Manatee Mentors 2015.2 CLOSED (Poptarts? Pet pics?) (Page 53)

Proof of life post.  Been reading all posts.  Got outside on the bike for the first time this year today.  Super cold to start, but sunny and warm by the end.  Nice brick run afterwards and even saw the Bunny dart off the path into the woods. He musta been done all his deliveries already .  The yard and garden are calling to me for the rest of the day.  Hope everyone has a fantastic Easter.

Might have been a little breezy on a nice Saturday ride when the mountain bike is bumping 30mph in places at a low aerobic effort.

Only time I've seen 30 on my MTB is after going over a small cliff. 

Windy, indeed!

Matt

Only time I've seen 30 on my MTB is after going over a small cliff. 

Windy, indeed!

Matt

Happy Monday, manatees! (or is it already Tuesday for our Aussie pals?  I'm so bad with time zones that are that far away)  I had the first semi-normal weekend, as in not jam-packed with obligations and/or travel, in a while and it felt pretty dang nice!  Both days were VERY windy (23 mph Sat, 20-25 mph with higher gusts Sun) for my workouts, which was less-than-preferred, especially on the bike, but hey, it builds character, right?  At least that's what I kept telling myself, amongst the fearful thoughts of actually having to do a big race in such conditions.

Glad to hear some of the DLers are improving and making that list shorter!

Requesting prayers, good thoughts, good vibes, whatever your preference or belief for Dad this week.  On Wed. afternoon we will get the results of his latest PET scan.  I'm a bit stressed already worrying about what the doctor will tell us.

Happy Monday, manatees! (or is it already Tuesday for our Aussie pals?  I'm so bad with time zones that are that far away)  I had the first semi-normal weekend, as in not jam-packed with obligations and/or travel, in a while and it felt pretty dang nice!  Both days were VERY windy (23 mph Sat, 20-25 mph with higher gusts Sun) for my workouts, which was less-than-preferred, especially on the bike, but hey, it builds character, right?  At least that's what I kept telling myself, amongst the fearful thoughts of actually having to do a big race in such conditions.

Glad to hear some of the DLers are improving and making that list shorter!

Requesting prayers, good thoughts, good vibes, whatever your preference or belief for Dad this week.  On Wed. afternoon we will get the results of his latest PET scan.  I'm a bit stressed already worrying about what the doctor will tell us.

Happy Monday, manatees! (or is it already Tuesday for our Aussie pals?  I'm so bad with time zones that are that far away)  I had the first semi-normal weekend, as in not jam-packed with obligations and/or travel, in a while and it felt pretty dang nice!  Both days were VERY windy (23 mph Sat, 20-25 mph with higher gusts Sun) for my workouts, which was less-than-preferred, especially on the bike, but hey, it builds character, right?  At least that's what I kept telling myself, amongst the fearful thoughts of actually having to do a big race in such conditions.

Glad to hear some of the DLers are improving and making that list shorter!

Requesting prayers, good thoughts, good vibes, whatever your preference or belief for Dad this week.  On Wed. afternoon we will get the results of his latest PET scan.  I'm a bit stressed already worrying about what the doctor will tell us.

Might have been a little breezy on a nice Saturday ride when the mountain bike is bumping 30mph in places at a low aerobic effort.

Prayers for Dad and the fam.

Big/busy week for me. Busy at work thru Wednesday then Thursday we fly to Chi-town for DS2's graduation on Friday!!! Happy Momma! Somewhere in there I need to fit two 5's, a 10 and a 15 miler!

YAY!!!

Might have been a little breezy on a nice Saturday ride when the mountain bike is bumping 30mph in places at a low aerobic effort.

I'm glad that all of the folks in the eastern half of the US survived the wind this weekend.

Nancy, so glad that you are feeling better!

Melanie, good thoughts for your dad.

Salty, a mtb certainly seems to be more in keeping with your current interests.

TJ, great training!  His move to Charleston must be coming up soon as well! 

Speaking of MTBs...I am really thinking about getting one.

I am so on the fence between trying to find some sort of a cyclocross bike and getting rid of my roadie OR getting a hard tail. I was thinking if I get a hard tail, J could ride it (since it's much more comfortable than a roadie) if we did short rides together. 

I can get 40% of diamonback bikes and they have some reasonable priced hardtails...

Man, I was just thinking that if I spend the summer doing trail running then transition into fall for XC, I won't even have run a marathon this calendar year! 

That made me sad and I send in a time verification to qualify for Chicago...but I don't think I am going to run it, I just panicked lol! 

I guess maybe I should plan to run something next spring. I really want to run one, it just doesn't fit in very well and I would hate to multi-task my way through cross country season again.  I should, however, probably start thinking about what I want to do next spring in case I would like to run one of the more difficult to get into events. Anyone have any recommendations?

What she said!

Beyond playing it safe and getting both bikes I'm not really sure! Still keep thinking about what I want to do with anything that's not the tri bike.

As in, you only want to ride the tri bike or want to ride anything but?

I've been thinking about a CX bike, too.  When we move to the new house, I'll be able to access many miles of greenbelt trails and also be about a 10 -12 mile urban commute to work.  Was thinking a CX bike would be a good mount for both.  So, I'm not much help in the MTB vs. CX decision - sorry!

I have a VERY old MTB that is beat up but OK if it's not too technical a ride, but it would be a chore getting to work and back on it, and I have a bunch of friends who seem to think CCX is the shiznit.  Might give that a go one of these falls...

Hmmm... To CX or not?

Matt

ETA - HAPPY BEER DAY!  (although I thought March 17th already came and went)