Yanti & Salty MAD MANATEES Part 2 -- Full Pod (Page 43)

OK Manatees, what are gaiters?

Adrienne, have you tried that hand held water bottle with the wrist strap?  Interesting about running long in heat, I totally dislike the belt thing, will fight tooth and nail not to use one.  When I do training runs in heat I'll do a few out & backs where I ditch a bottle in long grass near a tree on the m/u trail etc. and pick up when I pass by.  Other times I have simply just carried my camelbak water bottle that I ride with.  I don't mind running holding a bottle if that's what I've got to do.  I still prefer that over the little bottles on the fuelbelt.

The water. You have a heads up about it, so you will be fine. But I ran a 15k (which also had a 25k and 50k option) which had no water stations just a "water block." I had no idea what that meant until I got to it. A cement block with a 5 gallon thermos of water on it. No cups in sight. I was not prepared and had to try to cup the water in my hand to drink.

So carry something to capture water. I want to do the 25k this fall, so I am going to invest in a collapsible cup and carry it in my waist pack.

Otherwise, I think it sounds like a blast. The crushed rock running surface sounds great.

Good evening (or whatever it is) all. I did a very short swim at noon today, and didn't feel like doing that. I was hoping to get a ride/run in this evening, but I'm feeling even less like doing that, so I am bagging it. I don't really have any specific aches, just tired and feel like I need to give my body a bit of a break.

At the pool today, there was a 400+ pound woman in the water aerobics class. Her scooter was off to the side of the pool. At the end of class, she started to walk out of the water and got stuck on the stairs -- she couldn't move. I was already outside of the pool, in my car, when I noticed what was happening. Fortunately, another swimmer was still in the pool area and came to her aid, but there was nothing she could do. She got two of the lifeguards, and they tried to help pull her up the stairs, and she collapsed -- not out, just her legs gave out. She caught her self with her arms and then was stuck even worse. I noticed one of our police officers was on the other side of the parking lot, so I drove over and told her what was going on. I told her, "There is no way those boys are going to be able to get  her up out of the pool." She said she would go over to see what she could do.

When I went back to the pool this afternoon, I asked one of the lifeguards (one of my former students) how they got her out. She said it took six guys -- four lifeguards plus two city employees to get her out of the pool and into her scooter. The woman, bless her heart, told the lifeguards that she would be back tomorrow for water aerobics. I don't know what they are going to do. They have a chair lift they can install (I don't know why they took it out), but I don't think she would fit in it and neither does the pool manager.

I give her a lot of credit for getting out there and for being insistent that she will be back tomorrow. I hope she can keep it up and can figure out the entrance/exit problem.

Gaiters are covers worn over shoe/lower pant leg to stop dirt/rocks from getting in your shoes. 

What happens if you wear gaiters and crocs together??

Wow.  Good for her for being out there, and I do hope she goes back.  My ex-stepfather was that big and more.  Unfortunately, he never did anything about it, and died not too long ago due to complications from pneumonia.  He had pneumonia once before and his kidneys shut down--it took 4 paramedics and a tarp to get him down the stairs of the house and into the ambulance.  I hope that lady makes a commitment to her health and sticks with it.

GO CLAIRE, REECE AND TJ. I WILL BE THINKING OF YOU ALL THIS WEEKEND AND WILL BE AS GREEN AS MY FROGGY AVATAR THAT I'M NOT OUT THERE WITH YOU.

A big shout out to all our weekend racers!  You are going to rock this!

Beware the emotional fallout in 5 days time....Im under a cloud today!  I think I may just go to bed.

Post-race depression is a very real phenomenon. That's why many training plans, especially for big races, have a recovery plan as well.

Rest. Reward. Recharge. Rethink future plans and how to use the lessons from this one to achieve them.

I just picked up another mantra on another thread.  So these are the gems I'm taking with me to Moab:

"Start with your head, finish with your heart"

"just this side of awesome"

"WW_D" (fill in a name depending on the situation and sport, Chrissie, Yanti, Salty, Jo, Macca...)

"Pain is temporary, quitting is forever" (that one's on my RoadID)

and if things get ugly:

"left, right, repeat"

We are a very spread out bunch, aren't we?  Multiple different countries, west coast folks, east coast folks, and others scattered in the central part, too!!  It is a shame we aren't closer to each other geographically but on the other hand it is very cool how diversified we are.

GO CLAIRE!!  GO TJ!!  GO REECE!!  All manatees: I wish you safe travels, good luck, have fun, and SMILE!!

Good for her for being there in the first place and being determined to come back and not give up after what had to be a very embarassing, stressful situation.  I do hope they find a solution to make her efforts easier.  It was an important decision for her to try to take her life back. 

This reminds me of a product that I have read about but not used.  Salty, would you consider a Hydra Pouch?  It should be light enough to carry and you should be able to refill it quickly if they are out of cups -- at least that's the theory

http://www.hydrapouch.com/

Tough TrainerRoad workout last night, thanks to Murphy's Law. Wed. the weather was perfect for biking outside but I got home to late. Thur. I get home in plenty of time to ride outside but it is pouring, so to the basement I went. My quads are NOT happy with me today, but in hindsight it really was a good interval workout.  That is kind of sick, isn't it?  We curse and hate and say never again through an activity while we are doing it, but when it is finished we look back on it and say, "Yeah, that was good.  I'd do that again!"  Kind of how I felt about running races for many years, LOL.

Hoping to get a short run in this evening on the way to the pool. Bike Sat (I hope) and Sun may hold a day of many activities! My friends and I try to do a 'quinto' every year: kayaking, biking, golfing, geocaching, and finish with a cold brew, and Sunday may be the day. Still need confirmation from one friend. Depending on when we start, I may try to squeeze a swim in beforehand.  Also, if the local minor league baseball team is in town, we discussed heading out for Thai, then to the ball game.  We can fulfill the beer requirement at the game!

What do the non-racing manatees have on tap for the weekend?

Good for her for going back.  If I was manager of that club/gym, I'd make sure my staff was "all hands on deck" when she needed help.  Those places who go ABOVE and BEYOND get my respect.  The last thing she needs is the feeling that other people are being inconvenienced by helping her.

Good luck TJ, Claire and Reece!

Have a great time and leave it all on the course (spoken by someone who never does and always regrets it!)

I've got riding tomorrow and then a garden tour of local homes with my stepmom, capped off with a lovely unoacked chardonnay that I brought her from the Finger Lakes. Sunday I'm meeting up with some women for a bike ride and lake swim. I've been REALLY bad about swimming and I have a 1/2 mile swim in 5 weeks (not to mention the OLY distance swim in august!!! so scared!!) that I do not feel ready for at all, so I need to get some lake time in.

Hope everyone has an awesome weekend!!

That is so totally normal! I took of like 2 weeks from cycling before my tri, and didn't exercise at all for a week.  I know it was only a sprint, but if you've been putting in the workouts you won't lose it that quickly and when you get back on track, it will feel so good to workout again! I too have been slacking this week, I've just had so much going on and was tired from a late night with friends on Saturday. I can't stay up until 2am anymore!! Then the Celtics games...up til 11:30 on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday - I need at least 8 hours of sleep!!

No racing for me this weekend. Just grinding out some training and trying to balance the other life stuff.

I think we are going to go to the women's soccer game tonight. Our pro team is lucky enough to have several Olympians on it so it would be cool to be able to see them play. Alright, I'll come clean, I really just want to see Hope Solo and Alex Morgan. Swoon. 

I'll be doing speedwork at the track tomorrow.

Sunday AM I am working a local 5K for PowerBar and then getting my 18-miler in. I have had a major itch to GASP.....SWIM! So I think I might jump in the lake after the long run. 

I have a race this weekend - a local sprint.    It's actually, my very first ever sprint!  I've never done a race that short.  I'm trying to keep my normal training schedule for the weekend, then just throw the race in there on sunday.  It should be fun!

Good luck everyone else too!  And for those of you not racing: enjoy your weekend!!  Best weather wishes to everyone!!

Woooohoooo go Tracy! So you are working backwards eh? Good strategy,  

Have a great time!!!