Yanti & Salty MAD MANATEES Part 2 -- Full Pod (Page 59)

Can you take a pic and post it? Where EXACTLY? how small? is it a surface scratch or does it go all the way through?

oh, and ...

CONGRATULATIONS KIRSTEN!!!

{I got to your RR earlier just didn't quite get it out here!}

Who in their right minds would do that!?!?!

Feeling pretty proud of myself tonight.  Originally was going to go for an OWS with a group, but had to pick up all the critters from their respective 'sitters', so knew I wouldn't have time to get there.  Took my swimsuit to work to swim at lunch, but just couldn't get motivated.  Usually try to go before lunch before it gets busy, but didn't feel like it.  Told myself I would go this evening, but even with that, was humming and hawing.  I was feeling a bit disappointed with my race swim again and having "I can't do it" thoughts.  Decided I needed a plan, so went to the NTC Masters website to find one there (I wasn't interested in doing the 6x500 in my plan here...)  Found one that looked interesting and chose it.

Get to the pool and get started.  Warm up fine, no worries.  Feeling smooth.  Start with a whack of 50's (some with drills, some easy, some fast) on :20 rest.  After a few, during my rests, I was feeling like I couldn't get my breath.  Almost like I had asthma, my chest felt like it wouldn't expand properly.  Was going to rest until it passed, then I thought, if I don't push myself, I am never going to get better.  So I just froggin' went for it on the :20.  And you know what?  I was fine.  I did not struggle with my breathing on any of the repeats, only the rests.  Interesting.  Finished feeling good, and even doing the last, fast, 50 at :57.  Pretty darn good after 2000m.  Yay!

Sounds like it was a good swim day all around for the Manatees  

Feeling pretty proud of myself tonight.  Originally was going to go for an OWS with a group, but had to pick up all the critters from their respective 'sitters', so knew I wouldn't have time to get there.  Took my swimsuit to work to swim at lunch, but just couldn't get motivated.  Usually try to go before lunch before it gets busy, but didn't feel like it.  Told myself I would go this evening, but even with that, was humming and hawing.  I was feeling a bit disappointed with my race swim again and having "I can't do it" thoughts.  Decided I needed a plan, so went to the NTC Masters website to find one there (I wasn't interested in doing the 6x500 in my plan here...)  Found one that looked interesting and chose it.

Get to the pool and get started.  Warm up fine, no worries.  Feeling smooth.  Start with a whack of 50's (some with drills, some easy, some fast) on :20 rest.  After a few, during my rests, I was feeling like I couldn't get my breath.  Almost like I had asthma, my chest felt like it wouldn't expand properly.  Was going to rest until it passed, then I thought, if I don't push myself, I am never going to get better.  So I just froggin' went for it on the :20.  And you know what?  I was fine.  I did not struggle with my breathing on any of the repeats, only the rests.  Interesting.  Finished feeling good, and even doing the last, fast, 50 at :57.  Pretty darn good after 2000m.  Yay!

Sounds like it was a good swim day all around for the Manatees  

Feeling pretty proud of myself tonight.  Originally was going to go for an OWS with a group, but had to pick up all the critters from their respective 'sitters', so knew I wouldn't have time to get there.  Took my swimsuit to work to swim at lunch, but just couldn't get motivated.  Usually try to go before lunch before it gets busy, but didn't feel like it.  Told myself I would go this evening, but even with that, was humming and hawing.  I was feeling a bit disappointed with my race swim again and having "I can't do it" thoughts.  Decided I needed a plan, so went to the NTC Masters website to find one there (I wasn't interested in doing the 6x500 in my plan here...)  Found one that looked interesting and chose it.

Get to the pool and get started.  Warm up fine, no worries.  Feeling smooth.  Start with a whack of 50's (some with drills, some easy, some fast) on :20 rest.  After a few, during my rests, I was feeling like I couldn't get my breath.  Almost like I had asthma, my chest felt like it wouldn't expand properly.  Was going to rest until it passed, then I thought, if I don't push myself, I am never going to get better.  So I just froggin' went for it on the :20.  And you know what?  I was fine.  I did not struggle with my breathing on any of the repeats, only the rests.  Interesting.  Finished feeling good, and even doing the last, fast, 50 at :57.  Pretty darn good after 2000m.  Yay!

Sounds like it was a good swim day all around for the Manatees  

I'M BACK!, well, pending X-Rays on Wednesday....hope I didn't mess anything up yesterday.  O.K. not fully back but I HTFU'd yesterday and did that sprint.

It was the Kansas City Corporate challenge Tri, I was 27th overall out of 252 men.

Swim 500 m:  8:20 (20th OA, 1:32/100 pace)

Bike 9 miles:  25:12 (24th OA, 21.4 mph)

Run 2.4 miles:  18:14 (63rd OA, 7:36 pace)

Total time was 54:39, T1 sucked, T2 just OK

The course is short but quite hilly.

Shoulder feels fine today so I'm very optimistic about my ortho appt. Wednesday.  I'm wondering how the doc will respond when I tell her I did a sprint tri, swam and ran with no sling etc.  She's really cute so if my X-rays check out I'll ask her if she wants to go to lunch with a BADAZZZ!  Ha Ha

Congrats on everyone that raced this weekend!

And good luck on all the medical visits tomorrow!

I did not get much training (any) done this weekend and am ok with that, mostly...  at least that is what I'm telling myself.  I just can't do the work and train right now I am too exhausted at the end of my shift and still can't sleep worth a d@mn so I'm not going to train during my work week unless something changes or I feel like it, heck I'm on a bike at work anyways...  So 2 a days at least on my days off  and I only work 2 of the next 7 so I'm good for the sprint on the 8th.  The bike I had hoped for disappeared over the weekend so back to saving and waiting...

Feeling pretty proud of myself tonight.  Originally was going to go for an OWS with a group, but had to pick up all the critters from their respective 'sitters', so knew I wouldn't have time to get there.  Took my swimsuit to work to swim at lunch, but just couldn't get motivated.  Usually try to go before lunch before it gets busy, but didn't feel like it.  Told myself I would go this evening, but even with that, was humming and hawing.  I was feeling a bit disappointed with my race swim again and having "I can't do it" thoughts.  Decided I needed a plan, so went to the NTC Masters website to find one there (I wasn't interested in doing the 6x500 in my plan here...)  Found one that looked interesting and chose it.

Get to the pool and get started.  Warm up fine, no worries.  Feeling smooth.  Start with a whack of 50's (some with drills, some easy, some fast) on :20 rest.  After a few, during my rests, I was feeling like I couldn't get my breath.  Almost like I had asthma, my chest felt like it wouldn't expand properly.  Was going to rest until it passed, then I thought, if I don't push myself, I am never going to get better.  So I just froggin' went for it on the :20.  And you know what?  I was fine.  I did not struggle with my breathing on any of the repeats, only the rests.  Interesting.  Finished feeling good, and even doing the last, fast, 50 at :57.  Pretty darn good after 2000m.  Yay!

Sounds like it was a good swim day all around for the Manatees  

No, I went against what the doctor recommended and swam with both arms.  I wore my wetsuit bottoms to make the swim easier even though the water temp was 80 deg F (non USAT event).  I swam with deep long pulls on my left, short shallow pulls on my right.  Felt fine afterwards but we'll know tomorrow after x-rays.  Hey, I went Chrissie Wellington on my competitors, what can I say!

Feeling pretty proud of myself tonight.  Originally was going to go for an OWS with a group, but had to pick up all the critters from their respective 'sitters', so knew I wouldn't have time to get there.  Took my swimsuit to work to swim at lunch, but just couldn't get motivated.  Usually try to go before lunch before it gets busy, but didn't feel like it.  Told myself I would go this evening, but even with that, was humming and hawing.  I was feeling a bit disappointed with my race swim again and having "I can't do it" thoughts.  Decided I needed a plan, so went to the NTC Masters website to find one there (I wasn't interested in doing the 6x500 in my plan here...)  Found one that looked interesting and chose it.

Get to the pool and get started.  Warm up fine, no worries.  Feeling smooth.  Start with a whack of 50's (some with drills, some easy, some fast) on :20 rest.  After a few, during my rests, I was feeling like I couldn't get my breath.  Almost like I had asthma, my chest felt like it wouldn't expand properly.  Was going to rest until it passed, then I thought, if I don't push myself, I am never going to get better.  So I just froggin' went for it on the :20.  And you know what?  I was fine.  I did not struggle with my breathing on any of the repeats, only the rests.  Interesting.  Finished feeling good, and even doing the last, fast, 50 at :57.  Pretty darn good after 2000m.  Yay!

Sounds like it was a good swim day all around for the Manatees  

TJ - awesome swim results!  Feels good, no?

Kirsten - ditto on the great swim and big kudos on pushing yourself and surviving and now knowing that you can do more than you thought you could. Valuable knowledge.

Jo - yeah, athlete Pilates swimmer gal!  Great workout, as usual!

Chris - ha, you speed racer, you!  Way to cook those guys on the bike, and that's a great speed on the flats!

I have really fallen off of training very abruptly for a bunch of little, not-very-worthy reasons and no truly good reasons.  I intend to hit the pool tonight and try to get myself back on track.  I am really in a bad rut that I need to get out of.  Yell at me, manatees, tell me to HTFU and do what I gotta do and stop finding little excuses not to train!

I have really fallen off of training very abruptly for a bunch of little, not-very-worthy reasons and no truly good reasons.  I intend to hit the pool tonight and try to get myself back on track.  I am really in a bad rut that I need to get out of.  Yell at me, manatees, tell me to HTFU and do what I gotta do and stop finding little excuses not to train!

TJ - awesome swim results!  Feels good, no?

Kirsten - ditto on the great swim and big kudos on pushing yourself and surviving and now knowing that you can do more than you thought you could. Valuable knowledge.

Jo - yeah, athlete Pilates swimmer gal!  Great workout, as usual!

Chris - ha, you speed racer, you!  Way to cook those guys on the bike, and that's a great speed on the flats!

I have really fallen off of training very abruptly for a bunch of little, not-very-worthy reasons and no truly good reasons.  I intend to hit the pool tonight and try to get myself back on track.  I am really in a bad rut that I need to get out of.  Yell at me, manatees, tell me to HTFU and do what I gotta do and stop finding little excuses not to train!

Well, I kinda regret that seven-hour sufferfest on the trainer when I kept having to puke out both ends and was suffering from an infection and on some really strong antibiotics and other meds since I'd just had a badly infected tooth carved out of my face the night before.

But other than that, the quote is right on.

P.S. and some bone carved out too and stitches still in of course.

Smart, me

Put on your big girl panties (unless you'll be cycling), and get out the door!!!!

What they say is true, I never regret training, but I do regret it when I don't.

I'm flying out tomorrow am, so,  pray for my safety. Not the flying part, the spending a week with family part! Honestly it's some MUCH NEEDED time off. I am exhausted. 

I am a little sad to be missing the Rock 'n' Roll Seattle marathon this weekend. Exactly one year ago today I had won entry to it. I hadn't specifically trained for a HM as I had only been doing sprint triathlon training. My completion of the HM lit the fire under my arse to really start running and see if I could realize my potential. 

One year down! 

I have a bright pink hand towell that says "Put on your big girl panties and Tri" that I like to use for transitions.  I haven't been able to find it for my last two races and it's making me crazy! (totally off topic but Felicia reminded me and I needed to vent, thanks for listening)

I'm flying out tomorrow am, so,  pray for my safety. Not the flying part, the spending a week with family part! Honestly it's some MUCH NEEDED time off. I am exhausted. 

I am a little sad to be missing the Rock 'n' Roll Seattle marathon this weekend. Exactly one year ago today I had won entry to it. I hadn't specifically trained for a HM as I had only been doing sprint triathlon training. My completion of the HM lit the fire under my arse to really start running and see if I could realize my potential. 

One year down!