Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) (Page 9)

Darren said he wanted to do the challenge and his mojo has made an appearance, so I'm guessing he'll be active.  Hopefully he and his mojo come to some sort of an agreement soon.

ETA: Based on his comment above to Chris, I think it's safe to say that he's in.

That's too funny!  I can just see you with a tooth pick, hunched over the counter sorting those jimmies to make little ninja mosaics.  Have to admit, though, that sounds like something I'd do.  Luckily, I generally steer clear of the kitchen, but unluckily, I manage to find other equally impractical and time-consuming things to do.

Monica, do you really want black-iced cookies (assuming you'd want to ice the ninjas black to be all accurate and stuff)?  Admittedly they'd be great for Halloween, especially because of the way they'd turn your teeth black!

With Monica's self-purported kitchen skills, she wouldn't need black icing.

We made it home!...to a house that absolutely reeked. Downside to being a vegetarian? Not thinking to throw out the meat before a long trip. So so so gross! It's finally not assaulting my nose.

Quite happy to be back in the land of sunshine and 60* weather. Hopefully out with the kids tomorrow and a ride on Friday.

Race decisions on hold until we find out more on job stuff with J. Holidays are a cruddy time to be waiting around to hear from people on interviews.

How much running are you looking at in the various parts? That was acknowledged, but never really answered. 3-4x a week is still a frequency, but not a volume.

Agree with the others on not being overly focused on the long run, looking more at getting in a good run program. Especially while building into the Oly. Think a little about this, I ran past 10 miles a couple days ago for the first time in like a year & a half. I've also been hitting 45-50 miles a week a number of times the past couple months, so if I ran a HM fairly soon, do you think I'd have much trouble finishing according to the goals you have set? I don't think you need to run that much volume to do it, but is the difference more apparent? 

Originally posted by StaceyK Thank you my friend for the book that arrived in the mail today "Slow Fat Triathlete". Loving it and have got no house work done...but who cares. I never knew this though "bike shorts, helmets, wetsuits and goggles look dorky on everyone, especially if you wear them all at the same time."

Jayne is a friend of mine and an extraordinary lady. That book, as hysterically funny and practical and personal as it is, is just a tiny slice of who she is and what she does.

By the way, the shorts-helmet-wetsuits-goggles look ALL AT ONCE has been done--and not by me! Can't remember which race it was, a 70.3, weather turned bitter and cold very quickly so it was shortened to a sprint distance. The pros simply did the whole race in their wetties for warmth and time saving! There are great pics of this!

Sorry, I went into work mode for a bit. IE is Internet Explorer. Mordac is a Dilbert character, generally the reason that computers don't work correctly. Where I work they have tightened everything down in the name of security, sometimes to the point of breaking how stuff works. So, the IT guys are refered to as Mordac on occasions.

Beast Mode!

How many races is TOO many races?  I'm considering a six-race Oly series (of which I'll prob do five), as well as three or four Wednesday night short course races during the same time period.  I really love racing.

I'd say the A race, if any would be the last Oly.

(My spring A race is on the wedding day of a friend of mine.  She's getting married at 2 pm, the race is 4.5 hours away in Lansing, and I'm not sure of the start time.  Not sure if I can make it back in time.  That's a bummer, because I really like that sprint, and was hoping to improve on a top 10% finish last year.)

What are the downsides to a schedule like this, or does the ability to race a ton override that?

3000 miles?

That's it?

Wait ... THAT WASN'T ON A MOTORCYCLE?!

Hot damn, Salty. Hot damn

OK, since Jonathan rolled in I have updated my table of Manatees. Be forewarned, I do have a few other friends on there as well, so you may not want the whole thing. If you have any "how to" questions with BT or your logs, please feel free to ask. Janyne and Yanti and a few others know their way around BT really well. 

Originally posted by IndoIronYanti

Originally posted by StaceyK Thank you my friend for the book that arrived in the mail today "Slow Fat Triathlete". Loving it and have got no house work done...but who cares. I never knew this though "bike shorts, helmets, wetsuits and goggles look dorky on everyone, especially if you wear them all at the same time."

Jayne is a friend of mine and an extraordinary lady. That book, as hysterically funny and practical and personal as it is, is just a tiny slice of who she is and what she does.

By the way, the shorts-helmet-wetsuits-goggles look ALL AT ONCE has been done--and not by me! Can't remember which race it was, a 70.3, weather turned bitter and cold very quickly so it was shortened to a sprint distance. The pros simply did the whole race in their wetties for warmth and time saving! There are great pics of this!

Over here it was done at Boise 70.3. Mostly it was the bike that was cut down to like 15 miles or so as they had some snow at the high points. Made for a very odd distance tri. Matty Reed and Trevor Wurtele left their wetsuits on for the bike, but took them off for the run. I think a few women may have done this at another one as well, but Boise stands out as Matty tied at the line with another guy and there was some debate in how to handle it.

The races all have at least a couple weeks in between, so the risk is more in mental burn-out as opposed to a physical issue. I've done better bunching a few together and then having a nice break between, but you really like racing, so could be fine. With that many races, I would set the training up so that the hard workouts are about the same day as the races. Probably a mid-week and weekend setup there. Then for a race week the race would swap in for the hard workout. You wouldn't really taper in for each of them every time, but just really be ready for a hard workout.

Yet again shoring up your position as my running hero (serioiusly!).  Excellent work, my friend!

Welcome back Jojo and JJ!!!!!!!!!!!!! Come on in! The water's warm

Originally posted by brigby1

Originally posted by IndoIronYanti

Originally posted by StaceyK Thank you my friend for the book that arrived in the mail today "Slow Fat Triathlete". Loving it and have got no house work done...but who cares. I never knew this though "bike shorts, helmets, wetsuits and goggles look dorky on everyone, especially if you wear them all at the same time."

Jayne is a friend of mine and an extraordinary lady. That book, as hysterically funny and practical and personal as it is, is just a tiny slice of who she is and what she does.

By the way, the shorts-helmet-wetsuits-goggles look ALL AT ONCE has been done--and not by me! Can't remember which race it was, a 70.3, weather turned bitter and cold very quickly so it was shortened to a sprint distance. The pros simply did the whole race in their wetties for warmth and time saving! There are great pics of this!

Over here it was done at Boise 70.3. Mostly it was the bike that was cut down to like 15 miles or so as they had some snow at the high points. Made for a very odd distance tri. Matty Reed and Trevor Wurtele left their wetsuits on for the bike, but took them off for the run. I think a few women may have done this at another one as well, but Boise stands out as Matty tied at the line with another guy and there was some debate in how to handle it.

The final IM St George was so cold that many of the athletes wore their wetsuits on the bike.