Mad Manatees Mentor Group - VERY CLOSED!!! Sorry! (Page 70)

I agree, nice work!

Same old story here Manatees - Tuesday after a weekend race can't stop crying - wtf is that about?  Is it nutrition, I've tried everything!

What i want is to crawl into bed until I am feeling like my old self.

Dammit.

So I am "productively procrastinating" tonight. I do not want to get on the treadmill so I started working on my cross country drive and stop locations. So far I am looking at: Seattle, WA; Spokane, WA; Yellowstone National Park; Salt Lake City, UT; Mt Zion National Park; Las Vega, NV; Flagstaff, AZ; Albequrque, NM; Oklahoma City, OK; Dalas, TX; Birmingham, AL; finally Cleveland, TN.

Anyone have any other suggestions or places to visit on that drive or live along those routes? I know Salty & Chad are in the Seattle area.

hehe...there. Fixed that for ya

Right now I am looking at leaving Alaska around May 24 or so. Tentatively it would put me into Seattle area around May 27/28. I am still not 100% sure when I will be leaving Alaska, mainly I am not sure when I will be able to sign out to start my drive. It might be May 23 or 24.

Im not an expert but I wonder if maybe your adrenal glad is not functioning properly. From what I have been told it can only store. So much adrenilan and only make it at a certain speed. If you are using all of the stored adrenalin while you race maybe it is taking a while for your body to build up adequate stores for you to function normally again.

I may have this totally wrong and there might be someone with more accurate knowledge that can help you. But maybe a trip to a naturapath might help find an answer or even taking a herbal adrenial supplement.

(Just remember that I got my medical qualifications from the Weetbix box )

Edited by StaceyK 2013-01-22 7:54 AM

Good day all, I hope your weekends (extended or not) have been enjoyable.

Jonathan in Tx - Great job on the 10 miler. It looks like you are on track for your 70.3.

TJ - That elevation graph is sick. Great job!

Kirsten - Nice pool time. 4700+ in 2 days, WOW! That is one of my months

Chad - I hope your week is good and may it be a bit less full of chores and more full of skiing. Cool to get through the double diamond without a broken anything!

Melanie - IMO if you are able to adjust your race on the fly and reset, then you have have had a successful race. It is not always the result, but the effort that matters.

Jo - I'm keeping you in my prayers. I hope you can figure out what seems to be messing with you.

Marcus - I only worry about splits on my "faster" days. I have landmarks that I use to calculate on the fly. Not technical in any way, but it works for me. Sorry if it is no help.

Jonathan in AK - That chili looks pretty dang tasty, nice job. How long do you have for this trip? You have a ton of stops in the list, that is so cool! Enjoy the trip planning. Sometimes that can be as much fun as the actual trip.

Yanti - You can feel free to post pool pics anytime. Rainy season looks delightful in your neck of the woods. At least it does in your pic. I hope all is well with you and that you are taking care of your health.

I apologize if I missed anyone, I hope everyone enjoys the week!

Chris you forgot yourself. How are you going with your training? Have you decided about the Oly or HIM yet?

When last I visited this thread, we were on page 82. I have some catching up to do!

I hope that everyone is doing well.

Crying is OK.   It is cathartic.     It's the post effort mental and emotional crash.    It will pass.  Enjoy some ice cream.     Indulge.

You made the right decision for you.  I hope that you are feeling better today.

PB Breakfast Cookies!!!

TJ - awesome swim and stellar ride!  Thanks for sharing the views

Jonathan TX - impressive progress!  You will nail that HIM!

Kirsten- over 3000!  Woo hoo!

Melanie - good job with the obnoxious pink girl! 

Jo - Congrats on the race!  Sorry about the weepiness now.  I'd start with upping nutrition and go from there.  It could be something as simple as post-event calories. 

Race report time!

And I've been thinking of AK Jonathan all morning.  Today in PA we have temps in the teens with single digit wind chills today (*F), brrr!!  It's supposed to be similarly cold all week.  Yet what is horribly cold to me is balmy compared to his sub-zero weather he endures almost daily.  OK, so I've been thinking about all the manatees and their respective local climates.  Envisioning the folks like Chris, Yanti, Stacey and Jo who have lovely, warm temps right now is nice!!

Wow, that would freak me out at first, too.  Thanks for the reminder to stay safe, TJ.  We never know what the next minute brings but we always hope for the best.

That picture makes me cry.

I don't know if any of you read Yehuda Moon -- it's a cartoon about a guy who works in a bike shop and rides his crusty old touring bike everywhere -- there's a very poignant recurring theme about a friend of his who was hit and he put up a ghost bike for him.

There's a few options, Jonathan. One is to do one of the intermediate/advanced Oly training plans for Chattanooga; they should be giving you enough load to just be able to add on some distance bikes and a long run or two and be well-prepared for NV as well.

Another option is to go the full Monty distance-training route and use something like Don Fink's Be Iron Fit training programs (very time-conscious) where there's an Oly at week 18 or so and an HIM at week 22. (Obviously would take a bit of tinkering and adjustment). Doing so will still give you all the oomph you need for an Oly, and be excellent prep for the HIM as well.

Salty – Ethiopian food, the one thing Bali is missing! Heh … my bestest buddy and I used to go eat Ethiopian food the night before long runs and then really regret it the next day. But it’s so yum. I need to figure out how to make injera (the spongy bread) at home.

Badger Jen Moose – CONGRATULATIONS! Yes! People like you and I need to be congratulated about being lame when we’re lame so we won’t be lame anymore.

Of course I made the PB cookies ... except I did so TONIGHT at 1am.

If I forgot anyone or anyone has burning desires or questions or really just feels like they need attention, hop up and down and flipper-thwack my azz.

It was massively foggy and cold all weekend and hadn't snowed in the mountains in more than a week so we scratched snowboarding and cross country skiing and elected to go on a hike in search of the sun.

I walked across that lake seen below once we were finished. I could hear it snap-crackle and poppin' under my feet. Luckily it wasn't too deep. I figure if I went in it would be a much needed ice bath.

Did a brewery tour on Saturday, I think we tasted like 30 or 40 beers. But who's counting??? 

We found this random tetherball pole 

annnnd one of my favorite parks in Seattle. Nothin' like slightly over-sized hat and boots. Just cause. 

*It's got to be noted, I didn't plan for my outfit to so nicely coordinate with the hat and boots. It just happened. I'm smooth like that. 

Congratulations Yanti and Jen!!!!!!!