Yanti & Salty MAD MANATEES Mentor Group - FULL POD (Page 69)

ukweeble - 2012-05-05 2:43 AM

i lay in bed this morning and thought about doing a 120 mile bike ride. Then i thought how stupid that was. it would take me 10 hours (at least) and i would not be able to walk for 2 days (at least). I then get up and log on only to find some other idiot is actually going to do it for real.

I doff my cap to you lady, and wish you the very best.

jobaxas - 2012-05-06 3:48 PM

YES - THAT'S TOTALLY IT, I DON'T FEEL WORTHY!  I got self esteem issues at the moment in all areas!  What's that about?!  met a tri squad coach at the LBS on Saturday said come along to his sessions though he was aware he wouldn't pull me away from Johnny!  He said, I'm not in his league in the hotness stakes!  Anyway, it was good to meet Clinton, and I will go along for some rides and some runs after HIM Cairns.  He coached a few friends to IM this year and they did under 12 hours!  A dream for me   I'm thinking under 17.

so I need talking up people!  Once this race is done and hopefully completed I will feel a whole heap better about myself, just the self doubt in my head, stopping me sleeping, stopping me smiling a little bit.  Anyone ever used a sports psychologist?

ArielLIlB - 2012-05-07 9:46 AM

I can't believe my first tri is this Sunday! Ahhh! I had a really good bike ride yesterday, went 21 miles (it was supposed to be 15, but I got lost) and it was hillier than I expected...you should have been in my head when, after the first 8 miles were several tough climbs, I turned up Providence Hill Road and thought (1) Yes, I recognize this road name, this is my turn (which was correct) and then (2) OMG Providence HILL Road?  And sure enough, I rounded the bend and there was this ridiculous hill of steep grade and probably a quarter mile long (I wanted to say a mile, but that's a total exaggeration).  I stopped, checked my phone maps to see if there was any other way home, but alas, there was not (other than longer ways that would probably involve hills as well), so I said, Brianna, put your game face on, drop it into a low gear, and climb.  As I headed up, I was peddling so slow and the resistance was still too much.  Then I realized I was still in my big ring! Ahhaha, I have a whole set of easier gears still!! Duh!! Dropped it to the small ring and slowly made my way up, praying the top wasn't a false rise with more hill behind.  It wasn't, and I made it to the top!! Woohoo!!  Then I took a wrong turn, adding 5 miles to my ride, oops!  But it was mostly flat or downhill the rest of the way.  Got home, told myself to start running and see what happens.  It's uphill from my house, no matter which way I go. Ugh.  My legs were toast but I did a mile in 9:25.  It's funny, they felt like they were moving soooo slowly, but that made me go faster. I'll have to be careful of that on Sunday, but the ride is only 10 miles with one normal hill.  So, long story short, a great confidence builder brick!!

reecealan - 2012-05-07 10:05 AMWe pass the first 3 SAG stops then is starts to rain!  It's not bad at first so we keep going.  We complete 3 of the 5 KOM climbs then we're going downhill in downtown K.C., I'm squeezing the brakes some because it's wet so I wasn't going too fast I thought....then BAM, I hit a pothole which I didn't see because of the water.  I go down, I land on my right hip, I slide for at least 50 feet.  The guy behind me was glad I slid, otherwise he would have run into me.

I've got road rash, a bruised hip, bruised shoulder, nothing appear to be broken, I'm just lying in bed now tryinig to heal up, contimplating going to the doctor.  I'm not in pain as I lay here, but when I walk, I feel and leg/hip pain on my right side so it's difficult to walk.

reecealan - 2012-05-07 9:05 AM

Geez, you guys have added six or seven pages since I last saw.  I need to take that Evelyn Woods Speed reading course or something...

Congrats on you HM Claire!

I'm lying in bad as a type this all banged up.  It was an eventful weekend.

Saturday started off with a 5K, I PR'd, ran a 21:02 gun time but my chip time was something like 20:36 so I'm creeping in on that sub 20 min. 5K.  I'm really happy about my times as this course had 212 feet of climbing which is a lot for a 5K.  The last 1/2 mile is a cat 5 climb all the way to the finish.  It was only 72 degrees but 85% humidity so given the conditions I am very happy about the results.

Then I ran back to my car, drove home, got picked up by my friend Frank and we headed to Lawrence to ride the IMKS 70.3 bike course.  The plan was to also run one lap of the run course (6.5 miles).  We got pulled over by park ranger guy for speeding!  He said in a very stern voice, "I got you going 52", he appeared quite upset.  It was in a part of the park where there were no people around.  Just grass fields on both sides, that road is just there to go from one part of the park to another.  Nevertheless, we were speeding and deserved to take the medicine.  But good lord, I think park ranger guy was writing his first ticket.  Took forever in his car, then came back, fumbled around a bit, then forgot my friends license/registration back in the patrol vehicle.  He ended up writing us up for 40 mph so I guess we got a break.

So now we're late, the agreed meet time was 11:00, we got there 11:20 ish, we didn't head out until 11:30 and now it's hot.  It got to over 90 degrees and humidity was still high.  THere are no stops along the course to get water.  I had one 24 oz bottle and one 20 oz bottle, that's it.  Most of us had two bottles but Jon had a speedfill bottle on the frame, a torpedo mounted bottle on the aerobars and TWO more bottles on the saddle.  Smart Man!  I had a good ride.  I rationed my water well, I barely had enough to get back.  Jon ended up sharing his water with a few others, and my friend Pete, who normally crushes me on the bike, was falling back as he ran out of water.  We all made it back, Pete had to lie down on the way home.

What I learned from this was that hydration for a day like this starts a day or two before.  I knew that day could be difficult so I made sure and got plenty of liquids in my starting Thursday night and all day Friday.  Three of the guys on this bike ride are better athletes than I but I ended up pulling away from them at the end and I was only at about 80% effort.

So that was the good part of the weekend, now the not so good.  Did the Tour de Hope Bike Tour in Kansas City yesterday which was supposed to be 62 miles with 4 additional miles of climbiing to get the king of the mountain cup.  A few of my friends were doing the 35 mile route so I didn't know many people there at the start.  I saw what looked like some good cyclists and asked them if they were doing the KOM climbs, they said yes so my plan was to follow them.  So off we go and I end up hanging with the lead group and we're moving pretty good, averaging around 20 mph or so.  We pass the first 3 SAG stops then is starts to rain!  It's not bad at first so we keep going.  We complete 3 of the 5 KOM climbs then we're going downhill in downtown K.C., I'm squeezing the brakes some because it's wet so I wasn't going too fast I thought....then BAM, I hit a pothole which I didn't see because of the water.  I go down, I land on my right hip, I slide for at least 50 feet.  The guy behind me was glad I slid, otherwise he would have run into me.

I've got road rash, a bruised hip, bruised shoulder, nothing appear to be broken, I'm just lying in bed now tryinig to heal up, contimplating going to the doctor.  I'm not in pain as I lay here, but when I walk, I feel and leg/hip pain on my right side so it's difficult to walk.

My bike, amazingly enough, is pretty much unscathed

My next race is May 20th, not sure if I'll be in shape for that.

Speaking of Pop Tarts, last night I had a sweet tooth so I asked my daughter if there was any Pop Tarts left from the Huge box of 48 I bought just a few weeks ago.  Sorry Dad, none left

ukweeble - 2012-05-07 3:25 PM

Back from my 3.5m run and your sandwich sounds nice. mmmmm.

By the way, who's counting my insults/motivation on Salty? How's the old trout done on her run?Hope she socked it to 'em.

I make that three.

kgore - 2012-05-07 9:36 AM

I have been keeping up with everyone's posts, and congrats and happiness to all those who have posted--I would actually write names and stuff, but the truth is, I feel like 7 mega-tons of crap right now...I can only hope that its my allergies acting up in the worst way possible, and not a cold. Its the last week of school before finals week, and only 2 weeks til one of my bigger races this season... I DON'T WANNA BE SICK RIGHT NOW!!!!

hm. That didn't help, I still feel icky.

Anyway, as someone else posted, I hope everyone is well and happy! 

ArielLIlB - 2012-05-07 6:46 AM

I can't believe my first tri is this Sunday! Ahhh! I had a really good bike ride yesterday, went 21 miles (it was supposed to be 15, but I got lost) and it was hillier than I expected...you should have been in my head when, after the first 8 miles were several tough climbs, I turned up Providence Hill Road and thought (1) Yes, I recognize this road name, this is my turn (which was correct) and then (2) OMG Providence HILL Road?  And sure enough, I rounded the bend and there was this ridiculous hill of steep grade and probably a quarter mile long (I wanted to say a mile, but that's a total exaggeration).  I stopped, checked my phone maps to see if there was any other way home, but alas, there was not (other than longer ways that would probably involve hills as well), so I said, Brianna, put your game face on, drop it into a low gear, and climb.  As I headed up, I was peddling so slow and the resistance was still too much.  Then I realized I was still in my big ring! Ahhaha, I have a whole set of easier gears still!! Duh!! Dropped it to the small ring and slowly made my way up, praying the top wasn't a false rise with more hill behind.  It wasn't, and I made it to the top!! Woohoo!!  Then I took a wrong turn, adding 5 miles to my ride, oops!  But it was mostly flat or downhill the rest of the way.  Got home, told myself to start running and see what happens.  It's uphill from my house, no matter which way I go. Ugh.  My legs were toast but I did a mile in 9:25.  It's funny, they felt like they were moving soooo slowly, but that made me go faster. I'll have to be careful of that on Sunday, but the ride is only 10 miles with one normal hill.  So, long story short, a great confidence builder brick!!

reecealan - 2012-05-07 7:05 AM

Geez, you guys have added six or seven pages since I last saw.  I need to take that Evelyn Woods Speed reading course or something...

Congrats on you HM Claire!

I'm lying in bad as a type this all banged up.  It was an eventful weekend.

Saturday started off with a 5K, I PR'd, ran a 21:02 gun time but my chip time was something like 20:36 so I'm creeping in on that sub 20 min. 5K.  I'm really happy about my times as this course had 212 feet of climbing which is a lot for a 5K.  The last 1/2 mile is a cat 5 climb all the way to the finish.  It was only 72 degrees but 85% humidity so given the conditions I am very happy about the results.

Then I ran back to my car, drove home, got picked up by my friend Frank and we headed to Lawrence to ride the IMKS 70.3 bike course.  The plan was to also run one lap of the run course (6.5 miles).  We got pulled over by park ranger guy for speeding!  He said in a very stern voice, "I got you going 52", he appeared quite upset.  It was in a part of the park where there were no people around.  Just grass fields on both sides, that road is just there to go from one part of the park to another.  Nevertheless, we were speeding and deserved to take the medicine.  But good lord, I think park ranger guy was writing his first ticket.  Took forever in his car, then came back, fumbled around a bit, then forgot my friends license/registration back in the patrol vehicle.  He ended up writing us up for 40 mph so I guess we got a break.

So now we're late, the agreed meet time was 11:00, we got there 11:20 ish, we didn't head out until 11:30 and now it's hot.  It got to over 90 degrees and humidity was still high.  THere are no stops along the course to get water.  I had one 24 oz bottle and one 20 oz bottle, that's it.  Most of us had two bottles but Jon had a speedfill bottle on the frame, a torpedo mounted bottle on the aerobars and TWO more bottles on the saddle.  Smart Man!  I had a good ride.  I rationed my water well, I barely had enough to get back.  Jon ended up sharing his water with a few others, and my friend Pete, who normally crushes me on the bike, was falling back as he ran out of water.  We all made it back, Pete had to lie down on the way home.

What I learned from this was that hydration for a day like this starts a day or two before.  I knew that day could be difficult so I made sure and got plenty of liquids in my starting Thursday night and all day Friday.  Three of the guys on this bike ride are better athletes than I but I ended up pulling away from them at the end and I was only at about 80% effort.

So that was the good part of the weekend, now the not so good.  Did the Tour de Hope Bike Tour in Kansas City yesterday which was supposed to be 62 miles with 4 additional miles of climbiing to get the king of the mountain cup.  A few of my friends were doing the 35 mile route so I didn't know many people there at the start.  I saw what looked like some good cyclists and asked them if they were doing the KOM climbs, they said yes so my plan was to follow them.  So off we go and I end up hanging with the lead group and we're moving pretty good, averaging around 20 mph or so.  We pass the first 3 SAG stops then is starts to rain!  It's not bad at first so we keep going.  We complete 3 of the 5 KOM climbs then we're going downhill in downtown K.C., I'm squeezing the brakes some because it's wet so I wasn't going too fast I thought....then BAM, I hit a pothole which I didn't see because of the water.  I go down, I land on my right hip, I slide for at least 50 feet.  The guy behind me was glad I slid, otherwise he would have run into me.

I've got road rash, a bruised hip, bruised shoulder, nothing appear to be broken, I'm just lying in bed now tryinig to heal up, contimplating going to the doctor.  I'm not in pain as I lay here, but when I walk, I feel and leg/hip pain on my right side so it's difficult to walk.

My bike, amazingly enough, is pretty much unscathed

My next race is May 20th, not sure if I'll be in shape for that.

Speaking of Pop Tarts, last night I had a sweet tooth so I asked my daughter if there was any Pop Tarts left from the Huge box of 48 I bought just a few weeks ago.  Sorry Dad, none left

ArielLIlB - 2012-05-07 9:46 PM

I can't believe my first tri is this Sunday! Ahhh! I had a really good bike ride yesterday, went 21 miles (it was supposed to be 15, but I got lost) and it was hillier than I expected...you should have been in my head when, after the first 8 miles were several tough climbs, I turned up Providence Hill Road and thought (1) Yes, I recognize this road name, this is my turn (which was correct) and then (2) OMG Providence HILL Road?  And sure enough, I rounded the bend and there was this ridiculous hill of steep grade and probably a quarter mile long (I wanted to say a mile, but that's a total exaggeration).  I stopped, checked my phone maps to see if there was any other way home, but alas, there was not (other than longer ways that would probably involve hills as well), so I said, Brianna, put your game face on, drop it into a low gear, and climb.  As I headed up, I was peddling so slow and the resistance was still too much.  Then I realized I was still in my big ring! Ahhaha, I have a whole set of easier gears still!! Duh!! Dropped it to the small ring and slowly made my way up, praying the top wasn't a false rise with more hill behind.  It wasn't, and I made it to the top!! Woohoo!!  Then I took a wrong turn, adding 5 miles to my ride, oops!  But it was mostly flat or downhill the rest of the way.  Got home, told myself to start running and see what happens.  It's uphill from my house, no matter which way I go. Ugh.  My legs were toast but I did a mile in 9:25.  It's funny, they felt like they were moving soooo slowly, but that made me go faster. I'll have to be careful of that on Sunday, but the ride is only 10 miles with one normal hill.  So, long story short, a great confidence builder brick!!

reecealan - 2012-05-07 10:05 PM

Geez, you guys have added six or seven pages since I last saw.  I need to take that Evelyn Woods Speed reading course or something...

Congrats on you HM Claire!

I'm lying in bad as a type this all banged up.  It was an eventful weekend.

Saturday started off with a 5K, I PR'd, ran a 21:02 gun time but my chip time was something like 20:36 so I'm creeping in on that sub 20 min. 5K.  I'm really happy about my times as this course had 212 feet of climbing which is a lot for a 5K.  The last 1/2 mile is a cat 5 climb all the way to the finish.  It was only 72 degrees but 85% humidity so given the conditions I am very happy about the results.

Then I ran back to my car, drove home, got picked up by my friend Frank and we headed to Lawrence to ride the IMKS 70.3 bike course.  The plan was to also run one lap of the run course (6.5 miles).  We got pulled over by park ranger guy for speeding!  He said in a very stern voice, "I got you going 52", he appeared quite upset.  It was in a part of the park where there were no people around.  Just grass fields on both sides, that road is just there to go from one part of the park to another.  Nevertheless, we were speeding and deserved to take the medicine.  But good lord, I think park ranger guy was writing his first ticket.  Took forever in his car, then came back, fumbled around a bit, then forgot my friends license/registration back in the patrol vehicle.  He ended up writing us up for 40 mph so I guess we got a break.

So now we're late, the agreed meet time was 11:00, we got there 11:20 ish, we didn't head out until 11:30 and now it's hot.  It got to over 90 degrees and humidity was still high.  THere are no stops along the course to get water.  I had one 24 oz bottle and one 20 oz bottle, that's it.  Most of us had two bottles but Jon had a speedfill bottle on the frame, a torpedo mounted bottle on the aerobars and TWO more bottles on the saddle.  Smart Man!  I had a good ride.  I rationed my water well, I barely had enough to get back.  Jon ended up sharing his water with a few others, and my friend Pete, who normally crushes me on the bike, was falling back as he ran out of water.  We all made it back, Pete had to lie down on the way home.

What I learned from this was that hydration for a day like this starts a day or two before.  I knew that day could be difficult so I made sure and got plenty of liquids in my starting Thursday night and all day Friday.  Three of the guys on this bike ride are better athletes than I but I ended up pulling away from them at the end and I was only at about 80% effort.

So that was the good part of the weekend, now the not so good.  Did the Tour de Hope Bike Tour in Kansas City yesterday which was supposed to be 62 miles with 4 additional miles of climbiing to get the king of the mountain cup.  A few of my friends were doing the 35 mile route so I didn't know many people there at the start.  I saw what looked like some good cyclists and asked them if they were doing the KOM climbs, they said yes so my plan was to follow them.  So off we go and I end up hanging with the lead group and we're moving pretty good, averaging around 20 mph or so.  We pass the first 3 SAG stops then is starts to rain!  It's not bad at first so we keep going.  We complete 3 of the 5 KOM climbs then we're going downhill in downtown K.C., I'm squeezing the brakes some because it's wet so I wasn't going too fast I thought....then BAM, I hit a pothole which I didn't see because of the water.  I go down, I land on my right hip, I slide for at least 50 feet.  The guy behind me was glad I slid, otherwise he would have run into me.

I've got road rash, a bruised hip, bruised shoulder, nothing appear to be broken, I'm just lying in bed now tryinig to heal up, contimplating going to the doctor.  I'm not in pain as I lay here, but when I walk, I feel and leg/hip pain on my right side so it's difficult to walk.

My bike, amazingly enough, is pretty much unscathed

My next race is May 20th, not sure if I'll be in shape for that.

Speaking of Pop Tarts, last night I had a sweet tooth so I asked my daughter if there was any Pop Tarts left from the Huge box of 48 I bought just a few weeks ago.  Sorry Dad, none left

Asalzwed - 2012-05-08 12:36 AM

Yowza, I have a lot of Manatee catching up to do!

 

Bloomsday was an absolute blast. Such an amazing course, I can't say enough good things about it. 

This race started as a "B" race (I didn't even tempt myself by bringing my racing flats) and very rapidly faded to a "C" race.  We arrived to the start waaay late (we were busy getting my baby cousins all ready in their strollers.) The plan was for me to run the race and then catch the family in strollers and do a second loop with them. Because we were so late I had to start in a pretty slow coral. You know you are not in the "racing" coral when the start gun goes off and everyone ducks. Ahh ahahaha. 

Anyway, it went as expected with that many people on the course. I ran it the best as I could while trying to be as polite as possible with my weaving. The competitive part of me was dying inside but the rest of me enjoyed the sh*t out of running a course and getting to really enjoy the sites and sounds. 

I finished in 55:39 (or 7:27 per mile)

Then I was able to just run through the finish and catch up with my fam just before the 1 mile mark and do it all again!!!

Stay tuned for the race report. I'll give you a teaser: Drag queens, Popsicle and licorice oh my! 

reecealan - 2012-05-07 11:30 AM

After the ride Saturday a few of us were talking about why cyclists shaved their legs.  One guy said that it's easier to clean up road rash.  Another guy said it's so people can see my "ripped" quads.

I guess I've yet to become a real cyclist.

 

amd723 - 2012-05-07 12:32 PM

This was the scene at Ft. Lauderdale beach yesterday; unfortunately, I wasn't there to see it in person. 

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/videogallery/69799746/News/Manatees-and-pups-near-shore-of-Fort-Lauderdale-beach

 

Oops, looks like i did something wrong as the link is not hot - i guess you'll have to cut and paste to view it.  sorry.

ArielLIlB - 2012-05-07 12:14 PM

Aw, a manatee orgy! How apropos for this group! I love the commentary in the back ground: Kid: "They're mating!" Man: "It's more like a gang bang." Hahahahah.

amd723 - 2012-05-07 1:16 PM

Actually, it just looks like they're mating; in reality it is a mom and her calves who are fighting over nursing.  But yes, I love the commentary!

amd723 - 2012-05-08 12:32 AM

This was the scene at Ft. Lauderdale beach yesterday; unfortunately, I wasn't there to see it in person. 

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/videogallery/69799746/News/Manatees-and-pups-near-shore-of-Fort-Lauderdale-beach

amd723 - 2012-05-07 11:32 AM

This was the scene at Ft. Lauderdale beach yesterday; unfortunately, I wasn't there to see it in person. 

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/videogallery/69799746/News/Manatees-and-pups-near-shore-of-Fort-Lauderdale-beach

 

Oops, looks like i did something wrong as the link is not hot - i guess you'll have to cut and paste to view it.  sorry.