Yanti & Salty MAD MANATEES Mentor Group - FULL POD (Page 47)

We are.  It was 80 on Saturday, then in the mid-50s on Sunday and rainy.  Today is sunny, though, so maybe I can run!

We are.  It was 80 on Saturday, then in the mid-50s on Sunday and rainy.  Today is sunny, though, so maybe I can run!

Weirdly, neither my husband nor I ever had ear infections as children.  My siblings did, though.  Hoping we aren't heading towards the tubes route.  I don't know if I can handle that many ear infections.

Interesting.  E is also teething, so it's possible they are related.

annnnnnd, it seems we have flip flopped again! It's not rainy here but pretty grey. Sigh. At least it's supposed to be nice again this weekend. 

Sorry, its been kinda busy here...

Gators do hiss...they also bellow....and the baby ones chirp....

Hi Claire!!! Good to see you! Also, great advice! 

I think the biggest gains any one person will make will come from consistency. Probably 90%. Just getting out there and doing it. All those other, more specific drills and exercises will get you that last 10%

Allen--Congrats on your race--don't let he results get you down---Last year was my first year in tris, and  I pretty much was dead last in my age group and in the bottom 10 overall in EVERY race I did(and I counted the DQs and DNF in the counts, so I was usually in the bottom 5 truthfully.)...and I started of this season with a DNF....Sooo, I am trying to improve. I would like to not be in the bottom 100 this year and be solidly in the middle of my age group. (I don't aim terribly high; I am realistic! )

Basically, you did your first tri! That's awesome--and you'll do even better in the next one!

Wow great races everyone!

Allen, my first season was last year and I remember the whole week leading up to my first race about how anxious I was getting.  I got so anxious about it I thought I was going to puke.  What put me over the edge was going to the local tri shop and pick up some last minute items and seeing some of the local elite triathletes shooting the breeze.  They were basically trash tallking each other about who was going to come in first. Competitve juices were all be squeezed out of me at the moment.  It made me reassess the whole reason I started this endeavor in the first place.  Mainly to get in shape and healthy and to HAVE FUN! I mean, why the heck would I submit myself to this kind of torture if I wasn't going to enjoy it?  I'm no masochist (Sorry to disappoint both our fearless leaders here). 

It's good to want to be competitive and all but just remember to have fun in the process.  The day I stop doing triathlons is when it stops being fun.  Competitiveness is good for pushing yourself but don't let it push the fun out. It'll just push you out of the sport, which is bad juju to me.

Oh, and Jen...you're not my wife in secret are you?  Weired coincidence.  My wife's name is Jen and my 3 year old daughter's name is Eleanor (we call her Ella). Hmmm..

DFL,DNF > DNS any day of the week, any week of the year.

Absolutely! 

Had a good run this morning, felt really good and strong (1.25 poptart effort).  Bike this evening had to be on the trainer as it was pouring rain, but that's ok.  I watched the hockey game while riding--decided to do some intervals to make things a little more interesting, so I increased my cadence to 100+ during breaks in play and commercial breaks.  There was a couple "drop the puck already" shouted at the TV (1.5 beer effort).  Then I rewarded myself with one of my favorite dinners ever--rice, broccoli, chicken and a sauce made of nutritional yeast.  Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.  Hope everyone else had a good day!

I was considering an OWS as my next Tri but after seeing that i think the frog needs to HTFU a bit more. eek. ( or should that be ribbit)

Not had bagels in ages. Are they good for you, or just less bad than some alternatives. Thumbs up on the cream cheese with it. How about adding a little smoked salmon too?

So I had my second day straight of a wee, truly wee little run[zombie death shuffle] and today a tiny little easy bike too.

I'm tired of being tired, that's all. Maybe it's a terrible idea for my body, but it's doing wonders for my spirit which has been a bit gloomy due to the illness too.

There is that whole balance thing to consider.  I'm glad that you are getting out and I hope that you are keeping things in the super easy range.  Your body really needs to recover from this.

Your illness reminds me a bit of the sinus infections that I had in college.  After I graduated and still had a series of infections and related headaches, I finally got a good doctor.  He said if you have sinus infections that occur that close together, it's really the *same* infection coming back again and again.  So basically I had a sinus infection for three years straight.  He referred me to an ENT and she fixed me all up.  Anyway, that was just a long winded way of saying that I hope your body really really gets over this and your immune system can get built back up!

It *seems* to be a different typhoid strain, based on the antigens my body created to it, and which antibiotics it's susceptible to, but the truth is that even such a common illness (for here) isn't that well-studied in its current forms, unfortunately, many of which are at least resistant to one antibiotic and quite a few are multi-drug resistant (the kind I had last time, well, the last few times, but not the time before that). So it could actually be the same one, redux, even though my last typhoid test and cultures came out all clear.

It's an inexact science and I kinda feel like a petri dish.

Thanks, Janyne. Me too, for sure. And yeah ... taking it super, super easy, just enough to be able to feel human and have something I actually want to do and look forward to in the day. I have NEVER once under-done as opposed to a gazillion times overdone, so I'm really trying to ... uh ... under-do myself.

Yanti - mental well-being can do a lot toward getting the physical well-being healed.  Glad to hear you are finding some of that with the zombie death march (love that saying!) and a little biking.  Do your best to keep it easy, as you know.  Sending you health and healing with a {melon press}! Enough is enough, germs, leave her alone!

Allen - I like how you took KansasMom's cream cheese bagel idea and thought to add smoked salmon - that sounds so yummy!  Maybe even add a little watercress...mmmmm....

Ha ha ha, this sounds soooo familiar!!  Watching hockey while on the trainer has its pros and cons for sure.  I tend to get caught up in an exciting play or fight and my cadence slows...oops, let's start pedaling properly again!  I have also done the stoppage/commercial intervals you mentioned and have also yelled at the TV, although lately I've been using TrainerRoad which means I mess up my power/cadence I am supposed to be focusing on when I get caught up in the game.  Oh well.  There's nothing quite like playoff hockey!

Well, I guess like everything else, moderation.  They are definitely calorie dense.  And yes, smoked salmon on top has happened, although not usually at breakfast. 

Yes, yes, please continue to under-do yourself...

Hmmmmm is that creepy that I just said that? Nah. 

Love all the hockey fan-age in here!!! Who is everyone going for now that the Canucks are out?

I think you should have to do intervals every time you have to explain to someone what icing is.