Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 6)

I don't care if it's of 1, of 2 or of 200 ... YOU ARE JUDI CHAMPION!!!!!

Mainly for just going out there and doing it when you really didn't wanna.

Speaking of which ...

I DON'T WANNA GO TO THE POOL SHEILA IS GOING TO MAKE ME HER BATCH AGAIN *whimper.*

Here's my RR from today. I had some  moments and some  moments, but overall I feel good about how I performed and learned (hopefully).

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=487043&posts=1#M4728561

And I've never been marked up before...I couldn't wash it off yet! Maybe tomorrow. lol

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Holy cow!....or fish! Nice work

And welcome back to the pod.

Maybe just your muscles being tired after being "re-started"? I figure as long as it's not pain, being sore is good. And it's not pain, right?

Kirsten - I'm glad it is going well with the achilles. Good to hear. Keep stretching and doing the core work! And the time/watch adjustment on your part is cool, congrats. I wish I could get better at that, I guess it is just another thing to work on

Judi - Great job on getting out there and doing a race that you were not looking forward to. Tough conditions seem to really mess with our minds. And I'd take any AG podium, no matter who is there.

Jen - I think that your non-race decision may be the best for you. You have a number of races in a short time period. Get after those stretches and exercises. All in all, nothing beats time with the little one, so how can you lose watching cartoons and playing??

Renee - I am a pre-dawn runner. It took a little while to make the adjustment when I started morning exercising a while ago. There are two ways that I know of to make that change. 1) Get up about 5 minutes earlier every day or so and go to bed 5 minutes earlier as well. After a couple of weeks you are now getting up an hour earlier than you used to. Or 2) get to bed an hour early and wake up an hour early.  Commit to a week of that and it'll become easier after that.  I keep in mind people on here that are training at 4 am. If they can do that, I can make a commitment to myself as well. Oooo, I am envious of your vacation, rafting and such sounds like a blast!

Tom - Good to see that you found us. How cool is it to be passed and suddenly find yourself with a new goal!?! One of the reasons that I like riding in group is that I am constantly pushed by the folks around me, which makes for great motivation.

Darren - Cool, you gotta love new gear! Enjoy the wetsuit.

Ann-Marie - Great job on the race with less than stellar health. I hope the cold didn't take too much out of you and that you were able to enjoy the race. I'll check out your RR shortly.

Jogo - The ITB question might be a good one for JJ. He fought through that before Galveston this year. I hope you are A-OK and and that you are able to work through it with the roller and stretches and the like.

Jonathan - WTF, 35* is no joke! Dude, that is great. And it is good to see you again, I hope the trip is good for you and your pooch.

Kate - I would guess the soreness is normal if you haven't been running much. My tendency would be to work through it if it is just soreness. If it was more of a pain, or just one area, then it might be something to worry about.

Erin - You can't wash that off, it is a badge of coolness!

Jo - 7 lbs is a good thing to brag about! You go!!!! Keep seeing Coach Andrew and keep riding the bike. Outside.

OK, I think I caught up in here. I'm heading off to the land of race reports. Have a great start to the week everyone, and here is my thought of the week:

"There are two ways to face the future. One way is with apprehension; the other is with anticipation."

Catching up after the weekend when I tend to read most posts in email notifications and then don't reply to them until Monday.

Anywho...  I think that when the new site is unveiled, the iPad dorkiness will be resolved.  Hang in there another month or so!

I'm so sorry to hear this.  {{hugs}}

I hear that Ann-Marie has brothers...  Beg...  Borrow...

Just sayin'!

Podium!!!!

I'd bet that this race gives me the opportunity to meet the entire racing family. And be blown away by ALL of them!

Welcome new and returning Manatees!

This is the current roster.  I hope that I have everyone!

Yanti
Judi / QueenZipp
Janyne
TJ
Jen
Erin
Felicia
Joanne (JoGo)
Mike (jmhpsu93)
Melanie
crews - need bio
Michael
Chris
Salty
nicol1 / Nicol
Ann-Marie
Lynne / Honey~Badger - needs bio
Dawn
Kate
Erin
Renee / reneehoyos
Stacey
Brie
Darren
Jo
Kirsten
Tom
Jonathan AK

If you haven't figured it out, we talk a lot. :-)  Fasten your seatbelts!  Also, we tend to be an inspiring bunch (as in, we use the "inspire" feature of the site a lot).  If you are not familiar with inspires, note that you can reply to them by clicking Reply.  This pops out a new window for you to type your response so that the original poster can see it.  Finally, most of us use the training log on the site (I think that Yanti said that it's required).  This makes it a lot easier for us to help each other when training questions come up. 

Ya think??    I didn't read it for about 30 hours and missed 4 pages' worth.

Lots of hardware over the weekend...awesome job!!!

My weekend consisted of my longest swim practice ever (3200M Masters class...I swear coach Joe is trying to kill me...) and a day off yesterday enjoying Cinco de Mayo with a few Coronas.  6 a.m. swim this morning, which I wanted NO part of. 

List master extraordinairre!!! Are you going to creat a table? Huh? Are you done yet? Are you???

I'm just goofin' off, I'll put one together tomorrow night.

I did.

We have a few folks that need to add avatars.  Dawn, Nichol, Renee, I'm looking at you!

And a few folks that need bios -- crews, what's your first name?  Honey~Badger, is Lynne your first name?

Chris, what other housekeeping do we need?

You mean like bike pics????

amd723 - 2013-05-06 8:52 PM I'm home sick today, so pod, please keep me entertained during my intermittent awake periods.

Oh dear. Warm healing {MELON PRESS}