Mad Manatees 2015.3 CLOSED (or Poptarts? Pet pics?) (Page 73)

Oy, I am SO far behind and don't have time to catch up at the moment.  Lots here and RRs to read, plus I still have to finish up my Evergreen RR.  Stoopid work just gets in the way of the important things. 

This past weekend and earlier in the week were spectacular.  Got to see TJ and Salty at the PPA and went to a few breweries with them.  Then off to Steamboat Springs to see my former swim buddy, L, and some of the Pro Challenge, plus got in a trail run with L and some soaking and laps at the hot springs pool.  The Pro Challenge finish on Monday was fantastic.  We were 100m from the finish and saw the final sprint.  Phinney's grin was a mile wide at the podium presentation and the beer spraying was pretty hilarious.  Got to see the first climb up Rabbit Ears Pass on Tuesday too.  This Sunday, we'll watch the women's circuit race in Golden and the Denver portion of the men's race.

I feel like my training for my race on the 29th has been pretty lackluster. I know I can do the distances, but it's not going to be anything special.  I'm just going to consider it a training race to get ready for the one at the end of September.  The Sept. race is flat and fast (and at a reasonable hour!) so I'm going to focus on doing speed work for the next month.  After the Sept. race, I'll start training for the Zion HM in March.  L is going to do it with me; she just signed up yesterday and had the requisite "Oh shyte, what have I done?" moment.  Never had one of those myself. :D  I'm excited to get back to training with her even though we live 3 hours apart.

Okay, back to the salt mines.  Have a good weekend, everybody and GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO RACERS!!!

Freediving training/certification - how interesting!  3 minutes?!  Wow!  What do you plan on doing with this training?  

Continue the good work on restrengthening your legs.

It was fun to watch Phinney come back so strongly from that crash. BMC is having a great USAPC.

Glad you had so much fun. Sounds like you and L are all set! As for your race this month, I like the idea of using it as a supported training day. Go out and have fun.

I found a team for Ragnar Angel Fire that needed a runner so I'll be doing that next weekend

Racing Manatees!!!

August 22-23
Mary - Jag Jog on Saturday
Kirsten - Ironman Copenhagen on Sunday
Melanie - North East Triathlon - Sprint Course on Sunday

Congratulations to Stacey on her new bike!

Race well!!!!!

Enjoy.

I do it because it is fun.   It is basically a Zen sport.   The  training quells my demons.   The breathing exercises have helped to restore my blood pressure to pre-PTSD levels.  117/78 is my average, now.     Also it is a good way to hunt.   I have spearfished in the past and am taking it up again.  One breath, one dive, one shot, and one fish.    That is if all goes right.    I used to do it using scuba equipment.    Freediving is more sporting for the fish.  And a lot of dive places around the world are moving to restrict spearfishing to freediving status only.    

Very Zen, it is. 

The laying off of impact training is a good time for figuring out some swim issues. I've been feeling smoother and more confident with my stroke, but still a slow turnover. What I've noticed this week is that I really struggle to get my hips rotated during my non-breath stroke (right arm reaching). When I work to get them turned, I feel like I'm rolling too far over...like over over  Tried to get video today, but can't do alone very well. I'll put GoPro on bottom of pool next time.

Without a video yet, any drills/videos/tips to throw at me for next week? Though I know enough to stop and make basic adjustments, I don't have the fix-it knowledge like some of you. Pretty much starting over at this point.

Have fun today, Mary!

Kirsten, sleep well (you know, as well as you can before an IM  . We'll be cheering/stalking you on.

Race hard, fast, and safely, Melanie

Hope Mary had a good race.  Good luck to Kirsten and Melanie tomorrow!

Kirsten is halfway done with the bike and going strong!

She's off the bike and on the run!  Finished that leg in 6:28!  Super speedy bike to run transition of 4:05 as well.  She's rocking the course!

It looks like she's about halfway done with the run! Go Kirsten! Go!

Just over 4k to go now!

Congratulations, Kirsten, on your 13 hour finish.  Way to go!