Mad Manatees 2015.3 CLOSED (or Poptarts? Pet pics?) (Page 8)

I do not understand words like "or" and "v."

The correct answer is always AND.

We thought we had it bad in Vietnam with the heat ... a du (90K bike/21.1K run) was held in Jakarta on a new, not-yet-open toll highway.

Vietnam: air temps at 38C much of the day with the ground we were actually running on 40-44C.

Jakarta: air temps at 36C much of the day with the ground temp maxing out at 53C. People's shoe bottoms were getting sticky. Run on the white lines! I'll bet they'd have dumped Slushies into their frozen undies if they could ...

Just a little brag.  I ran a 5k cross-country race yesterday and gave an all-out effort.  I averaged 8:57/mile, the fastest I've ever done (total time 27:42).  My pace was also pretty consistent and my 3rd mi. was faster than the 2nd despite being mostly on grass instead of pavement/crushed rock path.  I finished low in the rankings (22/24 OA, 4/6 women).  Even so, I'm *really* proud of myself!!

ok, how far back do I need to go? whew!

update:

Jason is loving his new job. Excited about what he can bring to the small businesses of AZ and the state/national connections he's going to be making.

T had his 8th bday yesterday. We found a Specialized Hotrock for him to start riding. I thought J was getting a 24"...it's a 26", but with seat down and a stem adjustment, T is loving it. Wants to ride morning and night. Now Mak just needs to get to a 20"!

We thought about going to Moab last weekend, but T got sick and J had only been home a few days, company had just left, and we were tired. lol  Took the time to clean up around the yard and set up the pool for the summer....yes, set up. Not ready to invest 20k in an in-ground yet.

I know that she's probably not following along anymore but...

Has anyone else noticed that wherever Monica moves, they have terrible weather?

I opted to not race the mile last night. I've been a bit under the weather and figured just trying to finish the workout would be challenge enough.

It's the strangest thing...in addition to a cold my nose hurts like a mofo. In fact it hurts as bad as it did when it was broken. And it's swollen. But I can't recall actually hitting it on anything. So. Weird. So, hopefully at a minimum the cold is cleared up by Saturday so that the run around St. Helen's isn't too much of a suffer fest.

Speaking of suffering, last nights track workout was pretty tough! We did a ladder: 2 x 1000, 2 x 600, 4 x 400, 4 x 200. Which is really just a sneaky way of having us run a 5+K a little faster than 5K pace I'm onto my coach

Going back to our gender discussion (don't worry, it's the "lite" version) I am on the corporate architecture team here at the BUX. One of the guys in more of the  standards side of the team just came over and was showing me some interesting exploration into restroom signage so that it's nondiscriminatory.  There were some CRAZY iterations and ideas but what someone came up with was so simple, and such a no-brainer. Just a simple image of a toilet. Duh. What's behind that door? Oh a toilet. That's all I need to know. 

I know that she's probably not following along anymore but...

Has anyone else noticed that wherever Monica moves, they have terrible weather?

ugh. I mentioned bike ride. they're out the door....

I opted to not race the mile last night. I've been a bit under the weather and figured just trying to finish the workout would be challenge enough.

It's the strangest thing...in addition to a cold my nose hurts like a mofo. In fact it hurts as bad as it did when it was broken. And it's swollen. But I can't recall actually hitting it on anything. So. Weird. So, hopefully at a minimum the cold is cleared up by Saturday so that the run around St. Helen's isn't too much of a suffer fest.

Speaking of suffering, last nights track workout was pretty tough! We did a ladder: 2 x 1000, 2 x 600, 4 x 400, 4 x 200. Which is really just a sneaky way of having us run a 5+K a little faster than 5K pace I'm onto my coach

I opted to not race the mile last night. I've been a bit under the weather and figured just trying to finish the workout would be challenge enough.

It's the strangest thing...in addition to a cold my nose hurts like a mofo. In fact it hurts as bad as it did when it was broken. And it's swollen. But I can't recall actually hitting it on anything. So. Weird. So, hopefully at a minimum the cold is cleared up by Saturday so that the run around St. Helen's isn't too much of a suffer fest.

Speaking of suffering, last nights track workout was pretty tough! We did a ladder: 2 x 1000, 2 x 600, 4 x 400, 4 x 200. Which is really just a sneaky way of having us run a 5+K a little faster than 5K pace I'm onto my coach

Well I sure have.  Yikes!

Actually affected one of my races.  Luckily we weren't hurt in this crazy weather and only had some minor flooding in our new place (on which we thankfully haven't started work yet), although our pool looks like it's filled with chocolate milk...   Eyeeeewwwwww.

Quick update (been SWAMPED at work in a good way!).  Ran the 8k last Sunday with Kim.  My company sponsors the race, as we make a diagnostic for Fragile X syndrome (most common inherited cause of autism), and we had about 35 families from work turn out - which was pretty great.  Decided just before starting that I like racing more than I cared about how I placed the next day in an Oly tri, so I would **mostly** race both.    Kim and I each won our age groups (I ran just sub-7m/m on a kinda hilly course).  Total super fun day.

Did the CapTex Oly the next morning... mostly.  The swim was canceled as a good bit of the Hill Country, along with just a touch of poop, had washed into Town Lake with the tornados and storms Sat/Sunday.  Decided that since my legs were pretty heavy for running that I'd pin it on the bike and see what happened.  Had my best Oly bike split yet (only done 3, but still) and actually think I PR'd the 10k (so the course must have been short!).  Took 2nd in my AG.

I'm really glad I decided to race them both.  I didn't/don't care so much about the results at either of these races, but I know that if I'd really held back on either, it would have eaten at me a bit.  And for me, it's all about maximizing the endorphins! 

So, total super fun weekend.  Lots of burgers and beer for recovery (which started at 0900 Sunday right after the first race - more of an awesome weekend than a sensible one!).

OK, now I'm back to work (hey, somebody has to mine the salt, right?).

Matt

I know that she's probably not following along anymore but...

Has anyone else noticed that wherever Monica moves, they have terrible weather?

ok, how far back do I need to go? whew!

update:

Jason is loving his new job. Excited about what he can bring to the small businesses of AZ and the state/national connections he's going to be making.

T had his 8th bday yesterday. We found a Specialized Hotrock for him to start riding. I thought J was getting a 24"...it's a 26", but with seat down and a stem adjustment, T is loving it. Wants to ride morning and night. Now Mak just needs to get to a 20"!

We thought about going to Moab last weekend, but T got sick and J had only been home a few days, company had just left, and we were tired. lol  Took the time to clean up around the yard and set up the pool for the summer....yes, set up. Not ready to invest 20k in an in-ground yet.

Just a little brag.  I ran a 5k cross-country race yesterday and gave an all-out effort.  I averaged 8:57/mile, the fastest I've ever done (total time 27:42).  My pace was also pretty consistent and my 3rd mi. was faster than the 2nd despite being mostly on grass instead of pavement/crushed rock path.  I finished low in the rankings (22/24 OA, 4/6 women).  Even so, I'm *really* proud of myself!!

hahaha.  Must be some sort of Canadian curse!