Yanti & Salty Mad Manatees PART 3: FULL POD (Page 47)

Asalzwed - 2012-07-18 3:35 PM

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I need a warning for this kind of stuff. Don't you guys know I am a total pansy????

ArielLIlB - 2012-07-18 1:49 PM Here, this is adorable (yeah, I'm going there with the cats again). That's Chloe making herself at home in the hutch in our living room.  Usually there's a printer there, but it's broken.

ukweeble - 2012-07-18 2:40 PM

i FORGOT THAT Janyne has an encyclopaedic knowledge of every race that every Manatee has logged.

Ok, so here's the thing. I cunningly decided to enter the Grafman olympic distance on 12th August without actually registering or parting with any money. This was because i was scared concerned that i may not be able to get ready in time for the event and also the idea of having to set off at 4am in time to sign in etc and then be knackered for the race itself. It was also the latest race i could enter before i go on my annual holidays, 5 days later.

However, my holidays have now been postponed by a few days, leaving the weekend of 18th/19th August also available as i fly out to Turkey on the Monday. This gives me 3 options and i welcome your thoughts as well as the usual abuse etc.

1. Go for the Grafman Oly on August 12th. It is 2hrs away. Also has HIM event running at the same time

2. Go for the Erewash Sprint Tri on August 19th (pool based) ready for this right now.

3.Go for the Udo's Choice Allerthorpe Classic Triathlon (olympic distance) August 19th. 1 hour away so more user friendly. Also gives me one week extra training.

So, comments....

ebshot - 2012-07-18 11:51 AM I just finished the book I was reading last night (Sex on the Moon; it was really interesting about a guy-Thad Roberts- who worked at NASA and stole lunar samples.) and I need a new book.  Has anyone read anything cool lately?  And please, no Fifty Shades of Grey recommendations, I'm not interested.

KansasMom - 2012-07-18 2:55 PM

I loved Gilead by Marilynne Robinson.  And The Known World by Edward P. Jones. And American Pastoral by Philip Roth (Some language and graphic sex, but not like Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and not, from what I hear, like Fifty Shades of Gray.) I guess you can tell my area is contemporary American Fiction. I love it!!

I also loved Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer. Amazing.

ArielLIlB - 2012-07-18 2:49 PM Here, this is adorable (yeah, I'm going there with the cats again). That's Chloe making herself at home in the hutch in our living room.  Usually there's a printer there, but it's broken.

Asalzwed - 2012-07-18 12:35 PM

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I need a warning for this kind of stuff. Don't you guys know I am a total pansy????

TriAya - 2012-07-18 7:23 AM

You're a crazy busy and high energy lady ... and remember I GIVE (just not take) excellent advice

I think it's essential, during Iron training, to sometimes take a day off to rest more, or even for no good reason. And not to make anything up. Just do it.

ebshot - 2012-07-18 12:06 PM
Lol, no thank you!  I have zero desire to read that.  At all.  And no, I won't go and see the movie either. 

ebshot - 2012-07-18 7:43 AM
Trade ya??  It is like an oven here and I melt in the humidity.  I LOVE running in the winter.  I don't overheat and I'm much faster. 

ebshot - 2012-07-18 11:51 AM I just finished the book I was reading last night (Sex on the Moon; it was really interesting about a guy-Thad Roberts- who worked at NASA and stole lunar samples.) and I need a new book.  Has anyone read anything cool lately?  And please, no Fifty Shades of Grey recommendations, I'm not interested.

ukweeble - 2012-07-18 1:40 PM

i FORGOT THAT Janyne has an encyclopaedic knowledge of every race that every Manatee has logged.

Ok, so here's the thing. I cunningly decided to enter the Grafman olympic distance on 12th August without actually registering or parting with any money. This was because i was scared concerned that i may not be able to get ready in time for the event and also the idea of having to set off at 4am in time to sign in etc and then be knackered for the race itself. It was also the latest race i could enter before i go on my annual holidays, 5 days later.

However, my holidays have now been postponed by a few days, leaving the weekend of 18th/19th August also available as i fly out to Turkey on the Monday. This gives me 3 options and i welcome your thoughts as well as the usual abuse etc.

1. Go for the Grafman Oly on August 12th. It is 2hrs away. Also has HIM event running at the same time

2. Go for the Erewash Sprint Tri on August 19th (pool based) ready for this right now.

3.Go for the Udo's Choice Allerthorpe Classic Triathlon (olympic distance) August 19th. 1 hour away so more user friendly. Also gives me one week extra training.

So, comments....

 

bcraht - 2012-07-18 2:19 PM Feeding time for the Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches in the Biology Dept..... Note in the first pic the one sitting upside down on the branch with the apple in his mouth.

ukweeble - 2012-07-18 1:40 PM

i FORGOT THAT Janyne has an encyclopaedic knowledge of every race that every Manatee has logged.

Ok, so here's the thing. I cunningly decided to enter the Grafman olympic distance on 12th August without actually registering or parting with any money. This was because i was scared concerned that i may not be able to get ready in time for the event and also the idea of having to set off at 4am in time to sign in etc and then be knackered for the race itself. It was also the latest race i could enter before i go on my annual holidays, 5 days later.

However, my holidays have now been postponed by a few days, leaving the weekend of 18th/19th August also available as i fly out to Turkey on the Monday. This gives me 3 options and i welcome your thoughts as well as the usual abuse etc.

1. Go for the Grafman Oly on August 12th. It is 2hrs away. Also has HIM event running at the same time

2. Go for the Erewash Sprint Tri on August 19th (pool based) ready for this right now.

3.Go for the Udo's Choice Allerthorpe Classic Triathlon (olympic distance) August 19th. 1 hour away so more user friendly. Also gives me one week extra training.

So, comments....

 

Asalzwed - 2012-07-18 3:00 PM

OMG I am a HUGE Krakauer fan. HUGE. I have read everything of his.

bcraht - 2012-07-18 3:01 PM

Ok, Adrienne, I have a some questions for you.  This is your first year of training and racing in running, right?  So, what did you do before?  what made you decide to focus on running?  Have you had any injury issues running so much?  You seem to get so much training in and yet you still blog about hanging out with friends in the evenings etc--I know you have a SO and furry children AND AN AWESOME JOB!!--how do you fit it all in? 

Wait, scratch that last one.  I have trouble fitting it all in cause I run so slow.  Guess if I ran fast like you it would get done quicker

KansasMom - 2012-07-18 2:44 PM

I do hate that time in winter -- when it is dark until late in the morning and dark before the afternoon is over.

I like the idea of drawing pictures of the spelling words. I may have to try that with Jayson. I can't believe he starts school in a month!

KansasMom - 2012-07-18 1:11 PM

No offense, but these are disgusting. And I have a cockroach story.

My ex-husband and I had just separated and were in the process of a divorce. He comes to visit the kids, who are 2 and 5 at the time, with a present.

A hissing cockroach -- complete with aquarium and other nonsense. With these words, said with great vindictiveness: "Now, take this into the house because your mother wouldn't want this left outside."

I hated that thing. Hated. Hated. Hated it. The kids forgot about it. And one day, I put it in a bag and put it out in the trash. I didn't even check to see if it was alive. I just wanted it gone. Gross.

bcraht - 2012-07-18 3:01 PM

Ok, Adrienne, I have a some questions for you.  This is your first year of training and racing in running, right?  So, what did you do before?  what made you decide to focus on running?  Have you had any injury issues running so much?  You seem to get so much training in and yet you still blog about hanging out with friends in the evenings etc--I know you have a SO and furry children--how do you fit it all in? 

Wait, scratch that last one.  I have trouble fitting it all in cause I run so slow.  Guess if I ran fast like you it would get done quicker

jobaxas - 2012-07-18 3:08 PM

I am on book 2 of the Fifty Shades trilogy - what absolute drivel.  The first one passed as erotic fiction but barely.  Now it's turned into a trashy love story badly written and highly implausible.  Makes Twilight look like Dickens.  I will stick with it - even the s*x scenes have become standardly dull.

jobaxas - 2012-07-18 2:12 PM

Number 3 please.

KansasMom - 2012-07-18 3:14 PM

I've got Into the Wild sitting next to me. I haven't started it yet. Did you read the Mormon one? Is it Under the Banner of Heaven? I'm worried about that one. Is it fair?

Asalzwed - 2012-07-18 2:18 PM

Well. Ok...I was active in HS and then played a little hockey in college but once I graduated I became, well, quite frankly fat and lazy. With that came some depression and then, I dunno...just a bitterness in life, in general. 

Finally I woke the eff up and realized I needed to make a change (I'm summarizing here)I also realized there were some things that were completely out of my control (I got dealt a few crappy hands) and there were some things I could control. So, I started working out on a regular basis and started seeing small changes, physically and mentally. Finally I kind of hit a plateau and realized my diet needed some work.  No one makes this part easy. There is so much conflicting information out there it's mind boggling. I started logging my food and made and effort to eat non or lightly processed food and just kept researching.

Around a year ago, a friend talked me into signing up for triathlon. Of course, she backed out but I went for it. I did a few 5Ks in preparation and realized, with a little training, I could run. I had always hated running but once you start to see what a little training can do in terms of improvement, I started to like it more.

Around this time I found BT and started getting into Tri more. I did a few tris and bike rides and runs. I also won entry to this half marathon (the day before) and more or less ran it on a whim. I had been tri training so I wasn't totally unprepared. I got a decent time considering and realized with some actual structured training, I could probably be a pretty decent runner.

That is when I started training for my first marathon. I ended up running that first marathon in 3:34 and qualifying for Boston. So, I decided I wanted to dedicate myself to running to see what my true potential is. That is where I am today. 

Phhhhewwww. 

In terms of time (training, family, life in general) Well, that is NEVER easy. It's all about prioritizing. I have made a promise to myself that training, for now, doesn't interfere with my family. I am lucky enough to have a gym on site at work and work for a company that values life/work balance. I frequently do 2-a-day workouts (one at lunch and one in the evening) my evening workout is generally with my SO (as the gym. She doesn't run but at least we are at the same place) I have also sneakily drug some of my friends into running, convincing them they love it as much as I do and now instead of happy hour, we run (clever, I know) 

I have to cut a lot of stuff out too. There are certainly sacrifices. Lots of Sundays when really I just want to sleep in and watch football and instead I have to do a 18-miler. Also, lots of Friday nights where I need to cut out early so I can get some sleep because I have a run in the morning. But, it's all about balance and always will be.