Yanti & Salty MAD MANATEES Mentor Group - FULL POD (Page 67)

1:54 -- SMOKIN'!  Good going.  I'm sorry it's not a PR but it's a nice time nonetheless.

Way to push through!

I didn't think so either but when there is no portapot and there are no bushes...

Super fast looking bike!  Woo hoo! 

Great race.  Way to race through adversity :-)

Awesome bike

My wife and I are planning/hoping to do a trip over next summer, we are definitely meeting up.

Ok well today was a long day for me...

Went with the wife to Dragon Boat, charity for cancer lots of fun look into it, and we got there early with the plan that I would do a couple of hours of bridge repeats, the Cooper River Bridge is a bridge 200 or so feet above the Cooper River that has a dedicated bike AND pedestrian lane.  The ride went well did three laps and kept a decent speed/effort up the inclines but on more than one descent, I was hitting 30+ mph, I had people refuse to move out of my way, almost took out a couple of kids that I really didn't want to but I kept yelling/screaming that I was behind/on the left but they wouldn't move!!  I didn't though so all is good, had to rant though.

Afterwards I was able to shower since the dragon boat was across the street from the station, did run into the Chief while all decked out in biking gear but he is supporting me in the tour next week so could have been worse and then decided to relax and enjoy a margarita while DW was paddling.  Nope someone left and DW's boss came to tell me I had to paddle...  Good thing tequila and I are like Spinnach and Popeye   Good day was had by all.  Also picked up some rain gear for the ride next week, I didn't have any because, well, honestly I don't ride in bad weather unless I'm at work and they give us stuff for that...

Good night. Best pizza in New England and beers with a friend, then walking at the Crane Estate in Ipswich with friend and her adorable doggie:

You walk from the Great House down over the hills then down a path to the beach. It's gorgeous! My friends lives in the property's gate house.

Like I said Yanti, you Manatees are totally weirdos. But I like it.  

Sorry for all the photos, but this one is amazing. This is the Great House, and across the water is Plum Island, which stretches about 14 miles along the coast.  The enterance to the reservation on PLum Island, by car, is about 20 miles from the Crane Estate (so by car, this tip would be about 34 miles away by car)! 

I just love this part of the North Shore (of Mass), I think it's so beautiful.

Question: I'm checking out the Xterra's, and I am right on the cusp betweenn sizes.  I'm currently 3 lbs over the Women's Med size (following a weekend of heavy drinking and 2 weeks of minimal exercise) and by the time I"m wearing it will prob. be down the 3 lbs.  I don't want it to be too big, do you think I should order the exact size I am now, or presume that by the end of May I'll be in the Women's Med range? Help! Thanks!

Size up for comfort ... size down for speed.

Personally, I'd go with the Medium ... I've worn wetsuits well under my size without a problem. They are made to stretch. You may need to take more care in putting it on and they do feel squeezy in the middle, but ... yeah.

Congrats on a good race, even if it wasn't a PR.

That's kind of strange about the involuntary peeing. I don't know what to make of that.

I agree. Love that bike.

Beautiful indeed!

Very beautiful. That water is just amazing -- a delicious shade of blue.

I've had an unbelievably busy day -- we were going all day long. Fortunately, I was able to get out and get my run in first thing in the morning. I didn't really feel like it, but I knew if I didn't do it, I wouldn't have time later -- that was absolutely true.

I'm looking forward to my day of rest tomorrow -- I'm still hoping for a bike ride in the morning, and I'm probably hoping beyond hope that the swimming pool will be open one more day. I know it is closed during finals week, so I will be going a few weeks without a swim. :-( Genuinely makes me sad.

that bike is way above and beyond what I need but no stock of the lower priced stuff, and I'm an instant gratification kind of girl - I WANT IT NOW!

Didn't know we were in competition. best get insulting motivating Salty, and a bit of swimming i suppose.

It would be a pleasure. Bring your umbrella. And beer goggles.

Sorry, I kinda volunteered us for it. No ... it's Kirk's fault ... something like that!

The Sharks will probably be split in two ...

CONGRATULATIONS CLAIRE!

I've had that peeing thing happen before--I've called it UPS (Uncontrollable Peeing Syndrome) in race reports. Unfortunately, in some cases, it's lasted past the race

You did AWESOME not feeling 100%!