Manatee Mayhem Part Deux - 2017 Edition (Page 9)

Conspankulations Stace Face!!!

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GO MARIA!!! - I hope the bite/wound issue is OK, what everyone else said, I've found waterproof tape to hold better than waterproof bandages/band-aids. Also like Karen said, honestly, I doubt you'll notice it on race day even if you did nothing with it.

GO FORTI!!!

GO BLANDA!!! Although I think you already went

I'm so very sorry, Hands-Marie. Such a beautiful boy. <3

Probably a little late now, but I've had some more recent waterproof band-aids stay on exceptionally well. Through some hard workouts, showers, all day. Actually forget the thing is there.

Congratulations!

Manatees, if you are having any problems uploading your workouts to BT, please see the Upload Issues thread at http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=548257.  We have their attention.

Both Matt in Austin an Sean in Houston have checked in on Strava. No word from Jonathan or Markus.

Here's a little Mt Hood.

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Here I am catching up once again. I am sooooo sorry Anne Marie. I hate the hole in your life that they leave. Hugs.

Speaking of morons..... I FINALLY sorta figured out how to use Strava. I think. We'll see when I do my run today. IF I remember to put my watch on this time.

Hi all,

Belated check in here, but all clear in Austin.  We got only a fraction of what the coast got (about a foot and a half of rain and some wind - trees down and such, but flooding was nothing compared to greater Houston).

9 pages late to the new thread, but "in."  Background - love to race (just about any kind); short on time for tri's just now (my favored flavor of race); keep telling myself that I'm not falling off the "I'm not really training" wagon yet keep finding myself running or on the trainer.  Or registering last minute for races.   Just trying to sweat for an average of an hour a day at the moment, nursing a shoulder back to health, and will get back into more organized training/racing in the coming years, I believe.  Until then, just happily bopping along...

Matt

Having caught up on at least some of the thread now, I can clearly say that I'm firmly in the moron camp (see: "training but not for anything in particular" above).

Live in Austin these past 3 years from my native Boston.  Married a couple decades to The Better Half (DW), with three kids (senior, sophomore, 8th grader who took up cross country this fall to get out of PE and now looks at me and Kim as TOTAL morons as opposed to the partial morons he used to think we were, as we do that stuff by choice).  Kim runs, so we happily have that together. 

OK, I'll also admit that I age up next year and have had intrusive thoughts about getting back into training hard while I have the advantage of being a young oldster.  lolz

Matt

I've been having a short discussion with Janyne on tri-bikes and it got me to thinking. It seems like this particular piece of equipment can cause headaches (or stomach aches) for some that are purchasing, due to $$$, availability, specialization, and any other number of reasons. So, if you had the opportunity to go through the purchase process for your current bike(s), how would you do it? I have a 12+ yr old roadie that is next up for replacement and I have begun thinking through a few things:

• Comfort
• $$$$$
• Availability from LBS - Brands they carry are Giant, Jamis and Specialized. If I buy from them, I get an extended warranty and maintenance work for free, which I like. This is the most limiting of the factors in the decision, I think.
• Disc brakes (I love them on my MTB and am convinced they are going to be everywhere in the near future)
• Components - I've always had good luck with Shimano, but am not locked in on that.

My last 2 purchases were from my LBS and they seem to be treating me right. The size of my town kind of dictates this one shop scenario, and the only other options are not nearly as viable, due to other factors such as service, price, proximity, etc.