Manatee Mentors 2016 - Part deux (Page 95)

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Originally posted by Atlantia Paying it Forward: So I have a pair of very gently used Roka R1s in Light Vermillion that I gave a good old try, but they just don't work for my face. Due to the rigors I put them through, I'm not able to return them, so instead would like to pay them forward. If no Manatee wants them, I'll put them out to the internet at large, but wanted to give the Pod first dibs. Only rule: if it turns out you don't like them either, please pay forward as well, as opposed to selling them. PM me if interested, or send an inspire. First come first serve. ETA: Sean snapped up the goggles.

I was really excited about the R1's and bought 2 pairs, one for me & one for the hubby... he now has 2 pairs because they just didn't work for my face either.  I hope Sean can get some good use out of them!   

done

Aye aye, Cap'n NyNy. It is done!

CONGRATULATIONS STACE FACE

Karen, how'd it go?

Found a 5 1/4" floppy disk in some older stuff at work. Showed it to a few of the 20-something engineers.

"What is that?" - All of them

"It's a floppy disk" - Me

"I thought they had a harder case?"

Guys my age lit up with how awesome it was to find one of these.

Years ago I was in the back of a closet of tech crap at the bank I worked in. I came out with reel to reel tapes in hand. We had no equipment that could read the stuff and no one had any idea why we had it. A bunch of the old ladies in the back office knew what it was though. I, on the other hand, was baffled.

BTW, did you feel like Indiana Jones?

5.25" DSDD? Good times.  My first computer had not ONE but TWO disk drives.  Woo hoo!  And now my watch probably has more computing power...

Definitely a feeling of going back in history, though the tech isn't really quite before my time. Lots of serial cable types in there and was hoping to find one of these.

Janyne, I'd be surprised if it didn't!

It was an upgrade.  I was a student and it was a big deal to have to pay extra for the additional drive. And no, I was not a comp sci student, in case you were wondering. ;-)

If trails speak to you, run trails!

Can you fill me in a little bit on your running history? Any reason why you want to jump right into a 50K vs running some shorter trail stuff?

I can absolutely understand the desire to run the trails and not the road!

While running on the trails is a lot more...forgiving on the body in my opinion, there is a certain amount of mental (and physical of course) strength needed for being on your feet for 6,7, 8 hours. Depending on the course, running 50K can take a heck of a lot longer than running 26.2 miles on the road. In fact, a heck of a lot longer than running 50K on the road. 

Oh and, hello everyone. I popped in when I heard Steve's news but I didn't get to officially check in post ultra-marathon.

Iceland was spectacular and having the sun never actually go down allowed for lots of adventures.

The race was stunning to say the least. I need to take some time to do a full race report to do it any justice. 

Originally posted by rrrunner

Originally posted by cdban66

Originally posted by brigby1

Found a 5 1/4" floppy disk in some older stuff at work. Showed it to a few of the 20-something engineers.

"What is that?" - All of them

"It's a floppy disk" - Me

"I thought they had a harder case?"

Guys my age lit up with how awesome it was to find one of these.

Years ago I was in the back of a closet of tech crap at the bank I worked in. I came out with reel to reel tapes in hand. We had no equipment that could read the stuff and no one had any idea why we had it. A bunch of the old ladies in the back office knew what it was though. I, on the other hand, was baffled.

BTW, did you feel like Indiana Jones?

Chris you and I are pretty close in age and I'm not understanding how you didn't know reel to reel.

I was very early in my tech career, so while I knew what reel to reel was from a sound system standpoint, why they were in a bank was confusing to me. I have since learned the error of my ways.

I have since begun my search for punch cards.

 i LOVE trail running, so i understand how this would appeal to you more than a road marathon.  I will say that although more forgiving on your body in some ways, trails are harder in that you use more energy running them than running on a road.  When I run trail races - the longest being a 25k, I like to have my longest run longer than the race.  But I understand that with ultras that may not be the norm.  TJ is the ultra trail runner here, so she can probably speak to this more intelligently than I, so take what I say with a grain of salt!!

Curious about this too. Ultra stuff can take a lot longer and have a LOT more variation in completion times. A friend just finished a pair of 50M events and did the second about 4 hrs faster than the first (per Strava times). The first was the A race. The course was just that much harder. I totally get wanting to go to trails. If I ever go marathon or longer, it'd be trails as well, so definitely not saying to skip it. Just making sure of what you're getting in to.

Also, would throw out the thought of running a marathon to prep for an IM. The IM run is not a marathon race. It's part of a larger event and is ran differently. More important would be to just learn how to deal with a lot of running. Something like what you're doing can do that for you.