Manatee Monkey Mentors SHUT (Poptart or pet pic bribes considered) (Page 6)

No, actually, we don't think that.  But seriously, it's very understandable to try and figure out how to do something that is or seems fun.

I asked in TT about trail shoes a while back but didn't get much of a response.  I'm not sure if that would help a lot, but I can say that Newtons/ASICS/Saucony/ASICS/ASICS in road shoe models don't work well off-road (duh).    Like I said, every few years… 

It's a fairly complex question, even though it seems simple. Road running is fairly simple by comparison as all you're doing is going straight forward. The trails will add several new dynamics such as the lateral support and surface composition. It also depends more on support areas and might not be possible to just get a new pair of shoes to fix. You may need to add in some other types of development to catch up so that you can handle it. Some of it could be learning to take it easier and allow this to develop just by running on them as well. Your body is stressed differently and it can take some time to learn. Often can't push quite as hard as we need the control. Very possible to push these other supports farther than we think and get ourselves into trouble.

Originally posted by tarheelinchi Hopefully there is still room in the group! NAME: Elizabeth STORY: I recently lost 80 lbs and taking away my coping mechanism of eating, I needed something new. Exercise is ALMOST as good as overeating I am a former soccer player and very athletic. Want to lose 15 more lbs to get to my goal weight and exercise to gain energy, relaxation and stress relief. FAMILY STATUS: single CURRENT TRAINING: Started last week, it was great! Took discipline and planning but loved it. THIS YEAR'S RACES/EVENTS: Chicago Triathlon (Olympic) at the end of August BODY COMPOSITION: 15 lbs away from goal weight. Pretty fit but with a lot of belly fat I'd like to get rid of.

Hi, Elizabeth! Welcome to BT and the Manatees!

"Short" and "long" refer to how much time is in the training sessions. You'll see that, for example, one of the two swims is about half the time of the other--so those are the short and long swims.

Those notes are at the bottom of the training plan month blocks so that you can see how your week is organized in terms of training sessions; e.g., Monday is short swim and short bike, Tuesday is long bike, Wednesday is short run (not necessarily how it goes for your specific plan but you get the idea). So almost all your training weeks on that plan will fit that pattern, even though the time doing the training sessions increases overall.

Hi, Elizabeth, and Debi, I forgot to say welcome to you earlier.  You'll love this group.  Fun, supportive, tough when needed and an all-around great gang.  Welcome to the pod!

Hiya, Sonya.  You put your bio up and that's it:  you're a Manatee now!  Welcome!   

Welcome Elizabeth and Sonya!

Welcome all the new Manatees!!! Looks like we have another person who will drive me crazy talking in kms!!!

Heh heh heh.  kilometers are better.  They are shorter.  Running 21 km sounds so much more impressive than 13 miles  Although, when Salty does 13 miles in the same amount of time as I do 13 km....not really so much.

No!  Don't do it!  We mustn't bow down to the 'Muricans!    THEY should convert to km.  Feet, yards, miles--they don't even make sense!!  How many feet in a yard?  How many yards in a mile??  1000m=1km.  Simple! 

ETA: Don't be scared, Sonya, I just have to give the US Manatees a hard time.  It's part of the fun in here!

No need.  I'll do it to exercise my brain In fact, I may have to start using kms myself, so I can fool myself into thinking I'm fast

See, we Muricans don't need those simple things - we like to make everything complicated and like are uniqueness !!

So are your Sbux orders like a tall double caf americano machiatto skinny light on the whip?

Cause mine is like "Grande dark roast"

Ha, ha.  Mine is usually a Venti decaf (don't judge) black.  But, I did just get a decaf grande skinny 1 splenda mocha!

No judgement here.  I have started to go half caf.  My heart does funny things with too much caffeine.

pk, for all the dog (and cat) loving manatees; here's a cute overload video  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXAy_QU5WE8

Originally posted by StaceyK

Originally posted by sonyaforrest Ha ha - sorry about that. If you prefer I convert everything to miles let me know.

Hi Sonya great to have another Aussie - that makes 3 of us. Don't convert for them, it's good to make them realise they are the only country stuck in the dark ages every now and then (Saying that I sometimes do)

I'm not feeling the love here

Originally posted by StaceyK

Originally posted by sonyaforrest Ha ha - sorry about that. If you prefer I convert everything to miles let me know.

Hi Sonya great to have another Aussie - that makes 3 of us. Don't convert for them, it's good to make them realise they are the only country stuck in the dark ages every now and then (Saying that I sometimes do)

I believe that "Myanmar (the country formerly known as Burma)" - note how that always goes together - is also on the foot/second/slug/gallon (aka, Imperial?) system.  See, we're not alone!  (although not exactly in good company)  

If we were meant to use the metric system, we'd have evolved to have 10 fingers and 10 toes, thank you very much!

Still think we should just cut over.  It works in medicine and science - yes, even in the US - so it should be OK in the kitchen and all those non-5k/10k/Oly races we also run...

AND WELCOME TO THE NEW MANATEES!  

Matt

I started drinking half caf when I was having major problems with anxiety.  Not fun to start the day feeling like there was a hive of bees buzzing in my chest.  Not  much of a problem now but if I drink full caf, I feel like a 45 being played on 78 (that's a reference to record player speeds for all you young-uns).  For the record (ahem), when I order coffee instead of making it, I get a simple 1/2 caf (or sometimes decaf if I've already had some) Americano with room for cream, or else a soy chai.  LOVE chai.  I could drink that stuff for days!  Every now and then if I'm feeling decadent, I'll get a vanilla hazelnut latte, which has enough sugar in it to power a small country, or steamed milk with cinnamon syrup.

I like the idea of switching to kms to make runs sound longer.  I was trying to convert yards to mile 10ths last night.  I fell asleep before I could figure it out.