Mad Mutant Manatee Mentors 4--CLOSED (Page 57)

Me too, I'll happily wait for the right things to happen. My frustration stems from the variety of reports that come out about things that are or aren't happening. It seems like I keep seeing different stuff every hour. Or at least I was until I gave up watching.

^^^^THIS.  Shut the eff up if you are not supposed to be talking about it. 

heehee...I like!

Thanks, TJ.

I can't watch the news right now. The push to be "the first" to break the story just puts so much crap and misinformation out there. And replaying the same stories and footage over and over...ugh. I'll watch some tonight.

That's a great article.  I was saying the same thing to my co-worker today, that I feel for the marathoners who had great performances and those who put their heart and soul into the training (and perhaps fundraising) and didn't get to finish.  I apologized for being concerned about that, given the bigger issues - death, destruction, casualties, fear - but really it impacted so many people in so many ways.  Whoever did this robbed so many people of something special, and it SUCKS.  No one should feel guilty for embracing their accomplishment or being sad that they didn't get to finish their long journey.  You can be sad about more than one thing at once, or happy about something while you're sad about another.  That the beauty of the complexity of the human heart.

Thanks.

Exactly! It's so hard to put in words but we, as runners are affected on so many levels by this!

Thank you for finding/sharing that. A lot of similar thoughts and questions ran through my head as I watched the news on Monday night. So many types of casualties, but I don't doubt that most will come through the experience stronger and more motivated for next time. 

x2

The runners that hadn't finished were one of the first things I thought about when I saw four hours on the clock.

Lots of good bike talk earlier. I had nothing to add, of course, but was soaking it up like the newishbie that I am. I haven't really (ummm...at all) used the drops or hooks. I even had to look up an article to know what the hand positions are called . But you got me to thinking, Is this something I should be practicing? Something I can only do while on the road or can be done on trainer...the hand transitioning and shifting practice?

I've got a swim on the agenda tonight. Definitely learned a few things last Friday (besides that people are willing to video a struggling swimmer cuz it makes them feel good about their own technique ): left arm really low coming out and crosses over WAY far, and closed fist drills got me working on elbows up. (sigh. and to think this is better than it was?) Positives: I'm more balanced than I was a few weeks ago, and... I'm swimming tonight.

Funny when Macca does his podcast he says oh here's a question from Joanne Baxas our Stalker.

Well you couldn't make this stuff up could you?  Having you and your sister to take care of her will only be beneficial.  Wish I could help physically - get my azz over to Jakarta but not really possible!  Anyway just know I wish I could.

Crap, sorry Stacey.  I think that is the hardest part, not being able to help.

I'm glad you asked that question though.  I have tried to read up a fair bit on bike components over the past year.  Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think as far as components go:

Sora<Tiagra<105<Ultegra.  I think those are just the names (i'm sure they mean something...)

Aluminium<Carbon parts<Full Carbon with respect to frame, forks, etc

50/34 crankset means that there are 2 chainrings, one with 50 teeth, one with 34.  AS opposed to a triple, which has one extra chainring.  I can't talk about the cassette--I just know there are a whole bunch o' cogs with different numbers of teeth