More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition

Master

9705

Raleigh, NC area

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by Hot Runner Nope, not 4th place. That was just my run time. I was 13th in AG for the whole race. Ugh.

Congratulations anyway ;-D

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Master

9705

Raleigh, NC area

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by juniperjen

Hi Manatees! Long time no post!!

Just wanted to say a quick hi and promise to be back to catch up. We are all doing well - my big baby boy is 2 months old! and he's big! Already over 14lbs and unbelievably to this shortie (5'3") he's 99th percentile for height ... anyway, he's great, i am good. Today he's going in for his first set of vaccines. We're all getting on. Even better is that i am easing back into running. Last week did a 2 minute walk, 1 minute run for each one and this week will do 1:1. Feeling pretty good but given that i am still pretty early from the birth i need to work on my pelvic floor and be smart about not diving into everything!

Anyway, i hope everyone is well and i'll be back on soon!

i have a photo on my training log.

Wow! Running and swimming already! Take care!

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Master

9705

Raleigh, NC area

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by StaceyK HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS

Happy birthday!

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1731

Denver, Colorado

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by juniperjen

Hi Manatees! Long time no post!!

Just wanted to say a quick hi and promise to be back to catch up. We are all doing well - my big baby boy is 2 months old! and he's big! Already over 14lbs and unbelievably to this shortie (5'3") he's 99th percentile for height ... anyway, he's great, i am good. Today he's going in for his first set of vaccines. We're all getting on. Even better is that i am easing back into running. Last week did a 2 minute walk, 1 minute run for each one and this week will do 1:1. Feeling pretty good but given that i am still pretty early from the birth i need to work on my pelvic floor and be smart about not diving into everything!

Anyway, i hope everyone is well and i'll be back on soon!

i have a photo on my training log.

So happy to hear you're both doing great!! How's he doing at night? Does he give you some rest?

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Master

7712

Orlando

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by juniperjen

Hi Manatees! Long time no post!!

Just wanted to say a quick hi and promise to be back to catch up. We are all doing well - my big baby boy is 2 months old! and he's big! Already over 14lbs and unbelievably to this shortie (5'3") he's 99th percentile for height ... anyway, he's great, i am good. Today he's going in for his first set of vaccines. We're all getting on. Even better is that i am easing back into running. Last week did a 2 minute walk, 1 minute run for each one and this week will do 1:1. Feeling pretty good but given that i am still pretty early from the birth i need to work on my pelvic floor and be smart about not diving into everything!

Anyway, i hope everyone is well and i'll be back on soon!

i have a photo on my training log.

I'm glad you both are doing well and able to start running again!

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Master

7712

Orlando

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Originally posted by jmkizer

Originally posted by StaceyK HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS

Happy birthday!

Yes, happy bday!!

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Pennsylvania

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by juniperjen

Hi Manatees! Long time no post!!

Just wanted to say a quick hi and promise to be back to catch up. We are all doing well - my big baby boy is 2 months old! and he's big! Already over 14lbs and unbelievably to this shortie (5'3") he's 99th percentile for height ... anyway, he's great, i am good. Today he's going in for his first set of vaccines. We're all getting on. Even better is that i am easing back into running. Last week did a 2 minute walk, 1 minute run for each one and this week will do 1:1. Feeling pretty good but given that i am still pretty early from the birth i need to work on my pelvic floor and be smart about not diving into everything!

Anyway, i hope everyone is well and i'll be back on soon!

i have a photo on my training log.

Great progress, glad to hear you and baby are both doing well!

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310

Raleigh, North Carolina

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by juniperjen

Hi Manatees! Long time no post!!

Just wanted to say a quick hi and promise to be back to catch up. We are all doing well - my big baby boy is 2 months old! and he's big! Already over 14lbs and unbelievably to this shortie (5'3") he's 99th percentile for height ... anyway, he's great, i am good. Today he's going in for his first set of vaccines. We're all getting on. Even better is that i am easing back into running. Last week did a 2 minute walk, 1 minute run for each one and this week will do 1:1. Feeling pretty good but given that i am still pretty early from the birth i need to work on my pelvic floor and be smart about not diving into everything!

Anyway, i hope everyone is well and i'll be back on soon!

i have a photo on my training log.

That's great news! Glad to hear everyone is doing well. Take it slow on the recovery!

PS- Happy birthday Chris!

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Master

6834

Englewood, Florida

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Thank you all for the Birthday well wishes. For my birthday this year we had planned a weekend getaway to New Orleans. Instead I stayed in bed for 2 days with a stomach flu. WooHoo, a few more of these weekends and I'll make my goal weight!

Jen - Good to see you are doing well.

Karen - Congrats on what I feel is an awesome day on the race course. how long are you stateside?

Stacey - I hope you are getting back on track with the running.

Dave - Good to see you, I hope you are enjoying the new car.

I hope everyone is doing well and keeping after it!

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1731

Denver, Colorado

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by cdban66

Thank you all for the Birthday well wishes. For my birthday this year we had planned a weekend getaway to New Orleans. Instead I stayed in bed for 2 days with a stomach flu. WooHoo, a few more of these weekends and I'll make my goal weight!

Jen - Good to see you are doing well.

Karen - Congrats on what I feel is an awesome day on the race course. how long are you stateside?

Stacey - I hope you are getting back on track with the running.

Dave - Good to see you, I hope you are enjoying the new car.

I hope everyone is doing well and keeping after it!

Have a wonderful birthday! I wish you all the best!

Sorry to hear about the stomach issues. I hope you feel better.

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Champion

14677

Bronze member

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by cdban66

Thank you all for the Birthday well wishes. For my birthday this year we had planned a weekend getaway to New Orleans. Instead I stayed in bed for 2 days with a stomach flu. WooHoo, a few more of these weekends and I'll make my goal weight!

Jen - Good to see you are doing well.

Karen - Congrats on what I feel is an awesome day on the race course. how long are you stateside?

Stacey - I hope you are getting back on track with the running.

Dave - Good to see you, I hope you are enjoying the new car.

I hope everyone is doing well and keeping after it!

OH NO Chris, that is o way to spend your birthday. Try to have a good birthday anyway!

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Veteran

1900

Southampton, Ontario

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Just throwing out a quick note to say that its amazing how badly your swim fitness degrades when you stop going to the pool for, hmmm... many M A N Y months.

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Master

2177

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by Hot Runner

Proof of life (I think....I'm alive????) Hard day at the office at CDA 70.3 today. Had no idea how brutal the bike course was until we drove it yesterday. OMG it made Calgary look easy! The upshot was I had an okay swim, slow bike, and decent run (until I cramped at 9 1/2 miles, almost exactly the same place it happened at Calgary last year despite trying to not do what I thought might have triggered it there). My AG was crazy competitive--first place was 5:10! I ended up 13th in AG. Ugh. Much bigger field than most of the races I do. But at 5:31:02 about 14-15 minutes off my best time, mostly due to the bike. Since last September, I've only ridden Rover (tri bike) outside on a hilly course once (last week), and done a few outdoor rides on my road bike at the training camp in Thailand in February. I think training-wise just wasn't ready for the bike course today. I cramped horribly for about the last 15 miles of the bike, managed to get over it by about 3-4 km on the run, but then cramped again on the run between 9 and 10 miles. Ugh--was hoping to do my best run split (sub-1:43) up to that point; it ended up 1:46, which was good enough for 4th in AG. Altogether not too happy with my race, but I gave it absolutely everything I had today, given the cramping situation--very close to walking over the finish line. I doubt the 10:43/mile pace for the last 200m on the tracker (out of an average of 8:07) was wrong--it felt like 20:43!

Beautiful race course and great community support, but not sure I'd try to do this event again directly off of 99% of my bike training on the trainer!

Holy smokes! Sounds like a tough day at the office. Congratulations on soldiering through for a solid finish, even if it's not your desired time. I'm inspired!

Stacey: Glad you're still on the mend and able to get a run in! Take good care of yourself.

Dave: Hello, and good luck with training for your upcoming Oly!

Happy belated birthdays, Chris and Robin!

Chris, so bummed for you. Make up for it when you're feeling better!

Thank you all for the needed luck. The sprint was as challenging as I expected for the swim and the run.

The current was so bossy, and I totally forgot that I had not had more than two swims in preparation for it. I tried to keep up with the the swimmers ahead of me and ended up having a moment of anxiety. Just a moment, as I quickly talked myself back into a calmer pace, and brought my heart rate back down. I was close to turning over on my back though. Physically I can handle the swim, but it really comes down to keeping the breathing and the body in sync for me. So, that was fun, haha! No idea how long it took me because I didn't start my watch. Ai.

The bike was fun. It's a loop so you get to see all your friends at least twice to cheer them on. I felt fine and finished the 12ish miles in 41ish minutes. I would go as hard as I could, then totally back off remembering that I was going to have to gimp the run. Head wind was cray for half the 4 mile loop. I was able to pass a few on the bike, but hello! They reclaimed their position ahead of me on the run. Yikes.

The run I knew was going to be slow going. I was very careful to not overstride the right leg as the hammy was still resistant. 33ish minutes of that. Not horrible, not the funnest as I watched everyone pass me.

Overall it was tough, but fun. It was a great refresher race as it's been a while since I've participated in a tri. Gave me some motivation to train, especially the swim part, for the Oly next month.

Hope your week's off to a great start and you've had some good workouts, whatever kind you got it!

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Master

8249

Eugene, Oregon

Bronze member

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Blanda--Congrats on the race! Sounds like you had some toughing it out to do as well.

My race report is up. Lot of details but "hard day at the office" pretty much sums it up. Have to say that the event is impeccably organized. It's one of the only ones I've done where I really can't think of any issues in that respect. Great community support too, very workable logistics as far as accommodation, transport, parking, spectating. But that bike course was a killer!

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Master

10208

Northern IL

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by ceilidh

Originally posted by cdban66

Thank you all for the Birthday well wishes. For my birthday this year we had planned a weekend getaway to New Orleans. Instead I stayed in bed for 2 days with a stomach flu. WooHoo, a few more of these weekends and I'll make my goal weight!

Jen - Good to see you are doing well.

Karen - Congrats on what I feel is an awesome day on the race course. how long are you stateside?

Stacey - I hope you are getting back on track with the running.

Dave - Good to see you, I hope you are enjoying the new car.

I hope everyone is doing well and keeping after it!

OH NO Chris, that is o way to spend your birthday. Try to have a good birthday anyway!

Making room for more cake?

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Master

10208

Northern IL

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by DaveL Just throwing out a quick note to say that its amazing how badly your swim fitness degrades when you stop going to the pool for, hmmm... many M A N Y months.

Had that feeling too. Somehow moving along while feeling like floundering around. Interesting enough, an injury may have helped a bit because of all the work I'd been doing on my shoulder. Wouldn't have been doing anything near that otherwise.

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Master

4119

Toronto

Bronze member

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Good morning! Thanks for the hearty welcome! Logan is sleeping pretty well for a newborn. He has even done a few 5 hour stretches at night and goes right back to sleep after night feeding. So i take that as good. because I don't expect him to sleep through the night or anything it is just good that we don't sit up awake at 3am.

I am looking forward to a baby and me yoga class i signed up for. It starts in two weeks and will be good to have some time to do that stuff.

Chris - happy birthday! Belatedly, i am so sorry to hear you were sick! That stinks.

Blanda - way to go on getting the race done! And i agree its great motivation to get that training going!

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1731

Denver, Colorado

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by DaveL

Just throwing out a quick note to say that its amazing how badly your swim fitness degrades when you stop going to the pool for, hmmm... many M A N Y months.

I know... I hate it!!!

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Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by marysia83

Originally posted by DaveL

Just throwing out a quick note to say that its amazing how badly your swim fitness degrades when you stop going to the pool for, hmmm... many M A N Y months.

I know... I hate it!!!

In my case even swimming 2-3 times a week it feels like my swim fitness degrades! I'm off to the beach tomorrow for July 4th so hopefully I can get some ocean swims in and the swell gives me a little more speed and endurance

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Master

6834

Englewood, Florida

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by brigby1

Originally posted by ceilidh

Originally posted by cdban66

Thank you all for the Birthday well wishes. For my birthday this year we had planned a weekend getaway to New Orleans. Instead I stayed in bed for 2 days with a stomach flu. WooHoo, a few more of these weekends and I'll make my goal weight!

Jen - Good to see you are doing well.

Karen - Congrats on what I feel is an awesome day on the race course. how long are you stateside?

Stacey - I hope you are getting back on track with the running.

Dave - Good to see you, I hope you are enjoying the new car.

I hope everyone is doing well and keeping after it!

OH NO Chris, that is o way to spend your birthday. Try to have a good birthday anyway!

Making room for more cake?

The world's worst weight loss plan.

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Master

10208

Northern IL

Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by cdban66

Originally posted by brigby1

Originally posted by ceilidh

Originally posted by cdban66

Thank you all for the Birthday well wishes. For my birthday this year we had planned a weekend getaway to New Orleans. Instead I stayed in bed for 2 days with a stomach flu. WooHoo, a few more of these weekends and I'll make my goal weight!

Jen - Good to see you are doing well.

Karen - Congrats on what I feel is an awesome day on the race course. how long are you stateside?

Stacey - I hope you are getting back on track with the running.

Dave - Good to see you, I hope you are enjoying the new car.

I hope everyone is doing well and keeping after it!

OH NO Chris, that is o way to spend your birthday. Try to have a good birthday anyway!

Making room for more cake?

The world's worst weight loss plan.

Tapeworm?

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Subject: RE: More Manatee Mayhem - 2017 Edition - Closed

Originally posted by TXTriRook

Originally posted by marysia83

Originally posted by DaveL

Just throwing out a quick note to say that its amazing how badly your swim fitness degrades when you stop going to the pool for, hmmm... many M A N Y months.

I know... I hate it!!!

In my case even swimming 2-3 times a week it feels like my swim fitness degrades! I'm off to the beach tomorrow for July 4th so hopefully I can get some ocean swims in and the swell gives me a little more speed and endurance

I know the feeling, I am going swiming tomorrow for the first time since my accident 10 weeks ago and dreading it, think I will be a few lanes down from my usual!

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I decided to improve my running I would join a running club, so I went for the my first run with them on Tuesday. What a friendly group of people, they had even arrange for a running who runs at my pace to meet me and run with me throughout. It was great run and went on some trails I didn't even knew existed around where I lived and loved every minute of it. I hadn't run through fields and over rocky trails since being a kid. Hard work but the most enojable 13k I have done in ages. Now can't wait till next week to go again!

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Master

4119

Toronto

Bronze member

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Originally posted by tomsimper I decided to improve my running I would join a running club, so I went for the my first run with them on Tuesday. What a friendly group of people, they had even arrange for a running who runs at my pace to meet me and run with me throughout. It was great run and went on some trails I didn't even knew existed around where I lived and loved every minute of it. I hadn't run through fields and over rocky trails since being a kid. Hard work but the most enojable 13k I have done in ages. Now can't wait till next week to go again!

That is great!! I learned so many routes and places when i was running with our local running shop (I also met my husband there)... glad to hear you had a fun time!!

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Melon Presser

52116

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Originally posted by juniperjen

Hi Manatees! Long time no post!!

Just wanted to say a quick hi and promise to be back to catch up. We are all doing well - my big baby boy is 2 months old! and he's big! Already over 14lbs and unbelievably to this shortie (5'3") he's 99th percentile for height ... anyway, he's great, i am good. Today he's going in for his first set of vaccines. We're all getting on. Even better is that i am easing back into running. Last week did a 2 minute walk, 1 minute run for each one and this week will do 1:1. Feeling pretty good but given that i am still pretty early from the birth i need to work on my pelvic floor and be smart about not diving into everything!

Anyway, i hope everyone is well and i'll be back on soon!

i have a photo on my training log.

Oh my! He's marvelous! How's the big sister taking it? Gosh, I remember when you were preggers with her ...

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