Mad Manatees Mentor Group - VERY CLOSED!!! Sorry! (Page 59)

TriAya - 2013-01-15 12:00 PM

I grrrrrrr at that! Is there any way at all to prepare ahead?

But I do love your pictures. Now about DS1 ...

rrrunner - 2013-01-15 12:51 PMJust got word that work is going to get CRAZY for the next four weeks. Training could suffer, especially the last week of January and first week of February. This is NOT good!

Asalzwed - 2013-01-15 12:43 PM Man, I'm with you on that! We are slammed with 5 high profile projects on an expedited timeline. Schultz is coming to Thailand for the first time and we need to wow his socks off. Additionally we are getting new office furniture and have been displaced down to these tiny cubes on the third floor with no windows. Our printers are still on the 9th floor so we get a stair workout about 5 times a day. Finally, the restrooms are on the opposite side down here and I've walked into the men's room 3 times now! Phhhhew

rrrunner - 2013-01-15 1:50 PM

Wow, that IS crazy!I just emailed our media guy about the case and asked him about his Boston training. He said it's 13 weeks away and that he's doing the Rock N Roll half this Sunday.

rrrunner - 2013-01-15 1:08 PM

Oh there will be prep all right. One of my cases is going to trial which means that for the next 4 weeks the prosecuting attorney OWNS me!

DS1 is a great "kid". He's floundered a bit trying to decide what he wants to do. Now he is planning to go to school to be a paramedic. He joined the gym with me and is enjoying it so far.

cdban66 - 2013-01-15 12:22 PM

The beer offer stands, for both you and your bros.

amd723 - 2013-01-15 1:15 PM I always find that big, stressful cases require me to work out more to help relieve the stress and to help me get my thoughts in order. When I was a prosecutor I wrote some of my best closing arguments while biking or running. Good luck with your cases!

rrrunner - 2013-01-15 2:21 PM

Maybe I can convince my AUSA of this and we can both have time to train. I had an AUSA in Nebraska who made brilliant closing arguments. I've never been to trial with this one. Could get interesting.

amd723 - 2013-01-15 1:27 PM You should suggest a run together to discuss your testimony! I totally made brilliant closing arguments - at least I thought they were brilliant

amd723 - 2013-01-15 1:07 PM So I'm feeling pretty motivated right now. Rev3 Florida came out with an Olympic distance to go with the half it offered last year. Because there was only the half last year, I could not convince anybody to participate with me, so I was by myself last year. Well, today, the first day of registration, I've already gotten 2 of my brothers to say they will do the Olympic! I'm working on recruiting others. I will do the half again, so I will be alone in that race, but that's ok.Of course, the race isn't until November, so my motivation has plenty of time to wane

rrrunner - 2013-01-15 1:51 PM Just got word that work is going to get CRAZY for the next four weeks. Training could suffer, especially the last week of January and first week of February. This is NOT good!

jmkizer - 2013-01-15 2:45 PM

Too bad no one who lives nearby (say in Englewood) would do it with you.

rrrunner - 2013-01-16 2:53 AM

Meeeee toooooo!

StaceyK - 2013-01-15 5:49 PM

me too.

New rule in my house - No logging on to see what you guys have been up to while I've been sleeping until after I have done my training and am ready to log my session....

ok starting tomorrow

jobaxas - 2013-01-15 5:41 PM

Well my other life is as a part of the Macca X12 training community, namely the VIP component on Facebook.

I put my Ironman dilemma to the community - over 70 responses.  An overwhelming motivational moment - all said go for it.  They said in the 8 or so weeks I have left I can get the bike done.  My swim will be okay - BUT GET THE BIKE DONE.  A few messaged me directly and one guy even called me - he did OWS with me on Saturday.  How about that!

I feel so inspired and motivated - I'm just gonna do it.  Here I go!

I'm off to Auckland tomorrow for HIM relay (swim and run) - I'm taking my helmet and shoes, try and hire a bike and get on it.

I AM SO PUMPED RIGHT NOW.

I wanna thank all the manatees that responded on here too.  DO EEEEEET!

 

cdban66 - 2013-01-15 12:06 PM

We have established that I do this already, right?

jogo - 2013-01-15 10:35 PM

Yes, you already stalk and I don't thank you enough.  It really does keep me going even if I don't always reply. 

 

So I was psychoanalyzing as I tried to put goals down on paper.  My problem is that I have no goals.  I don't have a passion to want to lose weight, eventhough I like being thinner and am more confident. I haven't had anyone tell me I was ugly or fat, and I am usually pretty happy and healthy, so losing weight will have to be a bonus effect, not a goal.  I don't care enough to stick to a diet.  I like to socialize and drink too much to deprive.  I can make healthy choices but I don't have a desire to consciously restrict my calories.  Been there (started dieting at 11 years old and am finally comfortable in my skin so my weight doesn't ruin my day until I start comparing myself to other people), done that many times over and over again.  I have been 48lbs lighter than I am now.  I looked like a skeleton and I wasn't happy.   

I looked at my marathon plan and I have no goals.  I just can't make another goal to finish.  I've done that 6 times. It is not a challenge.  I can't make a goal of finishing Big Sur in the time limit.  I did that in 2012 and that was the scariest, most fulfilling goal I have ever accomplished and I am still flying high from that.  I can't do Big Sur with less fitness than last year and have a bad experience. I am too afraid of that.  I don't want a bad memory and I have such incredible memories right now.  i just can't ruin them.  I am not sure I have it in me to get to that same level of fitness in 14 weeks.  I have a long way to go. 

There are other races at Big Sur  (and here is where I need advice) so I was thinking of "racing" the 9 mile.  I've never done a 9 mile race so it is an automatic PR but I've also only "raced" one 5k in my life.  I was thinking of making a time goal.  If you know me, this is huger than me completing endurance events.  I am the energizer bunny (and my 1st event ever in 2006 was a marathon) and know that I will complete.  I have never had consistency and sometimes I wonder how much I would improve if I actually trained consistently.  I think I would have to start smaller at this point, if I am going for a time goal and not just to finish. 

Is it stupid to train for only a 9 mile race and then fly 2000 miles to do it?  

jogo - 2013-01-16 2:35 PM

Yes, you already stalk and I don't thank you enough.  It really does keep me going even if I don't always reply. 

 

So I was psychoanalyzing as I tried to put goals down on paper.  My problem is that I have no goals.  I don't have a passion to want to lose weight, eventhough I like being thinner and am more confident. I haven't had anyone tell me I was ugly or fat, and I am usually pretty happy and healthy, so losing weight will have to be a bonus effect, not a goal.  I don't care enough to stick to a diet.  I like to socialize and drink too much to deprive.  I can make healthy choices but I don't have a desire to consciously restrict my calories.  Been there (started dieting at 11 years old and am finally comfortable in my skin so my weight doesn't ruin my day until I start comparing myself to other people), done that many times over and over again.  I have been 48lbs lighter than I am now.  I looked like a skeleton and I wasn't happy.   

I looked at my marathon plan and I have no goals.  I just can't make another goal to finish.  I've done that 6 times. It is not a challenge.  I can't make a goal of finishing Big Sur in the time limit.  I did that in 2012 and that was the scariest, most fulfilling goal I have ever accomplished and I am still flying high from that.  I can't do Big Sur with less fitness than last year and have a bad experience. I am too afraid of that.  I don't want a bad memory and I have such incredible memories right now.  i just can't ruin them.  I am not sure I have it in me to get to that same level of fitness in 14 weeks.  I have a long way to go. 

There are other races at Big Sur  (and here is where I need advice) so I was thinking of "racing" the 9 mile.  I've never done a 9 mile race so it is an automatic PR but I've also only "raced" one 5k in my life.  I was thinking of making a time goal.  If you know me, this is huger than me completing endurance events.  I am the energizer bunny (and my 1st event ever in 2006 was a marathon) and know that I will complete.  I have never had consistency and sometimes I wonder how much I would improve if I actually trained consistently.  I think I would have to start smaller at this point, if I am going for a time goal and not just to finish. 

Is it stupid to train for only a 9 mile race and then fly 2000 miles to do it?  

jogo - 2013-01-15 8:23 PM

Look at me, I am quoting myself. 

My running pal, Paul, the guy in my "after" picture and my "running husband" (my running group thought he was my husband because we always do the same events) answered my question. "Ca, wine, run , need I say more?"    

I think I have a goal!!!! 

StaceyK - 2013-01-15 2:49 PM

me too.

New rule in my house - No logging on to see what you guys have been up to while I've been sleeping until after I have done my training and am ready to log my session....

ok starting tomorrow

4agoodlife - 2013-01-15 6:07 PM Yay! Bet it feels great...and even more awesome in a couple months