Manatee Mentors 2016 - Manatee à trois (Page 65)

Originally posted by marysia83 Proof of life... I hope everyone is doing great and enjoy some beautiful weather this November. I am planning to catch up on at least two pages, to get a sense of what is going on. My life got a bit busy, but on the positive side. Got promotion at work, which was great, but also got double workload (not because of the promo, the promo was actually a result of me doing triple of what my original job description said). I am very happy, I love my job. I finally made the decision of moving to a new place. Hopefully in February. I found a great place with affordable price. Kids will have their own bedroom. We're happy I was trying to keep at least some minimum training, but it's all about time to end lazy off season and get the muscles to work. I am looking forward to communicate with you guys more often now Have a great week!

Great to hear Mary!

Me neither.  Since B2B and Rev3 Cedar Point are both off my list, I am not considering IM Lou or IM Choo.  I need to make a decision, don't I?

I think that I'd start with writing it all down.  I'm thinking that you are breathing much deeper during the harder effort of races and whatever is causing this is getting very deep into your system.  I wouldn't think that it's exercise induced asthma since that typically goes away in under an hour.

All I could find was this Livestrong article

Symptoms such as severe sneezing and congestion often result from allergies to an environmental irritant such as pollen, mold, pet dander or cigarette smoke. Vasomotor rhinitis, also referred to as non-allergic rhinitis, can also cause runners to experience sneezing and congestion.

Originally posted by marysia83 Proof of life... I hope everyone is doing great and enjoy some beautiful weather this November. I am planning to catch up on at least two pages, to get a sense of what is going on. My life got a bit busy, but on the positive side. Got promotion at work, which was great, but also got double workload (not because of the promo, the promo was actually a result of me doing triple of what my original job description said). I am very happy, I love my job. I finally made the decision of moving to a new place. Hopefully in February. I found a great place with affordable price. Kids will have their own bedroom. We're happy I was trying to keep at least some minimum training, but it's all about time to end lazy off season and get the muscles to work. I am looking forward to communicate with you guys more often now Have a great week!

Congratulations on the promotion!  Woo hoo!

How about coming out and doing the Deer Creek Fall Challenge with me?

I checked out the site and it's kinda a cute runaround the "branded" rules.  It's a 226k event and they are calling it a Metric Man.  I'd feel better if they had posted the results from last month's race.  I checked because I wanted to see what kind of participation they were getting but nothing is there :-(

Very interesting! 

Thanks Janyne. 

Wild! I have given so much thought lately, to the right vs the duty to vote. I don't like the idea of people voting without due diligence. I think it's irresponsible. But of course that can't be forced. And not to mention, even with the best intentions obtaining unbiased information is increasingly difficult to come by. But obviously for democracy to work best, participation is crucial.

 At the same time, the majority holds a very important role because they are determining the fate of the minority. And that is really hard when much of the majority has very little exposure to the issues of the minority. 

Yeah, I only glanced quick as the Piranha name was amusing, but not sure there would be enough going for it to make it the major race of the year.

I did the same thing. It would be fun if it actually crossed the state as that is something I've wanted to do. Run or tri crossing an entire state (which is really only possible in the northeast.)

Biked across the state.

Wisconsin, right?

I was going to mention RAIN -- Ride Across Indiana.  160 miles, one day.  I haven't done that one but I know someone who has.  My longest is from Raleigh to Wilmington.

I would wait and see. If the ear thing doesn't clear up then enjoy the run

The 226K Metric Man is new for 2017 which is why you aren't finding any participation hints.  I've done some of their (Piranha Sports) sprint distance races.  They put on quite a few beginner tris, sprints, Oly distance 'long' half distance races and a half distance race, taking place in MD, PA, NJ and DE.  The have a du option for most if not all races.  They've got their act together and put on good races, typically.  

Originally posted by marysia83 Proof of life... I hope everyone is doing great and enjoy some beautiful weather this November. I am planning to catch up on at least two pages, to get a sense of what is going on. My life got a bit busy, but on the positive side. Got promotion at work, which was great, but also got double workload (not because of the promo, the promo was actually a result of me doing triple of what my original job description said). I am very happy, I love my job. I finally made the decision of moving to a new place. Hopefully in February. I found a great place with affordable price. Kids will have their own bedroom. We're happy I was trying to keep at least some minimum training, but it's all about time to end lazy off season and get the muscles to work. I am looking forward to communicate with you guys more often now Have a great week!

Hi Mary!!!  Glad all is well and congrats on the promotion!

My post was meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek.  It was also partly serious - don't stone me here, gang  - but this is the first time I've ever voted.  This is the first time I've felt so strongly about an election that I registered and voted, so I wanted to proudly display my sticker but instead just got the stub to my ballot.  "Lancaster County doesn't give stickers", the lady said, but somehow one of my co-workers from my county had one.  I think he said he got it from one of the Rep/Dem stands out front of his voting location.

Stacey - The $50 fine is surprising!

I would wait as long as possible too. See where things go. I try to set up a plan & contingencies, but always end up second guessing numerous times until then! Still be aware of options though.

Yes, RAW (Ride Across Wisconsin), 175 miles. They did keep it across the easier southern most section, but that's still a LONG day. Near 10 hrs plus stops. Part of that is because it was late August. I think really crossing the state would start somewhere like LaCross or just north and head up the point in Door County, but that would have to be in June and still may not be enough for too many. Probably lose the Trek Team riding it too and Trek might worry it'd interfere with the Trek100, their cancer charity ride.

Been building kind of a bucket list of great big rides like these.