Mental Manatee Mentors Part 3--CLOSED (Page 85)

jobaxas - 2013-04-04 1:55 PM Froggy came back - what's up ? Where you bee. Probably hibernating in the UK winter that still goes on...? So what is this race card you speak of? Did you quit smoking and get healthy etc.... I missed ya!!

4agoodlife - 2013-04-04 9:51 PM

Ahhh...so this is THE Froggy from recent discussion? lol

ukweeble - 2013-04-04 4:01 PM

Indeed. Don't believe everything you read, just most of it. A warmer, kinder and more sarcastic triathlete, you will never find. Well perhaps you will find someone warmer, and probably someone kinder, but definately not more sarcastic!!

ukweeble - 2013-04-04 2:01 PM

Indeed. Don't believe everything you read, just most of it. A warmer, kinder and more sarcastic triathlete, you will never find. Well perhaps you will find someone warmer, and probably someone kinder, but definately not more sarcastic!!

Asalzwed - 2013-04-04 10:05 PM

Ohhhh nooooooo he's back!!!!

ukweeble - 2013-04-04 3:46 PM

Any chance you can squeeze a little one back in. I come bearing pop tarts, melon hugs and a decent race card for this year!!!

ukweeble - 2013-04-04 2:11 PM

..... in preparation for my upcoming sprints, oly distance and HIM scheduled for August.

4agoodlife - 2013-04-04 10:14 PM

Sooo...slightly tepid, a bit indifferent and extremely sarcastic? Great!  

kgore - 2013-04-04 10:15 PM

WOW! Froggy's on a RAMPAGE!!! How many of each? 

ukweeble - 2013-04-04 2:11 PM

Clean as a whistle for near on six months. Training hs been dire due to the weather and my wimpy attitude.

Will be hitting the tarmac for my first race on Sunday- the Lincoln 10k race.

Had to give my 'race' bike back but i am currently testing a cannondale from my LBS in preparation for my upcoming sprints, oly distance and HIM scheduled for August.

rrrunner - 2013-04-04 6:07 PM

WooHoo!!!! Froggy's back!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And it sounds like a healthy smoke-free froggy to boot!

ukweeble - 2013-04-04 4:46 PM

Any chance you can squeeze a little one back in. I come bearing pop tarts, melon hugs and a decent race card for this year!!!

ArielLIlB - 2013-04-03 2:18 PM

X2!!! Do we know where our dear froggy has hopped off to?  Such a great British sense of humor on that one, and always ready to hurry the frog up!

I don't remember who I first interacted with on BT.  I joined in December 2011 after I decided to become a "triathlete" (and I remember a convo some months back about being worthy to call yourself that - I said that if you are doing all three sports, go ahead and give yourself the title!)  I was poking around the forums and saw mentor forums, so I thought it would be good to join, being a total newb.  I checked out a couple and the saw Yanti & Salty's Mad Manatees - sounded like a bunch of weirdos to me (I didn't know the half of it!).  But like others have said, they seemed active and, let's be honest, I too am a big old weirdo and haha - I fit right in   We had a really awesome group winter 2012, and many of that group are still kickin' it here.  And those who have joined since are all super cool too.  I'm going to credit our oh-so-wise and worldly mentors for the good vibes

I haven't met any BTers yet, but, as Salty said, we are going to meet next week!! (Which reminds me, we've got to figure out day/time!) 

Best advice is probably from Salty.  I was complaining of not having motivation to go for a run, and she said you never regret doing a workout.  Although I still skip workouts in favor of TV and snacks, there are more times now that I think to that feeling of finishing a tough workout and it gets me out the door.  Thanks Salty!!  And, of course, the best stories are from Yanti.  I'd like to meet her in person soooo much, primarily to confirm she actually exists.  I'm starting to think she is make believe.

Asalzwed - 2013-04-04 9:42 AM

Yes she is! 

And this is so funny, or at least to me:

So, I don't know if any of you have spent much time around track/XC girls but oddly I have been friends with lots of them throughout my life (why I didn't run earlier, I have NO idea) Anyway, they all tend to have a certain personality type (obviously I am stereotyping a little.) Just very ... sweet people usually, without getting into too much detail. Anyway, Andie is the same way. Just really really nice and sweet, kind of soft spoken etc. Kind of the opposite of how I see myself. I am a lot more uh ... rough around the edges and curse too much, etc. So I always feel a little a little self conscious when we are warming up and try to tone it down a bit. 

Anyway, we get into talking about how we got into running. And in her sweet, innocent soft spoken voice she tells me that she was a competitive motorcycle racer and was asked to quit (by her pleading husband) after going into a guard rail at 160+ MPH! HA! I was not expecting that!

Asalzwed - 2013-04-04 10:22 AM

Ugh, this happened in my hood yesterday:

bcraht - 2013-04-04 4:44 PM

FROGGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Were your ears burning???  How goes it?

ukweeble - 2013-04-04 5:11 PM

Clean as a whistle for near on six months. Training hs been dire due to the weather and my wimpy attitude.

Will be hitting the tarmac for my first race on Sunday- the Lincoln 10k race.

Had to give my 'race' bike back but i am currently testing a cannondale from my LBS in preparation for my upcoming sprints, oly distance and HIM scheduled for August.

ArielLIlB - 2013-04-08 9:08 AM Well, I survived the half.  It was really a training run (not for any other race in particular, but when you run 3 long runs before hand and pretty much nothing during the week, you just go ahead and call this a "training run."  Training my mind to keep going when legs say stop?) and given my lack of preparation plus the very hilly terrain, I was aiming to just keep running the whole time and not hurt myself.  It ended up finishing on 5 minutes slower than my best time (although, admittedly, I have never "raced" a half because I'm afraid of using up all my energy before the end of the race - need to work on that) and I'm not too worse for wear today.  My knees hurt from the downhills and my quads are a little sore, but not as bad I feared.  At the finish yesterday I could barely walk!  My legs honestly felt like they had done a full marathon, not just half way.  I'll work on getting the race report in, but that's the long and short of it.  Oh, and my post-race firecracker wings and cajun fries were AMAZING!!!  They taste better when you've earned them.