Yanti & Salty MAD MANATEES Part 2 -- Full Pod (Page 68)

I can attest to the rainy weather in the UK (and Ireland)!  I'm still drying out from my vacation.  Congrats to your daughter for taking the first step to a healthy life and good on you for being so involved

Right there with you Allen.  We are in no danger of flooding at our house, but flood evacuations happening about 50km from here, with many evacuation notices closer than that.  When I went to bed last night, it was raining so hard, I couldn't have heard my dog bark.  Now, this is Vancouver, it rains all the time, but not like that, at the end of June.  That's November weather...

GREAT job on training with your daughter.  The impact that doing this sport can have on those around us is quite amazing, no?  Keep us posted on her (and your!) progress.

Allen, that is so cool that you are getting involved to get your daughter active! I have a 23 year old son who is 6'4" and was well above 300 lbs (sorry I don't do metric (lazy Americans)). A few months ago he decided to start getting fit and watching what he ate.  After a few months of running we bought him a hybrid bike and now he bikes or runs most every day.  I don't train with him because our schedules and preferred bike routes are VERY different, but I do enjoy talking nutrition and fitness with him.  He said he's down about 40 pounds!

Well I did a bike/run this morning. I did the bike on a multi use path that I've only every used for running before.  There was a bit of bike/run/walk traffic but I think overall it was a good ride and I was able to do the hard/easy intervals as listed on my plan.  I rode there so I didn't have to worry about hills interfering with my "easy" parts.  After the ride I was in for a 3 mile run.  With the mercury rising it turned into a run/walk but I think it was still a successful run, especially after pushing it on the bike.

Happy weekend all.  YANTI DON'T PUSH YOURSELF TO HARD!!!!!!!!!! DFL is a good goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Goodness that is some serious poundage to shift.  good for you setting an example and also helping and motivating her to improve her health which in turn will improve her life. 

Hey and thanks for saying I kick .... quite made my day!

Finished my race!!  Here's a picture of me from the end.

Well done!!! (applauds) 

Good luck to everyone racing, even to me!

The wind was bad today, so the buoys they set up early this morning were blown all over, so they will be resetting them tomorrow morning.

The high tomorrow is expected to be 105, so I need to get done quickly. I go into the water at 7.33 with the old lady group.

I am a little nervous and have been having tri-nightmares.

Finished CW's book last night. I loved her comment about Rinny's tiny bike. I am so self conscious about my bike. It would fit my 11 year old, who is almost as tall as I am.

Awesome, Jen!  That looks like so much fun, I have to try that one day.  Glad you had fun!

You know how I dooooo love a dirty girl!

CONGRATULATIONS BADGER JEN MOOSE!

It is super to see you get back into it and the energy and enthusiasm you are bringing back into your life.

Holy cannoli. I cannot recall when it's been such a wild, weird, and wonderful weekend ... and you guys know what wild, weird, and wonderful in my book is like!!! KA-RAZY! Bali Tri really is a three-day all-day party, red carpet five stars with a tri in the middle ... far out.

I may have been a bit mum and a lot in denial about my health the last few days, which has not been good. Clinic tomorrow. It's been bloody diarrhea, chills, and there was plenty of puking today during the race. I did not, however, push myself, as I was simply not capable of it. Slight fever tonight. I know. I'm totally insane.

Not as insane as the woman who BIT the race director (one of the nicest guys ever) before the race and as he tried to push her off him, her husband came up and punched him in the face. Nasty broken-skin bloody bite and bruises around the jaw from the punch. He looks terrible! I think he's still in shock. I also think they should ban that couple from this race for life.

So that was the START of the race and it got crazier from there on out ... stay tuned for the usual epic novella-plus race report with lots of graphics!

Oh Yanti.... the things you experience! Hope your RD recovers well, and as for you... BACK TO BED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No piglets, straight to bed! (You can type your RR from bed)

So I was just looking over my stats for the year so far.  My swim is at 99999.88 M! WTH? I wish I'd swam an extra .12 meters last time!?

Hope our other racers fared well.

That was a bitter pill to not swallow, I guess, since I got three outstanding offers and turned them all down. I did have a late-night dinner with a fourth, on the beach. And got some great cuddle and face time with another earlier. But yeah ... no piglets, and I'm in bed. At midnight, for goodness' sakes. Weak sauce.

The post-race treat I posted a pic of earlier wanted to leave the post-race party early and go get, uh, dinner. Sent him off empty-handed. Candidate 2 (Jo should get his Speedo joke), turned down as well. Group shot, the bald guy next to me got some good kisses and cuddles but I also did not leave with him. Finally ate dinner with lovely fellow on the far right. Sigh.

Well, it's not every day one gets to play with such a plethora of fine piglets. So I'm very happy

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She BIT the race director?! Holy crazy!  I really need to get there to do this race at some point.

I agree on advice for you: sleep, rest, hydrate, and no piglets.  Unless they are bringing you beverages and making you rest.  

This is the plan for tomorrow

Yeah, well, 99% of the weekend was good-crazy but that lady was just plain crazy. The RD (from Los Angeles side, I knew him already from when I lived there) is actually the leftmost guy in the photo--some of it's beard but most of it (on the right side especially) is bruising. RIDICULOUS.

REST!!! NURSE's ORDER!!!! Don't make me come b*tch slap you into bed.  I am literally bad-azz right now from 2 days of biking.  Who the heck am?  I HATE the bike!!  I think I am so freaked out about actually doing a tri after 3 years hiatus that I feel I actually have to pull my lazy azz out the door and make it a bad azz.  An unhappy hoo-hah makes an unhappy, and MEAN nurse.  So dang it, GET TO BED, ALONE, WITH JUST YOUR CATS AND POPTARTS!!!  

But that could be fun Two bikes, awesome! Just another one or two more and you're right as rain. Or no rain, hopefully.

Funny, I am in bed alone with Biscuits ... but no PopTarts. I wrote on FB that I couldn't finish (that's putting it mildly) my breakfast Pop Tarts so I shoulda known that was a baaaad bellwether.

I don't even know what to say about these posts.  Seriously.  Go to bed.  Stop hanging out with people who are targets for batsh1t crazies--they may take out those around the intended.  And you don't need to go through all the piglets in one night, they will be there tomorrow. 

Bali Tri sounds an absolute blast - never been to a race where the RD gets bitten before - what on earth had he allegedly done to deserve that!

Your piglets including the RD are all adorable!  I say to all my single girlfriends who are bemoaning the fact they can't find a decent man - to get themselves along to a swim squad or start hanging out at triathlons - that's where all the men are!  There are plenty of single ones there, they have a fair amount of money coz it's an expensive sport!  Yes they may be a little selfish with their time but if you turn into their support they will love you forever!

My weekend - emotional again, my poor DH spends most of his time comforting me while I'm blubbing about who knows what!  Still once done I feel better, very cleansing a good cry.  On the upside I met with Coach Brian from the tri club.  He didn't give me much specifics - kind of carry on doing what you're doing and to check in with him once a week with progress updates.  Just nice to have his support.  He had some advice though on nutrition and that kind of stuff, I enjoyed the meeting.  Straightened one thing out, my HIM is in 21 weeks and that's what I should be focussing on.  He said once that's done then we focus the next 19 weeks on the IM.

So using Don Fink's Be Iron Fit book I've worked my schedule back from the HIM race he throws in 10 weeks out.  I've looked at the Just to Finish program because it has realistic times for training.  The Intermediate would be just doable, the competetive, impossible!  I think for my first IM Just to Finish sounds just about right!

Program starts today - 30min run at lunchtime, swim squad tonight which is 3km generally as we all know by now!

Sniff sniff, still a bit teary!

Have just a minute. In one year - went from dfl in my age group to 1st in my age group and just 5 minutes short of 3rd female overall. Perfect race for me - as good as I could do right now. 1.33.06. Last year was 1.57.xx. My goal this year is to cut off 5 more minutes.

My transitions were super speedy. More details after they are posted and we get home tomorrow. Racing is so much more fun in the middle rather than at the back. Swim was amazing. 1.40 per 100. Ecstatic.

Congratulations!!  Fantastic job!