Manatee Mentors 2015.2 CLOSED (Poptarts? Pet pics?) (Page 56)

Yanti, you're definitely deserving of some peace, and I hope you find it in Germany. 

So there are 9 triathlon bikes on sale in my area at the moment.  How's triathlon looking in y'alls area?  

3 are upgrading and the rest are quitting.  A large group did IM Chattanooga and there was a huge burnout after that.  A few of them have taken up crossfit that haven't sold their bikes, so I imagine some more will be up for sale later, but trying to do it right now just isn't happening.  It's crazy!

Originally posted by rrrunner

Originally posted by brigby1

Trying to remember when TJ was getting into the cities here. Would be an interesting introduction with hail and tornado warnings going off. All of that happened west of the cities, but still close enough for them to report it.

I'm here. We drove the MIL up to Milwaukee yesterday to see her sister and I tried to get in a long run along the lake but weather and time cut it short I'm super bummed about both the missed run and the missed opportunity to run along the lake. Today is the big day! Then tomorrow we wait at Ohare ALL DAY with DS2 for an afternoon flight... no telling if that'll be on time. Here's a pic from my shortened long run

I hope that you are having a great visit!

Racing Manatees!

A listing of Manatee Races, Rides and Runs and other events

April 11-12
Melanie - Yuengling Light Lager Jogger 5K on Saturday
Adrienne - Squak Mountain 12K trail on Saturday
Janyne - Rock 'n' Roll Raleigh half marathon on Sunday
Tom - Kettering College 5K on Sunday

Disabled List
Yanti - Chikungunya
Jen - GI woes (dare I write improving?)
MD Mike - under the weather
Chris - under the weather

GO PEACH MELBO!!!
GO SALTY!!!
GO BOSTONYNY!!!
GO FOXAY!!!

Disabled List

Healing {MELON PRESSES}

You can take me off. (What will you take off me, ha ha?) I still have some rough/painful days but I'm able to do (for me) light training and some days I just need to sleep a lot more than others and take it easy.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO racers!!  And as always, have fun!

DL'ers, sending healing thoughts to y'all.  Yanti, glad you're off the list.  Keep taking good care.  You and Smoky are two of a kind--spunky and determined to overcome even the most outrageous diseases and difficulties. (((Hugs)))  How is that little stinker, BTW?

Good luck, racers!  Adrienne is gonna shake off her practice and kill it!  

Get well, DL'ers!

Much thanks NyNy. {MP}

Kingsley will find a way. You don't get to where he's gotten to and been without being a stubborn barsted (Stace Face will back me up on this!) The many squadmates he's close to, they'll stay close (many had already left and they are still close). Coaching and training himself (and I do provide thoughtful input which he takes maybe 5-10% of the time, which is approximately 100x more than I take my own advice) will be a new adventure and force him to grow in ways previously not possible.

Yeah the police and judiciary are way beyond out of control, as policy; horrifying/ridiculous cases are the norm, not the exception ... people in Indonesia are getting prosecuting for PRIVATE MESSAGES regarding PRIVATE RELATIONSHIPS on Facebook!!! (and it's nothing criminal ... they're getting done under a slander law. Now TWO women are in jail because they said in PMs to friends that their husbands were abusing them. Because they couldn't prove the abuse, THEY ARE THE ONES GOING TO JAIL). Again, not exceptions. Most prosecutions now come down to who's paying to have it prosecuted and who benefits from damages/payouts.

Indonesia has been through some crazy crazy times but it has never been like this. Not under the most draconian of dictatorship laws. We're out! Hope it gets better and we'll do everything we can at a distance.

Germany was selected because I'm eligible for German citizenship (and will be taking it). With that and buying land, Tina will also be eligible first for residency, then citizenship, and eventually Kingsley too if he wants it (Germany also has very kind laws regarding foreigners). We're also very close to our German family there.

Nope, Mutti wants to stay in Jakarta--that's home and that's it. If the country gets so unstable that she's at personal risk (who would fach with a little old demented lady, I say that now, but it seems anything's possible ), we would like to have that base in Germany and access to care for her.

So for the time being Tina and I will be in Perth a lot more, Bali and Jakarta as needed, and Kingsley with us will also start going to Germany as of this summer.

He's an incorrigible terror. I CANNOT IMAGINE where he gets that from. I haven't had any SOS SMS's from the Hobbits, so I assume the house is still standing (could be a stretch of an assumption, but hey, we're optimists).

Turns out that I won the "Inspirational Story" contest on Tri Talk.  Thanks to everybody who voted for me!!  Now I just need to figure out which picture of myself to have painted.  I'm definitely NOT going to use the obligatory dorky wetsuit-goggles pic.

And so you are.

"obligatory" you used that word ... I do not think it means what you think it means

Glad to see this week is back to normal as it relates to racing Manatees!  Unfortunately, it also seems to be the manatee norm for DL numbers too

GO RACERS GOOOOOO!!!

Feel better sickies!!

Hee hee, Hands!   You picked the perfect snot color for sickies.

Yanti - so much terrible news.  Glad you've found a safer place and I hope the transition goes well, although it always hurts to leave home...

Melanie - very sorry to hear that this round of chemo isn't working, but am hopeful that the new treatment will help.  The immuno-oncology treatments coming out now are very promising.  You're in my thoughts.

Salty, those days get in your head, for sure.  Step back, though, and you were smart AND hit the workout (except the reps, which your body was coaching you on) - as others have also said.  I suspect you'll get the payout for being "wicked smaht" (as they would say back East) during your race this weekend. 

TJ and Ben - TAKE COVER and stay safe!  The storms missed us here, thankfully, but not by much.  Would NOT want to get caught out in that!

Mary - congrats! (but, yes, avoid the goggle pics!)

GO RACERS!

(DL-ers, c'mon, now)

I'm also racing this weekend.  Cap10k.  Biggest 10k in Texas and one of the largest in the country.  Might be a total shyte show, but I'm in a forward corral, so that'll help.  I'm going to run to the race start (a bit over 3 miles), race, then run back.  Won't likely result in the fastest of times, but this is really just the intensity portion of my planned long run, anyway (no taper, just moved some things around this week).  And I love races... 

Matt

Originally posted by rrrunner

Originally posted by brigby1

Trying to remember when TJ was getting into the cities here. Would be an interesting introduction with hail and tornado warnings going off. All of that happened west of the cities, but still close enough for them to report it.

I'm here. We drove the MIL up to Milwaukee yesterday to see her sister and I tried to get in a long run along the lake but weather and time cut it short I'm super bummed about both the missed run and the missed opportunity to run along the lake. Today is the big day! Then tomorrow we wait at Ohare ALL DAY with DS2 for an afternoon flight... no telling if that'll be on time. Here's a pic from my shortened long run

Looks like a great place to run, sorry it got cut short, but hey, you get to see DS2 tomorrow!!!   

Yes, agreed Yanti. Any idea if there are some swimming options for Kingsley in Germany? 

I'm so glad you won, Mary.  There were a few people in the running who came out of the blue (not existing BT members) to try to cash in on the prize.  You won because you have a great story and you are an active, supportive member of BT.  I've said it before, I'll say it again: I love when good things happen to good people.   Thank you for being part of BT and more importantly the manatees!

Dear Podmates,

GOOOOOO RACERS, even me!

Heal, oh sick ones, heal.

Thank you guys. Yeah, I don't know why this one bothered me so much! I HATE racing workouts. I am all about executing them as planned unless I don't have any races on the horizon and it's a good time to test a vdot increase.

Perhaps it's that I got dropped AND didn't do the entire workout.

But you guys are right. And in the scheme of things it's not going to make my performance suffer tomorrow, while trying to keep up and completing the workout would have. 

May your weekend be as fun as a dino in a dress, everybody.  (Courtesy of my favorite funny website, cakewrecks.com.)

Sweet, we've got some great distance runnin' goin' on this weekend.

Feel better DL! 

glad you noticed!