Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) (Page 50)

Dear viral pharyngitis:

Eff off.

Sincerely,

Kirsten

Robin, I was on the 15L.  You can all kinds of interesting conversations on that route!  For those of you not here in Denver, that's a line that's well-known for having lots of intoxicated, obviously mentally ill, and/or homeless folks on it.  Those people always have interesting things to say.  I don't say that in a derogatory way; it's just that they often have perspectives I hadn't considered, and yes, are sometimes very obnoxious about making those perspectives known.

In this case, the guy wasn'tdidn't seem like any of those.  He's actually a documentary film maker and seems on the up-and-up.  I sent him an email.  I'll keep you posted about what happens.  I might just have a new submission for the bike gallery soon!!!

It is now official: I am a Sponsered athlete for Team Sunrype! Which means I get free tri kit! Woohoo!! (awesome, since my stuff has seen much better days and I am too poor to get the really good stuff! AND FREE FRUIT SNACKS! ok, I have to distribute most of it, but I will happily partake too--fruit strips, fruit and grain bars--all gluten and nut free, I can totally do that! (unless the husband eats them all first.) I am waiting for details before I spread the word on FB, but I am SUPER  excited---and now have MORE motivation to train!

Hope Louie heals up soon!  You might consider PT or chiropractic if his symptoms continue. (Yes, they really do do canine chiropractic.  We've taken several of our dogs and they've gotten some pretty good relief.)

Dear viral pharyngitis:

Eff off.

Sincerely,

Kirsten

Went to Saguaro National Park today. Aptly named! Not sure I've ever seen so many of them in one area. Literally, a forest of cacti...minus any shade. Whew! It was really, really warm. I was pouring water into and over the kids to keep them cooled. We hiked up a river bed and climbed dry waterfalls. Ok, the kids wanted to climb everything.

Saguaros can live 200 years, but they grow very slowly. This baby (pic) I found was only 1-2" tall, which makes it around 10 years old.

Hi Steeeeeveeeeeeeyyyyy!!!!  (that's how it would sound if you were flying by)

What's up with the fire sale, are you cleaning out a bunch of equipment to make room for newer stuff????

Just had an incredible opportunity fall in my lap.  I was talking to a guy on the bus who turns out to be a former pro cyclist.  He has an all-carbon road bike in my size with ~200 mi. on it that he's willing to sell--with a trainer--for $600!!!!!  I know I just got Red this summer, but I don't think I can pass up this opportunity.  I want to at least give it a test ride.  Sometimes it pays to talk to strangers!

During the camp my cycling team finally got around to making a team photo.  I'm 4th from the right in the front row.  Looking forward to my first road race!

Nice picture!

From the hair, I assume this was taken before helmets were involved, or are you like that Olympic skeleton racer about your hair?

Illnesses suck during training.  Heal up fast Kirsten.

I got food poisoning from a meal Saturday night.  Luckily, I got my run in Sunday morning before it hit me like a ton of bricks.  My intestines were cramping all day and night.  Just about went to the hospital at about three in the morning.  Starting to feel better this evening.

Went to Saguaro National Park today. Aptly named! Not sure I've ever seen so many of them in one area. Literally, a forest of cacti...minus any shade. Whew! It was really, really warm. I was pouring water into and over the kids to keep them cooled. We hiked up a river bed and climbed dry waterfalls. Ok, the kids wanted to climb everything.

Saguaros can live 200 years, but they grow very slowly. This baby (pic) I found was only 1-2" tall, which makes it around 10 years old.

Oh wow, I can't really feel half of my body and the other half hurts like a beeeeooooo...

I can't even hold a beer without my hand shaking!

I rock climbed until I literally could not grip the holds any longer, ran that trail race and then summit-ed a local mountain on my splitboard this weekend. Exhausted!

This is my buddy, on the way up yesterday:

Here is the race report

That trail looks idyllic.  So peaceful and beautiful.  What a full, rich weekend you had.

After seeing some of the pictures of the Mega Fat trail I'm kind of glad I didn't make it.  That looked brutal.  Congrats though on another great race.

I'm training almost up to it...I think I need it. 

Today was a mid-morning almost 2 hour trainer ride with almost an hour at sweet spot.  I'm PR'ing the 5, 10, and 20 seconds sprints almost every time out...real great for triathlete/time trialist, huh?  :-/

Oh wow, I can't really feel half of my body and the other half hurts like a beeeeooooo...

I can't even hold a beer without my hand shaking!

I rock climbed until I literally could not grip the holds any longer, ran that trail race and then summit-ed a local mountain on my splitboard this weekend. Exhausted!

This is my buddy, on the way up yesterday:

Here is the race report

Oh wow, I can't really feel half of my body and the other half hurts like a beeeeooooo...

I can't even hold a beer without my hand shaking!

I rock climbed until I literally could not grip the holds any longer, ran that trail race and then summit-ed a local mountain on my splitboard this weekend. Exhausted!

This is my buddy, on the way up yesterday:

Here is the race report

Salty, you do the coolest stuff!  I just Googled 'splitboard', what an ingenious idea!  Your buddy is wearing skate skis, though, maybe?  You are making me Jones for a winter adventure!  I'm off to read the RR...