Mad Manatee Mentors CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes?) (Page 95)

Wow - great races, racers!

Yanti, heal up (again again) soon.  We were just talking about making a Chikungunya diagnostic product last week - wish it could have helped you (or that it was a therapeutic product for you!).

Janyne, I just re-read the DCR post (did I ever mention to the pod that we stayed in the apartment under his in Paris last April when we went with the family? He and TG were heading to Boston for the Marathon, as we left Boston for Paris somewhat ironically, but we overlapped by a couple days - SOOPER nice, by the way) found here DCR 920 Review.  Turns out that you can get cadence through either the HRM or the watch, but VO and GCT only from the HRM.

OK, back to the salt mines!

Matt

Yanti Honey, you know you don't have to get/do all these dramatic things for us to love you.  We'd love you even if you were healthy.  

Seriously, that sounds like a miserable illness.  Here's hoping Smoky can take as good of care of you as you did for him and helps you pull through.  I'm sure he'll happily oblige with kitten antics, which will hopefully raise your spirits if nothing else.  Lots of loving, healing thoughts and (((hugs))).

Here is my race report.  Had a good day.

So I'm sitting in that brew pub after the race with my son enjoying my favorite beer and what do you know, Adrienne walks by.  Couldn't believe it but what a nice surprise.

Congrats to the the other folks who raced this weekend.  And Yanti, I hope you get better very soon.

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I just can't believe that Yanti thinks that sickness is a competition.  shakes head.

Get well, Yanti!  

Hey!  Nice new avatar - and in the fastest color, no less. 

Don't expect one anytime soon.  Remember that Yanti's about 15 race reports behind and she IS feeling pretty poorly.

BTW, good plan on the cycling regimen.  Do you have any races in mind for this year?

Yeah, I'm so competitive I even drag the other Funny Farm family members into it ... we're like the tri-sick-team from hell.

Fachmie, man. I really feel like I got Whoppered!

Thanks for all the wonderful wishes--for Smoky, for me and now for Lisa too. Poor little hot dog!

If you missed the story on FB, I brought Lisa to the vet in the middle of the night because she was REALLY sick. (I even threatened her with killing her if she wasn't in fact dying and she still insisted on going to the vet). Still no known cause--could be post-op infex from her spay surgery a week ago, very slim chance it could even be chikungunya, WTF knows. She's rockin' a 41C fever (hey, just like me!) and tachycardia. She's also obviously miserable.

Once the dog was as attended to as possible the vet staff noticed how sick I was and sent me straight home. Even offered me a ride in the pet ambulance (that would've been fun, but a pet might've needed it so I drove myself back).

Oh no!!  Poor Lisa Labradog!!  Could be all your and Smoky's sickness has gotten to the sweet girl and she's feeling left out of all the excitement.  Hope she's feeling better soon.  Glad you got home safely from the vet.  (((Hugs)))

Uh oh. HELP!!!!

Coach Michi just posted on FB that one of their runners dropped out for Ragnar THIS WEEKEND!  They need someone to run 4 legs totalling 22.8 miles!

I am so tempted! I've always wanted to do a Ragnar. It's a point to point, not one of the camp and run ones. I think I could handle the mileage since there are breaks.

AAAARGH!    Thoughts?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoqDYcCDOTg

Good to see you Steve! Ha! So hilariously random! 

Haha! That is an interesting interpretation of the quintessential Manatee response.

Ummm first, was your long run last week 50% of your total volume?

Have you run 22 miles in a week yet? In 30 hours? 

How long has it been since you have run calf pain free?

Ooh, that's a tough one!! 

However....you might be able to do it but balance that with how much of a dent it would put in your marathon training over the next week or two.  Remember that there will be other Ragnars and how badly you want to be able to do well on your marathon.

My vote is to let this time go.

Yes, Yes, No and several weeks...

*pout*

I'm still waiting to hear back on the details from Michi. I wouldn't be upset if they found another (faster) runner but I looked on the site and today is their last day to sub a runner.

Duuuude, didn't you read Daniels?

If I were you, I would think about my long term goals. Then I would plan training and racing to best set myself up for success there.

And seriously, I would hate to see you injured. You really shouldn't have your long run be such a huge portion of your volume. Especially coming off of an injury. Especially if you were hoping to BQ. 

At this point the BQ is a pie-in-the-sky goal

The Higdon plan typically has my long run at about 50% of each week.  This week it is 46%.

I see a man is asking Michi on FB about cost so maybe he'll take the opportunity

If your goal is to run willy, nilly, here and there from injury to injury, then do it. 

Or, keep the end in mind, heal, improve and run the marathon you want to run. Ragnar ain't going anywhere.

Not often you find the voice of reason in this group...

BTW, which Higdon plan are you using?

His Novice 1 plan

You mean that's not a legit goal

You're all correct. My emotion got the best of me. I hope they find a runner.