Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) (Page 44)

Chris (cdban66) has the table on his dashboard.  It has the link to the bike gallery on it but not the groups (Really, Chris?!  Sheesh! ).  Just add a line to your table and copy that link in.

Good luck Adrienne and Steve!  Race smart, and race fast!

Mary and Matt heal up!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, Salty and Steve!!  Have fun on the trails and enjoy the views!!

Heal up, Matt TX.  Wanna race to see who heals up first? 

I'm workin' on healing, I'm workin' on it.  PT exercises are going well and I'm being very diligent about doing them every day.  I'm going to wait on buying another pair of shoes until the PT takes a look at me running in the ones I have.  Might as well spend the money on something else for now, like a cadence/speed sensor for my bike. 

By my count, we have 32 Manatees this season.  I'm loving the variety of conversations, even if it feels a bit like an OWS sometimes!

That's great.  I'm really excited to get mine too.  Sounds like an awesome product.  I hope the install goes well 

That sounds like a lot of fun.  Great followup weekend after last weekends race.

Washington Represent! Go hawks

It should be an excellent weekend. Climbing tonight, racing the trails tomorrow, climbing Sunday, Hiking/Splitboarding Monday. 

Prepping for a summit of Mt. St. Helens next weekend (weather permitting) 

Yeah, that one...

Oh dear. Don't fall in?

For a 90 minute or more ride I may bring either some Hammer Gel, Clif Shot, or my squeeze bottle of Honey. Fig Newtons work well for me also. Sometimes I simply use Gatorade, but it depends on my objectives. Usually race with Gatorade, Powerade, or Honey.  And Hands-Marie hit the nail on the head, work on it, because it is specific to you.

Whomever was looking for the bike gallery: http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/Albums/Album/17246

At least it's only half as high.

BTW went to the roastery. It was amazing. Also, am drinking a flat white. It's good. 

I thought it was always sunny in Texas.

Long rides are a great time to practice nutrition for your upcoming race.  In an HIM, nutrition is crucial and long rides/runs are the time to figure out what your body tolerates and what it does not.  First thing I figure out is how many calories do I want to consume and then how do I want to take them in.  One can take in too much and suffer from GI issues which in my opinion is worse than taking in too little and running out of energy.

Your body can only process a limited amount of calories.  Rule of thumb is between 200-300 calories per hour depending on your weight, effort, etc.  I usually figure I'll take in about 200 calories per hour with gels or energy blocks and cap it off with whatever I'm drinking.  Try to keep it as simple as possible.  I buy gel in bulk and use a 5 ounce flask.  Mix 4 ounces (about 90 calaories each) with one ounce of water to make it easier to drink.  This gives me 2 hours of nutrition which I'll parse out about every 15 minutes.

On your long rides, try a few different things.  Everybody is very different with nutrition and the only way to find what is right for you is your own trial and error. 

Wow.  Quite the weekend.  I was a freshman at University of Washington when it blew.  A buddy and I snuck into the blast zone the day after to get a peek.  We went in on a small dirt road and there were people coming out the other way in shock.  I remember a car coming out stopped and said "you don't want to go in there"  but we were dumb college kids drinking beer most of the way.  Anyway, it's an awesome sight and should be an interesting climb.  Be careful though.

Good luck on the race.  I wish I was going but we'll see you at Lake Sam. GO HAWKS!!!

GOOOOOO RACING MANATEES!!!

Salty, that needed to be a lot bigger... 

GO HAWKS!!!

I wasn't born yet

My boss's mother summited before it erupted. I think that is so cool to be able to say. My family was on a camping trip when it erupted I guess. They said the ash came down like snow and they had to put diapers on their face to breathe. I bet that was so surreal. 

Did you get any pics of the blast zone? Was there still a lot of ash in the air?

You are KILLIN me right now!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gee, thanks for making me feel old.

I remember getting ash here in CO, not a lot but we definitely got some amazing sunsets and the cars got fairly dirty.  TJ, I didn't make that up, did I?  I think I remember that....

I remember hearing stories from my grandparents about the eruption as they were driving through Washington on their way home to Vancouver from their snowbird place in Arizona.  I was 5 at the time so not a whole lot of memories, but my grandparents sure had stories from that day!  

Beats me I was just a baby

Ok I lied. Yes I do remember ash on the cars and some bizzare skies.

Stories from your grandparents?!?! OK, now I'm feeling pretty old.

Me too!!

Be fleet of feet, Salty and Steve!

Heal, Mary and Matt TX!

For those who were discussing Skratch Lab drink flavors, TriSports (and probably other sites, they are the one I use most frequently) sells single serving packets which are excellent for a non-committal test run.  I bought one of each flavor (as well as a big bag of raspberry, not sure why I decided to commit to that flavor, thankfully it's good) in my last nutrition order and so far orange is my fave, although I like them all.  I didn't try the apple cinnamon hot (wish I would've) and still didn't try the matcha/green tea yet.  Pineapple seemed a bit weak but was good.

I was in elementary school when Mt. St. Helen's erupted, possibly fueling a life-long fascination with volcanos.

Ummmmm sooo when are you coming to the Pacific Northwest? We've kinda' got it goin' on...

And while we are talking about volcanoes, something I find fascinating are the Three Sisters in Oregon. 

There are three of them, grouped very close together yet all very different. One if extinct, one inactive and one active. They were all formed during separate time periods. 

I'm going to run Mt. Bachelor (also a volcano) for the mountain running national championship then plan to head to South sister and run-summit in July.