Manatee Mentors 2016 - Manatee à trois (Page 43)

Originally posted by brigby1

I'm wondering about the equipment first, something interfering or having a problem. That is a very substantial jump. Are you actually able to achieve 190-204? At first here, I'm having trouble believing those numbers are correct without more dramatic problems. I've had things go off over 220-240 before, so more obviously something wrong with the measurements.

Originally posted by Hot Runner Is Kona Saturday or Sunday? Need to work out when it is our time! Daniela Ryf did not look like herself at 70.3 Worlds. Either holding back for Kona, or ill, or over-raced or something. I don't think she had a particularly standout performance on any of the legs. Hard to say with women.....Rinny often just comes out of nowhere with few race results for the rest of the year, but she has not been super-consistent. I think on a bad day. Ryf would be beatable by any number of women. She's also a bigger athlete (by pro tri standards) so if it's unusually hot/humid that might not work in her favor.

Originally posted by Hot Runner Is Kona Saturday or Sunday? Need to work out when it is our time! Daniela Ryf did not look like herself at 70.3 Worlds. Either holding back for Kona, or ill, or over-raced or something. I don't think she had a particularly standout performance on any of the legs. Hard to say with women.....Rinny often just comes out of nowhere with few race results for the rest of the year, but she has not been super-consistent. I think on a bad day. Ryf would be beatable by any number of women. She's also a bigger athlete (by pro tri standards) so if it's unusually hot/humid that might not work in her favor.

Originally posted by melbo55

I was tending to agree with you and Karen, Ben, that it probably is a misread by the strap or something.  I think my highest HR in general is upper 160s, I'm not sure I've ever hit numbers as high as it shows in the chart.  But the fact that it appeared so high and stayed so high was a little concerning.  

I felt crappy as in I couldn't give any more and felt very sluggish.  My mood declined (but part of that may have been mentally fighting the fact that my knees, etc. hurt so bad).  At the very end of the race I felt very out of it but either the chocolate milk or chicken noodle soup I drank/ate brought me around quickly and noticeably. Not back to 100%, to be sure, but a very obvious improvement.

Originally posted by melbo55

OK, so while I realize that none of you are doctors, you are athletes with a wide range of experience and experiences.  I wanted to bounce a scenario off the group to see if anyone has had anything similar happen to them or has knowledge about it.

In my half marathon over the weekend, miles 1 through sometime during mile 9 my HR was at a pretty normal, expected rate. I felt good, very good.  Around 9 it shot up and stayed up until very close to the end of the race.  I felt very crappy and miserable and couldn't wait to be done.  The only thing I can say for sure that was going on is I was fighting a lot of knee and Achilles pain at this point.  Otherwise nothing was going on with regard to terrain, as you can see if you study the chart. FYI, my race strategy was to break the race into 4 5Ks, gradually picking up some speed on each one, then going a bit harder in the last mile.  Obviously this was going fine until whatever happened at 9 happened.

Thoughts?  

Originally posted by jmkizer

Melanie,

I am sorry to hear that you felt so yucky during the last several miles of your half marathon last weekend.  That is not good to hear at all!  I hope that you are listening to your coach or talking to a PT or something.  Knee and Achilles pain both suck and both at once is no good at all!

Whenever I've seen weird spikes like that during my run, it's been due to HR strap malfunction or static electricity.  If your strap is nearing the one year mark, you may need to replace it (I just use off brand Polar straps now).  I do think that the heart rate is a malfunction.  Even if your max heart rate is 204, I don't think that you'd hit your max rate in these circumstances.

Originally posted by mtnbikerchk We are GO LIVE For Steve's donation page. Please sign the guestbook and we can use that to dedicate our races. http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?pxfid=2095060&pg=fund&fr_... I can load pictures so if you have any, please send them to me. Also don't forget your bracelets. I have TONS.

Originally posted by tomsimper If any of you guys are in the hurricane area I will be thinking of you and praying that you stay safe!

Originally posted by jmkizer

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Folks, pay attention to the link above.  We'd like to publicize this as much as possible.  We can post to TT and COJ and some outside groups.  Other suggestions? Fundraising ideas?

 

Originally posted by jmkizer

This storm most directly affects Ann-Marie.  It could affect Chris but he is on the other side of the state so I am hoping not.  If it says offshore, the North Carolina Manatees should be OK.

Originally posted by amd723

We have been very lucky. Matthew was forecasted to come on shore as a cat 4 (up to 145 sustained winds) in the county just east of me. That would destroy buildings. It would have meant up to 100mph winds for me in downtown Orlando. That would mean lots of trees down, roofs off and no power.  Thankfully, just before it came on shore, Matthew decided to be nice and jogged to the east a bit and drop to a cat 3 storm. So, the coast is still getting hammered, but not like it would have, and I am "only" getting up to about 50 mph winds.  Gust up to 80.  So far, no damage at my house and my power has stayed on.  We still have hours to go, but so far this has gone way better than expected!

Originally posted by jmkizer

Fingers crossed that your power stays on and that the tree stay upright and off your house.  I hope that Gunnar is being a big help!

Originally posted by amd723

Ugh, I've been out of pocket so much lately with vacations (I know, poor me) and now this pesky hurricane that I've dropped the ball on this. Please remind me if we are supposed to use the link or go through Randee.  I know there are bracelets to be bought.  Sorry for my inattention!

Originally posted by amd723

Ha! Gunnar's help is questioning looks about why we aren't going for a walk! Lots of power out in my neighborhood as old oak trees loose some limbs or otherwise bump the transformers. Luckily for me, my old oak tree fell on my house and car in May  Hoping no neighbors' trees take out anything!

Originally posted by cdban66

I just heard from DD1, who is an Orlando resident as well. She said the same stuff, wind and rain are bad, but not too bad. power is still on. Like Janyne stated, we are free and clear over here. FIL is in Port St Lucie, which took a pretty strong shot last night. TW will be checking in on him soon. I am concerned for the NC Manatees, especially Robin, who is supposed to be on the road at some point to this area. I hope things go well for her.

Stay safe Hands! 

Originally posted by jmkizer

I asked Yanti to see if she could help promote this page.  I'm hoping that she has the time.  I think that her name on a post would give it some added weight.

Randee, correct me if I'm wrong but you'd like some help defraying the cost of the bracelets themselves.  The American Cancer Society fundraising is a separate endevour, correct?

Judi, is there anything from Megs Miles that would help use with Strides for Steve?

Originally posted by QueenZipp

I can ask if Megs Miles can run some miles for Steve.  The page is pretty strict about asking for donations to other financial causes.  They don't want everyone asking for money for XYZ cause because it detracts from Meg's legacy.  However, we can ask these things on our own pages and most of us are friends apart from the Megs Miles page.

Originally posted by jmkizer

I hope that your father-in-law didn't have any major damage.

I'm not sure that Robin was able to leave Lake Lure.  It's not clear to me which sections of I-26 were reversed (all heading away from the coast and towards Robin).  I think that she may be hoping to drive down on Sunday?

The new forecast has the storm coming farther north. I liked it better when it was stopping in South Carolina.  We don't need it to NC!

Originally posted by jmkizer

What I meant was that they sound like they are really well organized.  Can we steal some organization ideas from them?

Originally posted by jmkizer

I asked Yanti to see if she could help promote this page.  I'm hoping that she has the time.  I think that her name on a post would give it some added weight.

Randee, correct me if I'm wrong but you'd like some help defraying the cost of the bracelets themselves.  The American Cancer Society fundraising is a separate endevour, correct?

Judi, is there anything from Megs Miles that would help use with Strides for Steve?

Originally posted by mtnbikerchk I must admit I've been inattentive to other Manatee happenings lately too - I'm glad to hear the storm is turning out to be less intense than feared and it sounds like people are all staying safe! Yeah my original idea of sending me a few bucks was just to offset the cost of the bracelets. They cost me $115 (I think) and I've gotten about 25% of that back from manatee donations. Given the choice between the two, I'd RATHER see donations made to the ACS directly - so I'm glad that we could set that site up with the guestbook and all. I plan on dropping a note in the mail to Steve's family so they can see it too. It's starting to get a little traction too!! Don't forget we can post pictures too - so if you dedicate a race to Steve be sure to take pics!