Manatee Monkey Mentors SHUT (Poptart or pet pic bribes considered) (Page 40)

Leeches, centipedes, and parasites. They scare me...a lot. That is all. Centipedes really ick me out--if one crawls on me I scream and flail like a little girl.

Hey now... I haven't had Baileys in my morning coffee in AGES!  And I've only come back to work drunk twice, and both times were in London... and were the result of going for lunch with one of the partners.  It was totally his fault, and that's the story I'm sticking with.  

My massage therapist is also a yoga instructor; he really recommended it for ITB issues.  However, I don't do any full-on sessions due to strong recommendation from my hip surgeon.  She says if you've had cartilage repair/revision, it's not a good idea.  I do Child's Pose to stretch my low back but that's it.

I know Erin does yoga as well as (I think) Judi.  Personally, I'm not really fond of most yoga practices, however, I really like hot yoga.  The only trouble with doing it regularly is that it just takes too much time when I'm also training - so I tend to do it during the off season or when I'm feeling really stiff.  

Give it a whirl and see if you like it!   

I totally jacked my body up last year and started getting regular this-is-going-to-hurt-you-bad massages and regularly going to  a yin yoga class.  I call yin yoga stretching while resting.  You pretty much stay on the mat the whole time and you hold your poses for 3-7 minutes.  The practice really helps with hip, hamstring, quad, back etc issues.  I am now a convert to both things.  The main issue I had with the yin class was trying not to laugh out loud  or groan when the instructor said things like "relax your scalp" and "breathe into your left lung" , but now I look forward to these sayings and smile when they're said 

  Maybe white water rafting - I had a little incident -spent some time under a kayak and broke my foot on rocks that seemed to me to be awfully close to getting foot entrapment, but I still do it when given the opportunity.  It just takes a little suck it up buttercup talking to myself to get in and enjoy the ride.  Other than that I think I'm pretty much ok with everything.

Can't think of anything that I have a phobia for (including Friday the 13th).

As for yoga, I should try it. I don't want to take the time to go to a class but there are lots of yoga for runners type videos on FB. Maybe it'll help my IT issue.

Heights. Sad for a guy that stands 6'3".

Number of posts (I believe) In your case, the stars would be 475. Compare yours to Yanti's. I'm guessing yours will turn to a single blue one shortly.

You do have time on your hands now, don't you?

Hmmm... I guess I'm not really scared of most things.  I used to take entomology classes in university, I've dissected everything from cockroaches that we had to catch ourselves to human cadavers, I haven't found a height yet that I've felt afraid being up that high,  and I'd like to go skydiving, swim with the sharks, etc...   

If I had to pick something it would be the "what if" scenarios...  as in what if I was kidnapped, or had a gun to my head, or was somehow trapped and couldn't get out, breathe, etc.  But I figure until I'm IN one of those scenarios I don't really have a need to be afraid, right?  

Originally posted by Richardsdrr This scares me

OK, I have more stuff that scares me now!

Originally posted by Richardsdrr This scares me

AAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!  At least the boys are pretty, but still....

Racing Manatees!

A listing of Manatee Races, Rides and Runs and other events

June 14-15
Randee - Patriot Half on Saturday
Judi - Rev3 Williamsburg - Olympic Rev on Sunday
Monica - Lake in the Hills on Sunday
Tom - Camp Meeting 5k on Sunday
Tom - Speedy Feet Wed Night Tri #2 on Wednesday

June 20 is Yanit's Bali wedding

INFO FOR NEW MANATEES

If you haven't figured it out, we talk a lot. :-)  Fasten your seatbelts!  Also, we tend to be an inspiring bunch (as in, we use the "inspire" feature of the site a lot).  If you are not familiar with inspires, note that you can reply to them by clicking Reply.  This pops out a new window for you to type your response so that the original poster can see it.  Finally, most of us use the training log on the site (Yanti said that it's required: "Keeping up your training log here on BT and opening it to other group members is mandatory.").  This makes it a lot easier for us to help each other when training questions come up.    If you're not going to log or blog or whatever here on BT, please put a link to your training log in your BT Dashboard.

If you list your upcoming races on your training log  -- by adding to My Races or listing them in Dashboard, we'll celebrate with you!

We have a Google+ community that we use on an irregular basis.  Send your info to a returning Manatee (Janyne, Chris, Monica or Darren) and you will be added.

We have a Bike Gallery as well.  Post a picture of your racing steed and draw Chris' attention to it.  He'll get you added.

We have a Strava group too.  Let Chris or Janyne know and we can add you.  (PRO TIP:  If you decide to join the Strava group, check out https://tapiriik.com/or http://www.syncmetrics.com/. They will sync from Garmin Connect to Strava in the background.)

Oh, we're on Twitter too...

In the past, someone in the Pod (Yanti, Chris, Janyne) has created a table listing all of the pod members with links to their logs.  Once this handy dandy table has been created, feel free to copy/paste it to your own dashboard.

Please be active!  Inactive Manatees make us sad!

I go to yoga once a week.  It's my "rest day" which is now all scheduled up with a "recovery swim" in the morning and yoga.  Not sure how I feel about that.  Anyway, back to the question -- I do feel better after the class and I think that it helps.  I may or may not have improved my flexibility since I started to go to class regularly in November. 

Like Hands, I prefer the yin style class but that's only offered at my place on Sunday's at times that totally don't work for me. 

Unlike Monica, I hate hot yoga.  I end up overly hot and dehydrated and headachy.

Yes!  The stars measure how talkative you are!

Judi has some online ones that she recommends on Grokker.  Maybe we can get her to post the specifics here.

Yes, I've had a 310XT since 2011 (knock wood).  It's been good to me!  You're right, it's a price performer right now.  I understand that Garmin is due for another multisport watch in 2015 and I'd like to keep my 310XT going that long ;-)

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/09/garmin-forerunner-310xt-in-depth-review.html

I won't lie.  When I started to do masters swimming, I got a Garmin Swim.  And last year I got a running watch too.  I use the 310 on my bike, for brick runs and for OWS (sometimes, other times I just don't want to know!).  I'm a device junkie