Mental Manatee Mentors Part 3--CLOSED (Page 62)

Catching up with the Manatees!  I was on page 51 when I left so only 25 pages of catching up.  Yikes!

Rather than torture you with responding to every individual post that caught my eye, I thought I'd do one post with everything in it.

Jo - Iron stalker and swimmer extraordinaire!  Tough tough tough conditions.  You rocked it!  Next up, riding with a Piglet this weekend?  And kettle ball training with said Piglet?

Salty  - Why do some stores (SF, Savannah) have more personality and others (Raleigh) feel super generic?

Jen - New bike ?!?!?!?!

Jonathan TX - awesome job on the 1.2 mile swim!  Regarding the bike, what is your hydration setup?  Do you have an aerodrink bottle or something else?  Have you been doing the majority of your riding in aero?  As far as practice, do it outside if you can.  Getting things dialed in on the trainer is not the same as getting them dialed in outside. 

TJ - I can feel your excitement!  You will rock it!  Safe travels!

Erin - glad the CA trip went well

Kirsten - hang in there!  I think that it's more important to listen to your body than to overthink the run/walk ratio.  I also suspect that the 10% rule works better to longer distances than a 25 minute run. To add another data point, my aunt has had great success with Chi running and injury prevention.

Chad - Happy training!  I think that Salty, Yanti, Chris and Co. have you covered in terms of Eugene.

Kate - Great zoo video!

Salty - big packet of Boston info!  It's getting close!

Yanti - That's some fast translating you have coming up!

Salty - new job!  Congratulations!

Yanti, thanks for the 2Toms Pro Tip!  That roll on is awesome!  No chafing whatsoever during the HIM.  I sent TJ an inspire right away to let her know that this is a Must Have item!

Galloway - I don't like doing events with a very large contingent of Galloway pace groups.  Their run-walk ratio can mess up others because you catch them and then stop in front of you or you pass them and they start running.

Salty's Bike upgrade query - does it fit? is it mechanically sound? does it shift smoothly?  is it comfortable?  after that, the biggest speed gains (outside of the engine) come from (1) bike fit, (2) helmet and (3) aero wheels.

General question - what do we think of Rock n Roll branded events?  I have an aquatance that hate hate hates them and I'm not sure why.  They are adding RnR Raleigh next year and I was thinking of it.  I also have my eye on RnR Dublin but I think that was vetoed.  Are RnR events too generic?  Too 'pushing the local races out'? 

I had the same reaction.

It's in the works! Shop is selling off my old stuff, so as soon as I have some money there I can order. 

Ditto

I've done them.  I think they are overpriced, but are generally ok.  I definitely had some issues with organization at the VA Beach one a few years ago.  Bags got left at the bag check at starting line without trucks there to take them to the finish line because all the trucks left 15 minutes before race start.  I did it again 2 years ago, and that didn't seem to be an issue. 

They do get really crowded.  If that doesn't bother you, they can be fun.  They seem like much more of a "destination" race to me than just doing the race because you are in the area.

Glad it worked out for you! I think I'm actually lucky that BodyGlide didn't work well for me from the start, so I latched onto that great product early on.

I've only done the San Diego RnR Marathon and I *loved* it. I mean, I was in an Elvis suit, going slow as a lazy glacier, and was still part of setting a world record so there wasn't much not to love

However, both there and from many other RnR events, from what I've heard, run:walkers are very plentiful. I think a lot of the RnR events have generous cutoff times and are favorites with various community and charity organizations that train large groups (many beginners) for marathons, most often with the Galloway method or some variation of it.

FWIW, I meant the Galloway and the RnR comments to be separate ;-)

My mom said that she thinks that she'd like to spectate at RnR Raleigh (hint hint!).  I said maybe I'd do the half.

Heh. I know

But also thanks for the opportunity to post a pic, because you know what a pic-ho I am!

I was thinking Shamrock someday rather than RnR VA Beach.  I think just because Bike MS is also in September.  I have heard that Shamrock can be pretty packed too.

Regarding your bike -- I wonder who decides on these women's specific models?  I have the regular version of the Domaine because (1) the women's was an ugly purple (lots of brown in it) and (2) the geometry was actually the same!  Who wants an ugly shade of purple when you can get RED?  And now your Cannondale, you want the regular (not women's) paint job too.  Who is making these decisions?

Well you know that pictures are always good!

That looks amazingly good!  I want some..

Isn't that an awesome feeling?  Just the other night, I rode 24 miles...then I was only going to run 3 because my legs were a bit sore.  When I hit the turnaround for 3 miles, I said to myself "If I can do 3, why not 4" - so I did one more!    

I still remember the day (less than 2 years ago) when I couldn't even run 1 mile on a treadmill.  Life is good.  

Congrats and nice job...

RnR events are great. They are slightly pricier than other events but these days, it's not that big of a difference. Especially if you get registered early (since they have several price increases.)

Lots of walkers, yes, but also lots of really good competition and everything in between.

I soooooo have to meet you in person one day.  Oh the shenanigans!   This was my costume for a Christmas run last year.  

At least at SD they had a lot of corrals and sure, people don't exactly self-seed correctly--but many do. At least from the back it looked like it was pretty smooth and organized from the start up through all the front ones

Shamrock is FANTASTIC!!!  I cannot recommend that race highly enough.

I spoke to the sales manager (one of the owners).  He said that, in general, women's bikes tend to have slightly longer top tubes and slightly shorter cranks because most women have shorter arms and longer legs.  However, I have a longer torso and shorter legs, which means I do much better on a "men's" bike.  We are taking measurements.  He was pretty confident that we could do the men's bike when I told him how it usually works.  Which is awesome because that matte black with blue and red accents is so much hotter than the shiny white.  I'd end up calling the white one an iBike. 

Had a killer workout last night with the team.

We did 3 miles at 6:40 pace to "warm us up" and then a 15 minute recovery and then 6 all out repeats up a steep, gravel, nearly-quarter mile hill (with 2:00 recovery)

This is the closest I've gotten to that puke threshold without actually puking. I thought my heart was going to explode.

Hills like this are the 1 and only place where I can beat all of the women on our team. 

That is because you are one badazz kangaroo.

This is mother approved. It will be fun. But I suspect you will race it. Just a hunch.

Haha. Well, I'll race it if I can. I haven't done a true Oly before so I don't know what recovery will be like. 

I was actually pretty shocked with how long the recovery from the HM was. I am only just now feeling back to 100%. I don't remember it taking that long before. 

DOOOOOO EEEEEEET

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