Yanti & Salty MAD MANATEES Mentor Group - FULL POD (Page 51)

So I had a huge attack of allergies last night RIGHT as I went to bed--needless to say, I didn't fall asleep for another 1.5 hours afterwords...then I woke up this morning with the WORST headache, that has been trying to come back in full force all day! I wouldn't mind just sitting around trying to ignore it, but I am supposed to get a 25 mile bike in followed by an OWS! ---Oh yeah, it doesn't help that there is some serious wind outside right now...normally, I would just deal and get right out there, but my allergies are have been getting worse when I've been outside today, so it worries me...

I'll see if the wind dies down in the next hour, and then decide what to do....or...how to do it---I might end up just hitting the gym for the workout instead.

Weeeelllllllll? How'd it go?

Good! Despite a week off, I did not forget how to exercise! I did a short little run, mini-upper body strength and abs, and short swim. Not bad for an hour at the gym! Thank you for checking in - that's what made me do all that!

Good job, Brie!  Way to get it done.  Bet you feel great!

Go Jo!!  Have a great time you have defnitely earned it!!

GO JO GO JOGO GO!!!!!

Sir, Yessir, Big Sur!

Everything, all of it, and all of us--take it with you on the course.

AND LEAVE IT ALL THERE!!!

(not us. We'll be chasing you down to the finish line.)

Enough with the icing already! 

Ack!  I am so sorry that you are dealing with this.  Are your springtime allergies always this bad?  Regardless, it sucks!  Do you have a trainer?  Maybe you could practice outdoor avoidance when your allergies are flaring up.

Have a blast!

Thought I had to work at 6am this morning so up at 4 and out the door, nope gotta work tomorrow at 6am so already took the dog for a run, my first since the HM back in January...  Lost some, ok alot, of my run fitness which I'm not surprised about.  My plan for the next few weeks is a morning run, 3 miles or so, with the pup until I find my legs again.  And the vet told me he needs to lose about 5 lbs so that should help him as well.

Nothing to add to the soccer debate unfortunately, although my grand father was a huge fan I just never understood it.

Besides Jo anyone racing this weekend?

You will have a great time and do wonderfully. Nervous energy can sometimes be positive.

Good morning. My day is not going as planned, and I'm very cranky about it.

My son didn't turn in an assignment yesterday (it was already two weeks late!!!), so he received in school suspension this morning -- no Iditaprob. His teacher called me this morning at about 7:45 to verify with me that I knew he couldn't participate (Ben had told me when I got home from work yesterday while I was getting ready to pack up our stuff for the ride) and to tell me I didn't have to either. I told him I was committed to doing it, and I would follow through with my commitment (unlike my children do), but he said it was really okay. They had an extra parent, so they didn't really need me.

So, I cancelled my classes today, am missing a convocation at the college, for nothing. Nice.

I went for a run instead. We're expected to get storms later this morning and afternoon.

I just feel utterly defeated. I am the worst mother in the world.

Go get 'em Jo!  The Manatees are with you!

Felicia, I feel ya.  I have two boys and both of them struggled through school.  For years I dreaded parent/teacher conferences.  I always felt like it was an assessment on my ability as a mother! The older they get we have to let them take responsibility, as difficult as that is.  BTW, both of my boys turned out to be amazing men of whom i am very proud.

Sorry, Felicia, that really sucks.  It's tough when they make poor choices and have to live with the consequences.  But in the end, it is what makes them responsible for their own actions.  Hang in there.

Ummm, I love this, so I am just going to have to chant it!

Yessir, Big Sur!

Yessir, Big Sur!

Yessir, Big Sur!

Awwwww, chin up! Waita get that run in, too.

I wouldn't be so hard on yourself. All of the shenanigans I got/get into are a direct reflection of my own bad decision making. All the good stuff, quite honestly can be atrributed to my amazing (if not sometimes utterly annoying) parents. 

Hang in there! 

I do hate my allergies, generally, they aren't all that bad--its only when the wind picks up that I can count on them getting really icky. The rest of the time I am usually ok; well, except sometimes out of the blue when I just get REALLY congested REALLY fast. All in all, it could be a lot worse. Today, I am back to normal. Its also a beautiful day!

I don't have a trainer unfortunately, I have been shopping around for one, but all I have found are still out of my price range. It will be that way for a while as I am trying to get all household bills caught up and to save enough for a few months of padding, money wise. I paid all of my credit card bills off completely as of last month, so I figure I should get things squared away before I have to start paying school loans back. For the first time in my life, I am actually almost financially responsible....weird.

Go Jogo Go!  Jealous you're going to be at Big Sur.  It's a beautiful place!  Sometimes I'm tempted to move back to NorCal.

You are not a bad Mom Felicia.  You're a great one.  Bad Mom's wouldn't care and wouldn't even be phased. 

For me, went swimming yesterday and did 10x100 intervals with 60seconds rest.  Not nearly as hard as some of the other pool work-outs I've seen on here but I thought I was going to die on reps 7-10.  Pretty much going all out from rep 1 (perhaps that was my problem? Ha!) until my form just collapsed at the end.  I was trying to HARD to remember Sheila T's advice that form is most important so I struggled to maintain as much as I could.  Still...I drank a LOT of water those last few sets.  I was spent at the end.

Just a short run for me today and then packing.  We rented a condo down in Seaside this weekend to celebrate our 6-year wedding anniversary.  It'll be nice just to get away for the weekend (even though it's only 20-30minutes away).  Gulf front, white sugar sands.  Maybe try to get an OWS while we're down there.  Hopefully there's no jellyfish. Blech.

That sounds like an awesome weekend Keye and congratulations on 6 years of married life!!!

I heard something in training once, not tri related, and it helps me with swimming form sometimes;  Slow is Smooth, Smooth is fast it helps me to remember form even when trying to kill it.  Good workout!

Head up young lady. times can be tough when you are a parent, trust me, i know having helped to bring up six kids. But if you persevere, things do come good in the end. You obviously care so i have faith that you can work through it.