Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) (Page 78)

OK, I pulled the trigger and paid the registration for Worlds in Sweden in June.  Might just be me, or maybe with Kim - slight chance the whole gang… but probably just me.  That said, I kinda can't believe I'm going to fly to another country for a race.  Seems almost insane, for like a hundred reasons, but I'm now psyched.

Paying a registration has a way of breaking down certain mental barriers.

Now I'm actually looking at my whole season and am trying hard not to go out and register for a crap-ton of races (let the adrenaline fade, right?).  Or maybe I just should?!?

Just sayin' - not really sure why I'm even posting this, but I felt something shift when I dropped the coin.  Onward!

Matt

OK, I pulled the trigger and paid the registration for Worlds in Sweden in June.  Might just be me, or maybe with Kim - slight chance the whole gang… but probably just me.  That said, I kinda can't believe I'm going to fly to another country for a race.  Seems almost insane, for like a hundred reasons, but I'm now psyched.

Paying a registration has a way of breaking down certain mental barriers.

Now I'm actually looking at my whole season and am trying hard not to go out and register for a crap-ton of races (let the adrenaline fade, right?).  Or maybe I just should?!?

Just sayin' - not really sure why I'm even posting this, but I felt something shift when I dropped the coin.  Onward!

Matt

OK, I pulled the trigger and paid the registration for Worlds in Sweden in June.  Might just be me, or maybe with Kim - slight chance the whole gang… but probably just me.  That said, I kinda can't believe I'm going to fly to another country for a race.  Seems almost insane, for like a hundred reasons, but I'm now psyched.

Paying a registration has a way of breaking down certain mental barriers.

Now I'm actually looking at my whole season and am trying hard not to go out and register for a crap-ton of races (let the adrenaline fade, right?).  Or maybe I just should?!?

Just sayin' - not really sure why I'm even posting this, but I felt something shift when I dropped the coin.  Onward!

Matt

I can't even imagine how excited you must be!!  You'll love Sweden.  Be careful what you order, though.  "Tomfisk" is tuna fish, which they serve on pizza--learned from painful experience.  There's a Twitter account for the Swedish Department of Tourism (@sweden) you might get a kick out of.  It's run by a different person each week so the tweets are all over the map, some funny, some helpful, some just weird.

So, you'll be beating me to the top!

I live at like, 300' elevation hahahaha

Thank you everyone for the congrats and especially the wonderful wishes for Smoky. Lil Smoky-Bear is still in the woods, but he has escaped fire already, time to get outta the trees too!

But he's kinda busy climbing the walls ... and making the vet staff do so too, I think!

Please keep up the prayers/goodwill. I have faith he will be healed.

Thank you everyone for the congrats and especially the wonderful wishes for Smoky. Lil Smoky-Bear is still in the woods, but he has escaped fire already, time to get outta the trees too!

But he's kinda busy climbing the walls ... and making the vet staff do so too, I think!

Please keep up the prayers/goodwill. I have faith he will be healed.

So both this race and my new shoes were featured in this month's RW Magazine. Only a few pages apart. Coincidence?!?!?!?!

OK, I pulled the trigger and paid the registration for Worlds in Sweden in June.  Might just be me, or maybe with Kim - slight chance the whole gang… but probably just me.  That said, I kinda can't believe I'm going to fly to another country for a race.  Seems almost insane, for like a hundred reasons, but I'm now psyched.

Paying a registration has a way of breaking down certain mental barriers.

Now I'm actually looking at my whole season and am trying hard not to go out and register for a crap-ton of races (let the adrenaline fade, right?).  Or maybe I just should?!?

Just sayin' - not really sure why I'm even posting this, but I felt something shift when I dropped the coin.  Onward!

Matt

Yeah, watch out for tomfisk. You're better off going with lutefisk.

I have the Believe Training Journal (which by the way, a handwritten log is AMAZING) and along with space for simply logging your workouts there is a lot of other content. Sprinkled through the weeks are little thought provoking quotes and questions.

Anyway, one of them said something along the lines of, "What would it feel like to achieve your goal."

I'll share my response but I'd like to hear what you all have to say! 

Ughhhhhh lutefisk......

Once towards the end of  long run, when you start getting delirious, we talked about how they should make a lutefisk gel for Scandinavian runners.. I mean, they wouldn't have to do much other than package it. 

I have the Believe Training Journal (which by the way, a handwritten log is AMAZING) and along with space for simply logging your workouts there is a lot of other content. Sprinkled through the weeks are little thought provoking quotes and questions.

Anyway, one of them said something along the lines of, "What would it feel like to achieve your goal."

I'll share my response but I'd like to hear what you all have to say! 

I have the Believe Training Journal (which by the way, a handwritten log is AMAZING) and along with space for simply logging your workouts there is a lot of other content. Sprinkled through the weeks are little thought provoking quotes and questions.

Anyway, one of them said something along the lines of, "What would it feel like to achieve your goal."

I'll share my response but I'd like to hear what you all have to say! 

I have the Believe Training Journal (which by the way, a handwritten log is AMAZING) and along with space for simply logging your workouts there is a lot of other content. Sprinkled through the weeks are little thought provoking quotes and questions.

Anyway, one of them said something along the lines of, "What would it feel like to achieve your goal."

I'll share my response but I'd like to hear what you all have to say! 

Yay, Matt, for pushing the register button!  What an experience it will be, and how interesting that you instantly had a mind shift.  Good stuff!

Stacey - praying for the firefighters and any living being that could be in the path of flooding or fire.  Sounds like a very scary situation.  The list of slang was fun!

TJ - of course it's a sign!

Yanti and Smoky - Smoky - keep being your strong, tough, determined self and kick the illness to the curb!  Yanti - keep being your awesome, loving, compassionate self.

Mike - ha ha ha, yeah, 20 minute test sounds so innocent now...

Salty - I've fallen in love with Oiselle sports bras, thank you for introducing them to me!  I think Ann-Marie and TJ may have had a part in it, too.  In response to your question, "What would it feel like to achieve your goal": I'll share how I've been feeling lately, working with a coach.  I feel like a creature that is growing and developing inside an egg shell.  I know something really good is going to hatch out of the shell and I'm really excited to see just what it is and what it can do.  Sounds a bit hokey, but it's how I feel.

Chris - has your snow situation improved?

I love my Oiselle shorts and tops!  I have lots of both.  I have not used their sports bras, but maybe that will be my next Oiselle purchase.  I really should by stock in the company

I saw on FB or the Twit something that looked like Oiselle opening a new location. Salty or anyone know anything about that?

Yeah. So first, not a "new" location, but a location period. Currently they don't have a storefront.

But of course they are being  a little vague on the deets.  I think it's pretty surely going to be  in Seattle (99% sure) but I don't know much more than that.

I had tweeted Sally about an experience store a long time ago and she kind of allude to it already being in the works. 

So, that is all I know

Yeah. So first, not a "new" location, but a location period. Currently they don't have a storefront.

But of course they are being  a little vague on the deets.  I think it's pretty surely going to be  in Seattle (99% sure) but I don't know much more than that.

I had tweeted Sally about an experience store a long time ago and she kind of allude to it already being in the works. 

So, that is all I know