Mad Mutant Manatee Mentors 4--CLOSED (Page 90)

Well ... where are the pictures of the bike?

CONGRATULATIONS WONDERMOOSE!

I did actually understand every word of the title. Especially "the" and "in."

"the" and "in" were the only parts I understood.

I think I like it, but I have more playing around to do. I am trying not to directly compare the two, because I don't think that is fair. I really struggle with the lack of change in a lot of departments/companies when the reason is "because that is how we've always done it." I have actually been able to cut process time in half, yet the department has turned it down, because it is "change".

How about you?

Happy Monday Manatees!

We had a great weekend in NM! DS1 and I had a great time at the 5k. RR to follow, once results are posted. Then we went MTB shopping for DH. I tried out a couple of TT bikes while we were there. The only way I could convince DH to buy the bike was to tell him that I will actively look for a new bike for me. Oh the horrors, right? 

After church (and grocery shopping) yesterday we went for an off-road ride, DH, DS1 and me. Had a great time and DH finally realized how much more fun it is to ride on a good bike. Me thinks he'll be getting lots of T.I.T.S. now . He's even looking forward to our next wine ride (August).

Hope everyone else had an amazing weekend as well.

(David offroad.JPG)

I live in Flatland, so the only elevation I get is going over bridges. What I know is that I try to stay in the seat and low for as long as possible. And going down is with my feet pedaling until it makes no sense. Then after that my feet are even/level and my knees are in a bit. Not quite squeezing the tubes, but kinda tucked in a smidge. Again, lower is better for me, either the drops or on the aerobars. Oooo, one more thing. Safety trumps everything else, so if it is the highway, all bets are off on the way down.

I think that the training log needs quite a bit of work.  Take a typical day for a triathlete.  Say you sleep, weigh yourself and do a brick workout.  Since this is BT, you may write a few sentences as well. 

How many steps would that take in now?  After the revision?

Using the current version (assuming no import) --

Click Training Link

Enter your run data, enter your bike data, select equipment for each.

Scroll down and enter weight and hours slept.

Add a few sentences.

Click Blog.

Lets' explore, using the new version --

Edit > Add > bike
remember to go another screen to add the bike
Save it
Click the details to confirm that the equipment was actually added because that's the only way you can tell.

Edit > Add > run
remember to go to equipment screen and add equipment
Save it

Edit > Add > health
enter the hours of sleep
Save it

Edit > Add > body metrics
enter weight
Save it

Blog it
Enter data and save

DONE!

It looks nicer but I feels to me like usability was sacrificed for looks.

So did DH get a new bike?!  Is that it?  Hardtail?  Details please.

And what did you look at?  Anything interesting?  Did test riding ensue?

DH got a new 29er. It's a hard tail, but I think he'll like not loosing power to the back strut. He was REALLY happy on it yesterday! DS1 and I (affectionately) refer to the saddle on DH's old MTB as "the couch" because it's huge and padded. Well DH is contemplating switching it over. I think he just needs to get of the saddle more on bumpy sections . I had a good time too. I'm still very novice at off-road but I'm getting more comfortable with the challenge of varying terrain and was quite excited when I stayed on the bike down a large sandy hill and through a dry arroyo (very deep sand).

As for my "test drives". I didn't really ride either of them because they had no pedals but I sat on an adorable Roo that was black with pink accents and a sweet white Specialized. Both felt great. I'm thinking I'll go back to the same shop because they sell several brands, and get a fitting to see what models would be good for me. DH was talking electronic shifters and all the bells and whistles. We'll see. I might wait until the end of the season for a deal.

Rear end back, shoulders low, elbows in.  When cornering, the outside leg should be straight and the inside one bent.  (that's what the pros do, that's not what I actually do but what I strive for)

Some riders will slide back in the saddle while climbing to increase power.

Hands should be up on the grips/horns, not in the drops/aerobars. Keep as much momentum as you can going into a hill -- whether coming off a flat or a descent.  As you hit the hill, move from aero to horns and climb as far as you can while seated.

Stay seated as long as possibly, especially for longer climbs. Standing is good for bursts. 

Hoping to have bike by the end of the week!  It should ship out today, then it's just a matter of it arriving and getting assembled. I am antsy!

I really don't like that I can't enter everything at once in my training log.  Right now, that's my biggest complaint.  The other changes seem nice, but I'm neutral on them.

Yeah, and I think that the pop outs should be below (not to the right) and should toggle on/off rather.

Have you been able to inspire people?  I can't on my work computer.  It crashes. But, it's a really old version of IE, so that's probably the issue.

I just did.  I hadn't been working with Friends.

I went to Community > Friends and found you.  Then I had to click on a recent workout to get to your log.  Then I clicked Inspire Me in your log.

I'll try it on my laptop at home tonight. I can't update the browsers on my stupid work desktop without administrator privileges.  Good luck getting our IT guy to prioritize that one.

Sent one to Janyne on one PC, crashed on another PC.

I kinda agree with Janyne, I think they may have gone for form over function. That may be OK for some, but not for others. I look at the amount of coding that I guess must have gone into this and I am floored. Reading some of the responses and it seems like every browser (or version for that matter) works differently. What happened to standards????

I don't know if you log food or not, but it suffers there as well. I eat all day long, generally about 5 or 6 meals in a day. New version gives 4 options, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, snack. I try to front load my daily food intake and ease up after lunch, so time/meal matters to me.  I'd like to create my own breakdowns. Not a back breaker, but it seems like a step backwards to me.

My siblings threw me a "post race" party on Friday since we didn't really get to celebrate while in Boston.

Check out that badazz cake! Also, notice the color of my face? NO that's not an instragram filter! That is what it looks like when you are irresponsible and ride 20+ miles outside without suncreen. Idiot.

Thank you, Janyne and Chris. This is great information, and I really appreciate it.

Glad you had a Boston celebration party with the fam.

OUCH!

Eek.  That was the first thing I noticed--your face is the same color as the chips bag!!  That is a pretty cool cake though!

Stacey, I wanted to follow up on this and add that another thing to consider is run/bike frequency.  Yesterday my workout was a short ride and longer run and earlier in the week I had a longer ride and a short run.  In both cases, I think that a lot of the intent was to add frequency.

So... you could do a longer ride on a weekend and then run for 10 minutes afterwards or ride for 20 minutes before a weekend run.  This works best if you don't have to be all bundled up with layers of clothing for your outdoor workouts.

Remind me to wear sunscreen for the ride we do together  Yes, I am making a huge assumption it will be sunny that day.

I was thinking of that!  And yes, I will be praying for sun.  I do not love riding in the rain...