Manatee Mentors 2015.2 CLOSED (Poptarts? Pet pics?) (Page 5)

Wow, that was a genius explanation!

This is from 5 years ago, but I'm trying to get all the raffs I can right now. Probably one of my all-time favourite Funny Farm exchanges.

I haz a bone!!! You haz no bone FAIL!




 I kan haz bone? PWEEZ?



No! U be no stealin' mah bone!



I haz a bone.

I forgot to ask a question.  Hopefully I am not kicked out and will get some replies .

My swim coach has had me working on distance per stroke.  I can get as low as 19 strokes per 25m.  But she talks about keeping that stroke rate, but having higher arm turnover.  Aren't those two mutually exclusive?  If I increase my turnover, won't my stroke rate go up?  I asked her and came to the understanding that she wants my pull faster, but I still can't make my brain understand how that won't increase my stroke rate.  Help?

Well my forecast for Sunday's race looks awesome...  Rain is good for crits, right?

Well my forecast for Sunday's race looks awesome...  Rain is good for crits, right?

Bwaahahahaaaaa!

Yeah, it's good... if your an orthopod. 

I think I've said this before, but I like my collarbones where they are.  WHEN I break one again, it prolly won't be at a rainy crit.  I kind of wish I didn't think about it so much now, as crits look fun, but it just got in my head these last few years!

I'll have to settle for racing vicariously through you on this one, so CRUSH IT! 

Full RR expected, of course.

Matt

So I checked out the Anytime Fitness near my house yesterday. The gym was meh but is super convinient. 

The big take-away from the visit, however, was that I learned about a benefit I didn't know I have through BC/BS. If I pay BC/BS $25 per month I can join any of their network of gyms for no additional cost to me. So for $25 I can use the Anytime by my house or office, plus I can join others! There is only one in Albuquerque that has a pool and it is on the other side of town. But if I'm only paying $25 a month for the gym I don't mind either driving extra for the pool or paying $5 per visit for the pools that are more convenient. I'm purty excited about this!!!!!

Cool beans!! 

Aaaand, on top of that DS1 finally got his own phone plan so my monthly expenses have gone down about $125 in the last 24 hours!

ETA: of course there is the new truck payment we took on last week

Ew. Sorry about that, although it seems it was necessary.

So given that it's a given, REALLY, you should still consider it $125 saved and over just a few months that sounds like say a new bike to me

Ew. Sorry about that, although it seems it was necessary.

So given that it's a given, REALLY, you should still consider it $125 saved and over just a few months that sounds like say a new bike to me

If it does rain, then the primary goal will be to finish up right.  While a podium would be awesome, getting the start in is the main point until I get to CAT 4.  

The TT however I fully plan to attack with all I got!

Yeah... I started thinking along the lines of how to spend it until I rememberd the truck

Refresh me, what category do you have to start in and what does it take to get to CAT 4? 

You start in CAT 5.  To get from 5 to 4, you have to either have 10 mass starts as a 5 or you can upgrade early if you're killing it.  I do have some previous point experience from attending race skill camps and racing to where I already have credit for 4 starts.  

Cool news about the gym. That is great! What is this about a truck?

DH got a new (to him) truck last week. He's ordered new wheels and is getting tube doors for his birthday next week.

Rad, I dabbled in some yotas today on my car-quest.

I was holding out a couple years to get the blue collar Tesla that is coming out but of course my plan got foiled so, in the interim I think I will use this short period of time to get something more of a mountain-adventure mobile. I am trying to not feel too guilty because I run to work most of the time, making my footprint not quite so awful. But I'm looking at Subarus mostly as of now. 

And on that note I am going to attempt to run 7 miles in the NM wind after just eating a cupcake that my partner "forced" me to eat

Peace out!

Seems like 90% of the people here in CO have either an SUV or a Subaru.   We have a RAV4 as our only car.  I sometimes think about getting something smaller since most of our driving is around town but it's kind of nice to (a) only have 1 vehicle to feed and maintain, and (b) it's nice to have a slightly bigger vehicle for toting the beasts around or for trips to the mountains (which also frequently include toting said beasts).