Mucho Mental Manatee Mentors--CLOSED (Pop Tarts?) (Page 59)

Yesterday it fell from the 20's in the morning all the way to 0 just after dark. -3 this morning, up to 6 mid day now. Actually didn't feel bad after the 20+ mph winds of last night. That actually stung a bit. We seem to be getting a number of those falling days this year, not sure why. But hey, at least there is snow down on this day. Fairly rare occurrence with that timing.

Me too!!!!!!!!!! I missed a bunch. Off to catch up!

Me too. Heading out in about an hour though. Need to go pick up DH's present at Lowe's. Talk about cutting it close. I special ordered it and it FINALLY came in!

I was thinking about those the other day. That is one of the things I miss about the midwest. We are going to the Santa Fe Plaza tonight to see the lights. I'll post pix tomorrow.

Merry Christmas to our Aussie Manatees, and Merry Eve to the rest of y'all.  I did the last of my errands this morning.  Had a visit with my Trevor this afternoon (the dog I sat on in Sept), came home for a lit-up-and-jingle-bell-y run.  Now I am cooking steak and lobster tails and stuffed potatoes with my honey, and sipping mulled cider.  I hope everyone has a great day with family and friends.  Be safe, be happy, be well.

BA HA HA, my sweet mad polymath and Stace Face

Manatees, a learning opportunity!

Google "Papua koteka" and look at the images.

This may have something or actually nothing to do with Michael's very Indonesian Christmas card.

Merry Christmas, Manatees!

I was going to crop this picture to show the cool Christmas earrings and Christmas tie on the Ironman finisher shirt (all strictly color coordinated, of course) ... but frankly, the minor (for me) transition-area-like explosion on the floor just really made it, well ... real.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY NYNY !!!!!

Betcher glad you're at home!

Merry Christmas Manatees! 

<-------  Me for not saying Indonesian AND Aussie yesterday...

Happy Birthday Janyne!

I hope everyone is enjoying the week and all that it is giving you. Happy belated B-Day Janyne, Merry Christmas to all!

I have two questions this morning, The first, regarding GPS watches (which I received from THE Wife), is simply what data are you using during and after a workout? Which do you find useful and which is just fluff in your mind? I am not using a HRM at this point, nor any other add ons like a foot pod or cadence sensor. All that may be added over time, if I deem it necessary.

The other question is for Yanti. Are you doing the next Manatee Mentor group setup? If so, is there anything I can do to help with that?

Have a great day, the weekend is fast approaching.

Nice gift, Chris!  Santa, aka your beloved wife, was good to you!

During workout: first screen for both running and biking is total elapsed time, pace (min/mile running, mph biking), and distance.  Second screen has time of day, HRM (which I rarely use) and in the case of biking, cadence (mainly used during TR sessions since my sensor isn't always on my bike).  Like Ann-Marie, I have an alert every mile for running which will show average pace for that mile.  I don't have any alerts set for biking.

Post workout:  I enjoy seeing overall pace and pace per mile and distance.  Oh, and of total elapsed time.  I don't think I really look at much else post-workout except for Strava, comparing what I've done to my previous efforts on the same course (if applicable) and any segments.

Oh yeah, forgot to add that I also have time of sunset in my 2nd screen for running which is helpful in the fall/spring when I run on the trails after work.  Let's me know what time I should plan on being out of there (illegal to be on the trails after dark).

Originally posted by StaceyK Yay for Boxing Day sales. I managed to get a new pair of Brooks for $100 less than the last pair I brought ETA: I tried to attach a photo but I can't for some reason, they are a lovely dark purple colour with lime green accents because I remember what Tom said about fluoro shoes going faster!

Cool! It is a long held belief of mine that the brighter and uglier the shoes, the faster you go. I have no scientific evidence of this, but I have been passed by many ugly shoes