little two mile run HURT!  But it's a starting point.

bcraht - 2012-04-20 10:43 AM

For one cup?  Man I've got two cats here.  Send some of them berries my way, I'll pick em out of the litter box no problem.  That'd give me some extra cash for this sport.

TriAya - 2012-04-20 3:37 PM

Okay, I need some Manatee help! Need to get the thinking juices going on this one ...

So I had a couple race-director (and themselves very athletic) type people do me some HUGE favors, and I'd like to be able to give them a token of gratitude (along with a huge {MELON PRESS} when I see them, of course).

The gifts must travel, so they need to be small.

They're both young men in their 30s, and the gift needs to be available in Indonesia. I was thinking a small packet of coffee (Indonesia has the best coffees in the world--maybe even kopi luwak, which is the most expensive, not great coffee in my opinion, but nevertheless a cool novelty).

Any other ideas?

 

jmkizer - 2012-04-20 3:46 PM

Maybe one of those surfer necklace things?   (http://wandererimports.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1) I don't know how else to describe it.  Like this...

 

ukweeble - 2012-04-21 12:43 AM

Got to quickly tell you about my bit of training this week cos i'm a bit excited. I said at the beginning of the week that i was aiming to do 1000m swimming. On tuesday i actually got to the pool and hit 1.2 km, before which my best was only 600m. Not only that but i decided to do my first 400m at 'race pace' and swam at 2.30/100m which is over a minute quicker than i have done it before! Can decide whether to put it down to the coaching i had last weekend or my new 2xu tri shorts i was testing for the first time. (Nothing new on race day)

Secondly, i went for a little run yesterday -1.5miles (in the pouring rain and hailstones) and ran at my first ever sub 9 minute mile pace. I had to check my stopwatch to see if i had read it correctly before i would believe it as my usual pace is around 10.00/mile. Must be Salty's inspirational words of 'HTFU'.

ukweeble - 2012-04-20 11:43 AM

Got to quickly tell you about my bit of training this week cos i'm a bit excited. I said at the beginning of the week that i was aiming to do 1000m swimming. On tuesday i actually got to the pool and hit 1.2 km, before which my best was only 600m. Not only that but i decided to do my first 400m at 'race pace' and swam at 2.30/100m which is over a minute quicker than i have done it before! Can decide whether to put it down to the coaching i had last weekend or my new 2xu tri shorts i was testing for the first time. (Nothing new on race day)

Secondly, i went for a little run yesterday -1.5miles (in the pouring rain and hailstones) and ran at my first ever sub 9 minute mile pace. I had to check my stopwatch to see if i had read it correctly before i would believe it as my usual pace is around 10.00/mile. Must be Salty's inspirational words of 'HTFU'.

ukweeble - 2012-04-20 9:43 AM

Got to quickly tell you about my bit of training this week cos i'm a bit excited. I said at the beginning of the week that i was aiming to do 1000m swimming. On tuesday i actually got to the pool and hit 1.2 km, before which my best was only 600m. Not only that but i decided to do my first 400m at 'race pace' and swam at 2.30/100m which is over a minute quicker than i have done it before! Can decide whether to put it down to the coaching i had last weekend or my new 2xu tri shorts i was testing for the first time. (Nothing new on race day)

Secondly, i went for a little run yesterday -1.5miles (in the pouring rain and hailstones) and ran at my first ever sub 9 minute mile pace. I had to check my stopwatch to see if i had read it correctly before i would believe it as my usual pace is around 10.00/mile. Must be Salty's inspirational words of 'HTFU'.

ukweeble - 2012-04-20 12:43 PM

Got to quickly tell you about my bit of training this week cos i'm a bit excited. I said at the beginning of the week that i was aiming to do 1000m swimming. On tuesday i actually got to the pool and hit 1.2 km, before which my best was only 600m. Not only that but i decided to do my first 400m at 'race pace' and swam at 2.30/100m which is over a minute quicker than i have done it before! Can decide whether to put it down to the coaching i had last weekend or my new 2xu tri shorts i was testing for the first time. (Nothing new on race day)

Secondly, i went for a little run yesterday -1.5miles (in the pouring rain and hailstones) and ran at my first ever sub 9 minute mile pace. I had to check my stopwatch to see if i had read it correctly before i would believe it as my usual pace is around 10.00/mile. Must be Salty's inspirational words of 'HTFU'.

Tripopo - 2012-04-20 12:08 PM

 

Great job Allen!!

Take it easy today so you are good to go tomorrow, and have a pint for luck tonight.

Asalzwed - 2012-04-20 5:47 PM

Ah yes, I am certain it has everything to do with this. Have you concluded that the 'F' does indeed stand for frog? 

Asalzwed - 2012-04-20 6:32 PM

Now we're talkin'!

melbo55 - 2012-04-20 8:43 PM Mmmmmm, curry and beer....

ukweeble - 2012-04-20 3:49 PM

Yeah, sorry about that. Special pre-race diet. Not for anybody else. Shouldn't have mentioned it, don't want to encourage bad habits.

ukweeble - 2012-04-20 11:43 AM

Got to quickly tell you about my bit of training this week cos i'm a bit excited. I said at the beginning of the week that i was aiming to do 1000m swimming. On tuesday i actually got to the pool and hit 1.2 km, before which my best was only 600m. Not only that but i decided to do my first 400m at 'race pace' and swam at 2.30/100m which is over a minute quicker than i have done it before! Can decide whether to put it down to the coaching i had last weekend or my new 2xu tri shorts i was testing for the first time. (Nothing new on race day)

Secondly, i went for a little run yesterday -1.5miles (in the pouring rain and hailstones) and ran at my first ever sub 9 minute mile pace. I had to check my stopwatch to see if i had read it correctly before i would believe it as my usual pace is around 10.00/mile. Must be Salty's inspirational words of 'HTFU'.

jobaxas - 2012-04-20 9:37 PM

90mins run done - awesome, weather is perfect, ran along the Ironman Melbourne beach path - bay looks great, trying to get a hold of my neighbour see if he fancies an OWS later before it gets dark, just looks perfect down there.

Now off to the LBS for my tubes and get me a coffee!  LOVE TRAINING!