Mad Manatees 2015.3 CLOSED (or Poptarts? Pet pics?) (Page 64)

If anyone is curious what the data looks like to run South Sister

https://www.strava.com/segments/5886656

Oof.

Funny article today in VeloNews about how the NFL would look if it followed the lead of pro cycling.  My favorite: 

You're saying it might go up?

This evening will kick off a weekend of hockey!  The Black Widows are participating in the Hockey Fights MS tournament as we typically do each year.  I'm trying hard to get into a hockey state of mind.  It will hopefully be a fun weekend with my pals, raising money for a great cause, as well as hopefully eating at Molinari's (swoon) and Torre (swoon).

That said, here's this since I probably won't be online much more today:  GOOOOOO RACERS!!!!!!!  Good luck to all!  Be safe, have fun, and race fast/smart!

Sounds like a wonderful weekend Mel. Have fun!!!!

That is funny, and way too close to truth. I would have added something like "no points were counted in the 3rd quarter of the SuperBowl as a nuetral zone was called due to a wet playing field".

Gift certificate for a good local pizza place.

My mechanic likes Starbucks. Or maybe sammiches? Jimmy johns, Jersey Mikes or the like

GOOOOOOOOO MEL!!  Hope the Widows bite 'em good!!

So I've been seeing a guy for a couple weeks . He's a chiropractor who also does ART, and his office is about 2 minutes from my house, and, most importantly, he's a triathlete.

The first day he took x-rays and did ART stuff. No adjustments until he saw the Xrays. The Xrays, interestingly, show that my right leg is about 8mm shorter than my left. Never had this diagnosed before. So he gave me a lift to wear in my shoe (feel like an old lady). He said it's up to me whether I use it while running. He also told me not to start running with it before Pikes Peak. The Xrays also showed that my upper back and neck are both straight-ish where they should be curving back. So he has me doing stretches (sort of) for that.

The most noticable improvement, however, is that he's been doing ART on my IT Band. I really noticed the improvement yesterday on the trail. Recently when I step down from larger rocks I've been favoring my left leg and making my right leg do all the steps but yesterday my left leg felt great and did it's share of the steps. Yay! Now to try riding again  (after pikes peak)

Oh my that made me laugh!!!!!

Well, it totally makes sense given the pictures you've been posting!!  Glad to hear it's been helping.  Finding somebody like that can make all the difference in the world.

ETA: Don't worry about the lift.  Some pro cyclist who is way younger than you (sorry, can't remember who) discovered the same thing after having a bunch of knee problems.  He's now riding with a lift and finding that it's completely resolved the issues he was having.

No DL this week

No racers this week.  (at least no one who appears to admit it in their training blog!)

Take are all!

Melanie - Hockey already?!  Have fun!

Randee - Beer never gets old!

TJ - I'm glad your new boy toy has you feeling better!  Also, I know several people who have cleats adjusted for one leg longer than the other (not a lift but a shim)

Interestingly, the IT Band problem is on the longer leg. Some sort of compensation issue no doubt. I wonder, though, how the shorter leg affects my seat height. Maybe with the lift I'll end up raising my seat?

Heyyyyy, maybe I'll swim faster now... no, probably not

What?!  In the middle of summer we have no one racing?  I feel like I should find a race just to make up for this craziness 

Does Mary have a XC this week?

No DL is good good good!  I'll be riding the bike route for my 8/29 tri.  Not really a race, but race prep is close, right?

You can only race those that show up. A podium is a podium is a podium! And the doggies win too! Congrats on the Series too!!!!

I don't think you can ever go wrong with beer but I've also provided donuts, cookies, restaurant gift certificates, thank you cards, wine. 

Yeah but it should have been easy because there was a big downhill, making it a net zero gain