Manatee Mentors 2014--CLOSED (begging & bribes MAY work) (Page 41)

Gooooooooooo Nooooooo Racing Manatees?!?!?!?!

Hey! You six DLers need to rest your tails off, hear?

Very good to hear! No pain=high pain tolerance or great meds

I finally put Run on my phone. Don't know why I had Strava Bike and RunKeeper for so many months. Now that I don't use RunKeeper, I need to uninstall so that it stops telling me I need to get out and exercise.  But I have so many miles logged on the dang thing and I check them for quick comparisons. meh

Ahhhh, Chris, this made me imagine you typing with a little smile on your face. hehe

Thank you for your ponderings.

P.S. if I have to choose, I'm of bigger fan of horses than birds.

Awe poor manatee! (but funny too...)

Since this seems to be a common sentiment, is there something lesser about just going out to enjoy the day? Maybe that's just me not making much of a distinction between races, non-timed events, and big rides or whatever.

Quite right.  It's just that it is a RARE occasion that there are no racing Manatees.  I guess we just love supporting each other in our endeavours.  So, that being said:

Goooooooooooooooooo enjoying the day Manatees! 

Until my DH makes medals for our rides, of course it's lesser!

Yep. What she said ^

And, please, I'm open to any cheering you feel like sending my way as I have my 20mi training run (I do use the term loosely) this weekend. I will probably grit it out more than enjoy it...however, I will be quite pleased with getting it done! And even happier if we can take a family hike or ride in our FANTASTIC weekend weather.

Originally posted by awalden22 Ugh what a bad start to my Saturday. So just a little bit of background on my week - I have been bad and not gotten all my workouts in. I am short a run and 2 strength training sessions. Not happy with myself at all. Anyways, I was planning on getting up to go to the gym, getting there right when they opened, because I have a ton of stuff on the calendar today. Was going to get in a brick workout to take care of my missing run and get in one strength training session. Checked the weather for today and we are under travel warning meaning you aren't supposed to be leaving your house unless you are going to work or have an emergency. The wind is blowing so fiercely (way in the negatives wind chill) and the snow that we just got last night (2-4 inches) is drifting really bad on the roads. In some places there have been reports of drifts being 3 feet tall. Because you know, it's been snowing every other day, so there was already snow on the ground before it snowed again last night. Sooooo....it appears as if I am not going to the gym after all And probably not doing the rest of the stuff I had planned for today either. I am so OVER this weather! But let this be a lesson learned for me. Ashley

Being housebound would drive me crazy!  Hope you guys thaw out soon

Originally posted by awalden22 Ugh what a bad start to my Saturday. So just a little bit of background on my week - I have been bad and not gotten all my workouts in. I am short a run and 2 strength training sessions. Not happy with myself at all. Anyways, I was planning on getting up to go to the gym, getting there right when they opened, because I have a ton of stuff on the calendar today. Was going to get in a brick workout to take care of my missing run and get in one strength training session. Checked the weather for today and we are under travel warning meaning you aren't supposed to be leaving your house unless you are going to work or have an emergency. The wind is blowing so fiercely (way in the negatives wind chill) and the snow that we just got last night (2-4 inches) is drifting really bad on the roads. In some places there have been reports of drifts being 3 feet tall. Because you know, it's been snowing every other day, so there was already snow on the ground before it snowed again last night. Sooooo....it appears as if I am not going to the gym after all And probably not doing the rest of the stuff I had planned for today either. I am so OVER this weather! But let this be a lesson learned for me. Ashley

I hear you, Ashley, I get frustrated with myself too.  But, as Stacey said, sometimes life happens and we don't get all our workouts in.  Key is to get back at it when you can.  Aaaaaaaand, can you do a bit of a "strength" training in at home?  Core, step ups, arm curls with a jug of milk, burpees.  It always makes me feel a little bit better when I can do that.

Originally posted by amd723

Originally posted by awalden22 Ugh what a bad start to my Saturday. So just a little bit of background on my week - I have been bad and not gotten all my workouts in. I am short a run and 2 strength training sessions. Not happy with myself at all. Anyways, I was planning on getting up to go to the gym, getting there right when they opened, because I have a ton of stuff on the calendar today. Was going to get in a brick workout to take care of my missing run and get in one strength training session. Checked the weather for today and we are under travel warning meaning you aren't supposed to be leaving your house unless you are going to work or have an emergency. The wind is blowing so fiercely (way in the negatives wind chill) and the snow that we just got last night (2-4 inches) is drifting really bad on the roads. In some places there have been reports of drifts being 3 feet tall. Because you know, it's been snowing every other day, so there was already snow on the ground before it snowed again last night. Sooooo....it appears as if I am not going to the gym after all And probably not doing the rest of the stuff I had planned for today either. I am so OVER this weather! But let this be a lesson learned for me. Ashley

Being housebound would drive me crazy!  Hope you guys thaw out soon

The highs today and tomorrow will be fine for January, but forecasts have us entirely sub zero again for a couple days after that. I can't remember it bouncing around quite this much before.

The first couple times I watched it, I thought someone got film of me trying flip turns for the first time Thursday.  Yup, that's the wall...

Managed to juuuuust beat the snow for my long run today.  So glad to be outside, even if it's howling and cold - at least I could see pavement!  Yay pavement!  (I think I need a trip south)

At least this afternoon is the pool (indoor) and tomorrow is a couple hours on the basement drainer (inside riding sux, but is a LOT safer with our current weather) and only a short run on the 'mill off the bike.  Or at least that's the plan.  

If this screwball weather persists (we're getting the vortex a day after you, Ben), maybe I'll actually figure flip turns out!

Matt

Originally posted by awalden22 Ugh what a bad start to my Saturday. So just a little bit of background on my week - I have been bad and not gotten all my workouts in. I am short a run and 2 strength training sessions. Not happy with myself at all. Anyways, I was planning on getting up to go to the gym, getting there right when they opened, because I have a ton of stuff on the calendar today. Was going to get in a brick workout to take care of my missing run and get in one strength training session. Checked the weather for today and we are under travel warning meaning you aren't supposed to be leaving your house unless you are going to work or have an emergency. The wind is blowing so fiercely (way in the negatives wind chill) and the snow that we just got last night (2-4 inches) is drifting really bad on the roads. In some places there have been reports of drifts being 3 feet tall. Because you know, it's been snowing every other day, so there was already snow on the ground before it snowed again last night. Sooooo....it appears as if I am not going to the gym after all And probably not doing the rest of the stuff I had planned for today either. I am so OVER this weather! But let this be a lesson learned for me. Ashley

"Best laid plans"...we've all been there. It's okay to not be happy with yourself, just let it make you more determined   We found kettlebells to have at home for those days when life just doesn't want to cooperate. Do you have anything in the house you can use as "weights" ?

Good luck!

Originally posted by awalden22 Ugh what a bad start to my Saturday. So just a little bit of background on my week - I have been bad and not gotten all my workouts in. I am short a run and 2 strength training sessions. Not happy with myself at all. Anyways, I was planning on getting up to go to the gym, getting there right when they opened, because I have a ton of stuff on the calendar today. Was going to get in a brick workout to take care of my missing run and get in one strength training session. Checked the weather for today and we are under travel warning meaning you aren't supposed to be leaving your house unless you are going to work or have an emergency. The wind is blowing so fiercely (way in the negatives wind chill) and the snow that we just got last night (2-4 inches) is drifting really bad on the roads. In some places there have been reports of drifts being 3 feet tall. Because you know, it's been snowing every other day, so there was already snow on the ground before it snowed again last night. Sooooo....it appears as if I am not going to the gym after all And probably not doing the rest of the stuff I had planned for today either. I am so OVER this weather! But let this be a lesson learned for me. Ashley

Oh no!  I'm so sorry that you are trapped at home.  Better safe than in a massive pile up though.  Stay safe and warm!

I've been working all weekend which was a bit of a challenge with my bad back. Yesterday I had to lie down and stretch every few minutes to prevent the spasms but I got through it.
Today I felt the urge to do a squat and found to my surprise that it helped. After that I did 5 squats every time I felt my back tightening up and I just got better and better as the day went on! Hopefully tomorrow will be even better....

Ok, here is my thirty second rant. Yesterday was a disaster. I was out doing errands Saturday morning and apparently ran over some metal with my truck. I put a four inch gash in one of my rear tires. I pulled into a commercial driveway and walked around my truck to see a flat tire. Wow, that sucks. Well what was worse is that it was six degrees with about 15-20MPH wind and I wasn't dressed to be outside for any length of time. The locking mechanism to lower the spare from under the bed of the truck was frozen.  I took forty-five minutes to get the spare down. I was on the phone with my wife talking her out of ordering a tow truck through our roadside assistance. Why might you ask? Because the wait was one hour and twenty minutes. Turns out that would have been the smart play. So, two hours later, with numb feet and hands I was on my way with my spare on and flat in the back. I have to run at least two tire with the same tread depth so today I am shopping for a) one new tire (keep the spare on and replace one of the other four), b) buy two new tires, or c) buy four new tires which will run me about $1,100. Nice. 

Ok, rant over. I need to move on; but i am tired of this winter, hate car repairs and maintenance and the time I'll waste shopping for a decent deal on tires. Hope everyone else had a decent day.