Yanti & Salty Mad Manatees PART 3: FULL POD (Page 53)

KansasMom - 2012-07-19 1:42 PM

Post now. I did it, and no one can be as poor a swimmer as I am. I got a lot out of not only posting it, but looking at it, as well. I didn't really know what I looked like when I was swimming.

KansasMom - 2012-07-19 2:42 PM

Post now. I did it, and no one can be as poor a swimmer as I am. I got a lot out of not only posting it, but looking at it, as well. I didn't really know what I looked like when I was swimming.

rrrunner - 2012-07-19 2:50 PM

I want to.  I either have to drag my DH or son along as videographer or figure out how to stand my iPhone up on the pool deck.

Asalzwed - 2012-07-19 2:50 PM

Didn't you have a bonus cannon ball in your video, too? 

Asalzwed - 2012-07-19 3:48 PM

hehe, thanks. I had to hold my tongue. But what I really wondered is why they had the idea I walked. I said I slowed down but that's more like... down to an 8 min pace vs low 7s. 

I just have a hard time believing that looking down at a watch is miraculously going to make me run faster. 

I admittedly screwed up on my pacing early on but that was because of the A. the tunnel and B. because I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone so that I know my absolute limits. Looking down at a watch wouldn't change that.  

Asalzwed - 2012-07-19 12:49 PM

By the way, here are two of the said guys that made me drink too many beers before my marathon.

I figured sommmeeoneee might appreciate the pics.

The one on the left is like my brother. My parents took him in when I was in HS (family troubles etc.) anyway, he's special forces now and you know what the mofo says when I am about to leave the party (at a responsible hour) the night before my marathon? He says, "Well, do what you will Addy...but just keep in mind this might be the last time you see me with legs after I deploy to Afghanistan." 

JEEEEEEEEEZUS! Talk about some peer pressure!  the jerk!

TriAya - 2012-07-19 1:17 PM

I second Honolulu, though it can be hot as furk. But you'll be done by 8am.

Hi Spiglet. Feel free to come here anytime. Oh, and I have a question for you too ... do those flies in Busso actually bite, or just land on you and follow you and annoy you?

Asalzwed - 2012-07-20 3:48 AM

hehe, thanks. I had to hold my tongue. But what I really wondered is why they had the idea I walked. I said I slowed down but that's more like... down to an 8 min pace vs low 7s. 

I just have a hard time believing that looking down at a watch is miraculously going to make me run faster. 

I admittedly screwed up on my pacing early on but that was because of the A. the tunnel and B. because I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone so that I know my absolute limits. Looking down at a watch wouldn't change that.  

ArielLIlB - 2012-07-19 2:58 PM

Seriously? You finished in 3:22...did they think you ran 5  min miles then had a lovely cool down stroll for the last mile or so? HOnestly, I'm starting to rethink my obsession with technology and just get out there and RUN because of you.  THAT is the take-away from Salty's super-speedy marathon

jobaxas - 2012-07-19 1:59 PM

OMG that has made my day!

jobaxas - 2012-07-19 2:59 PM

OMG that has made my day!

TriAya - 2012-07-19 3:02 PM

The vast majority of people doing their first, say, FIVE (out of my azz but probably not too far off) marathons screw their pacing up (mostly going out too fast but not quite pushing hard enough and bizarrely going faster in the last few miles is often heard too). And they're all wearing watches.

Sigh. I probably will say something. I'm on a roll. Someone should probably stop me before I get spanked ...

ArielLIlB

Seriously? You finished in 3:22...did they think you ran 5  min miles then had a lovely cool down stroll for the last mile or so? HOnestly, I'm starting to rethink my obsession with technology and just get out there and RUN because of you.  THAT is the take-away from Salty's super-speedy marathon

Asalzwed - 2012-07-20 4:05 AM

THAT'S IT! I'm getting a calculator watch!

rrrunner - 2012-07-20 4:03 AM

I can't believe none of you piglet-hungry girls has mentioned the matress!!!!!

TriAya - 2012-07-19 3:06 PM

CASIO!!!

I had one of those in the fifth grade and I was just the cat's meow.

Asalzwed - 2012-07-20 3:51 AM

Am I still allowed to do it if there is no flip turn? 

TriAya - 2012-07-19 3:05 PM

To know your body intimately like Salty does is a) free, and b) possibly the most valuable information you can get and use certainly in athletics, but I believe in life in general.

Asalzwed - 2012-07-20 4:08 AM

J actually has one. It's so amazingly stereotypical. Basic math ya know...

My only complaint is that it isn't backlit. WTF who says you don't need to do calculations in the dark?

Asalzwed - 2012-07-20 4:09 AM

You just had to use the word intimately, didn't you?  

I admittedly screwed up on my pacing early on but that was because of the A. the tunnel and B. because I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone so that I know my absolute limits. Looking down at a watch wouldn't change that.

TriAya - 2012-07-19 3:10 PM

And you just happened to zero in on it, didn't you?

spudone - 2012-07-19 3:10 PM

When I ran the Tacoma marathon, I went out fast on purpose.  The middle section of the race, about miles 9-18, are enough uphill that you can't maintain your target pace.  So you have to build a buffer early and then try to hold on.  It makes for a hard race but it CAN be done that way.  I blew up at the end, but that was exactly where my long training runs had ended.  Shocking.

TriAya - 2012-07-19 12:24 PM

YET another new account (I think he was up to 7 or 8 by the time he FINALLY got booted ... just could not change his posting style) ... I think I'm the only person here who actually liked the guy. Or at least his advice, which most of the time was razor-sharp spot-on.