Manatee Mentors 2016 - Closed (Page 73)

Originally posted by JJ- Hey guys...now that things have slowed down and I'm back in the racing world I would love to be active in the Mantee world once again. In keeping with the tradition of once a manatee always a manatee I will post my bio here to make it official . Better late than never NAME: Jonathan STORY: I was very overweight / obese a few years ago and always made excuses about my health. Finally I got into gear lost over 60 pounds and completed my first spirit Triathlon in Sept of 2012. Since then I've completed several springs, 4 x 70.3s, 1 olympic, and 1 full ironman. I love the sport and really enjoy giving back to the community. I am also the President of our local Triathlon club and the Race Director for the local Sprint Triathlon that our club puts on. I joined the manatees back in 2012 when I was training for my first sprint try. This group was extremely helpful in teaching me how to swim. I actually took videos of myself and uploaded them here for Yanti and a few others to analyze and provide feedback. I could barely make it to the end of the pool and now I swim 3k+ swim sets at sub 1:40 pace so thru the encouragement of this group I have come a long way! FAMILY STATUS: Married with 3 kids CURRENT TRAINING: Currently I'm training aprox 10 hours per week in preparation for Galveston 70.3 and then that training will nearly double as I begin to prepare for Boulder 140.6 THIS YEAR'S RACES/EVENTS: If any have been chosen or are on the possibilities list. GOALS/OBJECTIVES/DESIRES: I hope to become a faster and better balanced Triathlete this season. WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD MANATEE: I hope to encourage others as I was encouraged as a newbie to the sport. I also get encouragement from all you guys

Welcome back!

It seems like maybe McMatt or Jonathan have done that one but I don't see it in their race logs.

Welcome back Jonathan!

Originally posted by CRFTX2001 My bike is fine. I was able to get the chain out of the derailer(still can't spell) by manuvering it out. Maybe not the smartest way , but no harm done. My dad was then able to put the chain back on the gear. We messed around with the gears a little and was able to get it running normally again. There were no problems with the ride I did last night.

Well that's good. Hopefully it keeps working well now!

I'd be willing to bet that you were hearing "doooooo eeeeeeet" in your ear....

Glad your bike is okay Conner!

Welcome back Jonathan

Wow! 

We had some bad stuff about 25 miles from us. A co-worker lost a pool cage and his neighborhood looks Charley-esque. I hope the NC and Virginia folks are ok, I've heard of some bad there as well.

Thanks for checking in, Laura and Chris.  I'm glad to hear you were spared.  

The nasty weather made it to PA, too.  We had very high winds, flooding, and a tornado touched down in the eastern part of the county I live in (I'm toward the west), but we must've had wind sheers or something randomly strike nearby.  There were numerous trees, big and small, ripped over.  Some roads were closed this am because of damage and flooding.  Also, the fascia is hanging off the front of neighbor's house.  We had smaller to medium branches down in my yard and we of course have mini streams of water in the basement.  The sump pump is running every few minutes.  We also lost power for a few hours overnight, but all in all we're good.

Winds were strong, but nothing to really worry about up here. There was some icy snow falling in the afternoon & evening though. Not much by me, but down at the city and south of it may have had a good amount. Think a number of schools may have called a snow day last night.

That's so awesome! Go Girl!!!!!!!!!!!

Crazy weather stuffs for the pod, stay safe all. (I don't know what a pool cage is )  I'm happy to have my mild southwest weather. I missed the snow earlier this week while I was enjoying the Phoenix heat.

Originally posted by Atlantia

Originally posted by melbo55

Thanks for checking in, Laura and Chris.  I'm glad to hear you were spared.  

The nasty weather made it to PA, too.  We had very high winds, flooding, and a tornado touched down in the eastern part of the county I live in (I'm toward the west), but we must've had wind sheers or something randomly strike nearby.  There were numerous trees, big and small, ripped over.  Some roads were closed this am because of damage and flooding.  Also, the fascia is hanging off the front of neighbor's house.  We had smaller to medium branches down in my yard and we of course have mini streams of water in the basement.  The sump pump is running every few minutes.  We also lost power for a few hours overnight, but all in all we're good.

Does this have a different meaning than I'm aware of? Because otherwise, that just sounds terrifying...and gross. Sorry to hear about your basement streams, but glad you're mostly okay otherwise.

Pretty sure we're going with definition #1