Yanti & Salty MAD MANATEES Mentor Group - FULL POD (Page 42)

I'MMMMMM BACK.

A few minor hick-ups but nailed it in 1.50.56, ten minutes inside my target, and i smiled.

Weather was not as bad as expected but light showers intermitent through most of the bike section meant i stayed wet pretty much from the start. Stayed warm enough throughout and enjoyed it all.

Found out that the slim padding on my new tri shorts is a bit too slim for comfort after about 8 miles.

Calf issues struck after 3.5km on the run but i was too close to the finish to let it stop me and managed to run it off, sort of. Limping like a limping thing now, but still smiling.

Race report already up in my blog (i think/hope). or you can try this

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=436339

Absolutely. And perhaps you should. Because you have now become an awesome TRIATHLETE and nobody or nothing can ever take that away from you!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TRIATHLETE ALLEN!!!!

Balloons!

And most of all .. a SUPERSTAR BIKE CHAIN CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Perfectly normal. Congratulations!

Good morning all! Congratulations to our racers for great races yesterday.

I am a little achy this morning from my long-ish run yesterday (and also probably the 3.5 hours of yard week in the afternoon). The boys and I are going to go swimming after church/lunch/naps today, so I'm hoping that will loosen me up a little.

It's always something here. At about 1:30 a.m. last night, my husband and I were awoken to this sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk1mAd77Hr4

Scared the living daylights out of me. He yelled, "Someone's screaming." I jumped up and was in the little boys' room in seconds. I stood there, both of them snoring, and then heard it again. And again.

I love the foxes, but their cry is haunting. Our cat was all upset. She was up in my window growling at it -- I looked out, and saw it run across our drive way. Yikes.

I hope everyone has a great day today.

Congrats triathlete and way to beat your goal time!  If I knew how to insert all those fancy balloons and sparkly stuff like Yanti I would

Got up this morning and realized I had drunk a bit too much alcohol and eaten too much junk food last night, so I was in no mood to go on my planned 2 hour bike ride.  On top of that the wind was already blowing pretty good before the sun was up, so I knew that meant a hard ride.  The thought of riding in the hills with wind (projected up to 30mph) just didn't do anything for me.  So, I took the dog on his walk, went to Einsteins and pick up a bagel and coffee and then told myself to load the bike and head out.  Figured once I got on the bike I would feel better and if I didn't I could make it a short ride.

I'm so glad I made myself go; it wasn't my best outing, but it still was a good one and I feel so much better!  I ended up riding just 15 minutes less then was planned, but all in all a good morning. 

Hope everyone has a good week!

Thanks Yanti, I can always rely on you to put on a show.

Glad to see you made bail .

Great race Kirk!  Sorry you missed the podium!

I just read your race report and have one question:  what is a chicken and cucumber french stick?! 

Great race Allen.  Sounds like you had some issues, but you pushed through, great mental strength.  Not only that, but finished with a smile!  I equate the tears to pride in yourself for all your hard work in becoming a triathlete--way to go!

Not very exciting really, a french stick is a slightly crusty version of a sub roll but it is more doughy. Add chicken, cucumber and lashings of salad cream and away you go. Not usually eaten at 5am though.

Congrats to both Kirk and Allen!  Welcome to Triathletism Allen!

As for my race... I love being here and seeing all of the teams.  I got to talk with one of the support staff for a team from Hamburg!  They sure came a long way for this.

I had my race report completely filled out and it disappeared . I'll put it back in there when I feel like re-hashing it again! In a nutshell, the race got to me about an hour and a half later than expected, I started out feeling really good so I didn't pace myself as I should have.  I had some stomach issues, possibly GI, possibly a huge stitch in my side, then got past that but didn't recover on the time, then finished it off with a tight calf.  Overall ok but I missed my goal by 4 minutes (wanted to be sub 1 hour).

Don't think I'll get my planned swim in today.  Still fried from my 3:00 AM run...

Congratulations!!  I'm going to have to try to find that beer.  I live in VA and our Whole Foods will usually get beer in if there are enough requests.