Manatee Mentors 2016 - Manatee à trois (Page 3)

OK, good to know.  I like the structure of masters -- the time seems to go by faster in a group -- and I certainly recognize that I need someone good on deck to help me out.  I realize that these changes are not bad, I need more help than I have been getting.  I've just had a lot of change and I don't always handle change all that well.

Honestly think that an hour in a good masters session is plenty for many here. I've been exhausted plenty of times and got a lot of good work out of it. It's good to be mindful of the time & yardage, but these sessions are plenty big that the quality of them will matter more. Can be a lot more.

The one I was doing back in the day was supposed to be an hour. However, because our start time was when the pool opened we were usually in the water 5-10 minutes after the actual start time.  So we actually got 50 minutes or so of actual pool time.

I'm glad he's able to continue on. I was concerned when he was complaining of being saddle sore.

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It looks like Darren is just outside of Poisson.  I think that he spent longer than he originally anticipated in Vichy but he's on the move now!

I'm glad he's able to continue on. I was concerned when he was complaining of being saddle sore.

it sounded pretty nasty I hope he found relief. Saddle issues make me shudder. **whoa**

I chuckled when he offered to send Hannah pix of the... area

He's made to to Sennecey-le-Grand now.  His schedule had him at Pontarlier by 2330 2nd Aug CET.  It's 13:35:29 CET now. That's 89 miles from where he is now

Mine is a tri club swim and both groups i've done have aimed for 75 minute sessions but depending on pools that can be booked might vary.

Right now we do 2x55 min swims because we can't get longer (or really earlier) at the city pool we swim at. 

My old group also had 90 minute saturday swims. 

From the responses, it sounds like 60 minutes isn't ridiculously short for masters.  It may be that I can get to the pool a few minutes early to add some time as well.  Thanks for your help!

Hey manatees! We had a holiday yesterday so today is my monday. Also an even shorter week because I am going away for a long weekend with my mom and sisters to Mont Tremblant! It will be nice to go and not race but it is such an awesome place and my IM was such a great day ... i'll definitely run some of the run course.

Nutrition Question for you: 

Anyway, a question for you all - i am feeling quite fatigued. In the past i've had issues with my B12 levels which after last test late last year were okay. I was reading an article off a FB feed and it might have been one of the running sites but it suggested that an overall lack of protein may contribute to a feeling of fatigue. I have been tracking my calories on Myfitnesspal (and don't worry i get more than enough calories) but I do see that often i am a little short on protein. I've never worried about macros and mostly try to eat 'well' by cooking and using lots of fruits and veggies. Anyway, this is getting long but is there a benefit to upping my protein? What strategies would be best? Or should i just go for a blood panel from my dr?

Virtual race: 

I am in for whatever as well. If it makes sense to use the group site that's good with me. Terry Fox runs are incredibly popular here and would be easy for me to do in the Fall as that is when most of those are. I was just thinking that we'd designate a day - we'd all commit to what we wanted to do - (sport, distance, etc) and we would do in the name of Steve with a donation for it ... 

I agree. A cancer charity is best. 

Our masters group swims M, W, F from 6 'til usually around 7:15, but some folks leave a little earlier or later (no later than 7:30) because of work schedules.

Originally posted by marysia83 As some of you know, I will be in Washington from Saturday 8/6 to Wednesday 8/10 (with arrival and departure in Baltimore). Let me know if anyone is close and have time to meet for a quick coffee, beer, lunch, or just to say hi I believe I'm meeting with Laura on Sunday morning, and Melanie and Janyne are racing that weekend (no worries, I will come for this conference next year!). If you've ever been to Washington and have some places and things to recommend, please tell me. Or the places/things that are completely not worth anyone's time. I am also looking for bike/run trail and bike rental place. And plan to swim at YMCA (since I have their membership). I hope to have fun )))) (between some not always exciting conferences and lectures...)

I love DC!  So many neat things to see and do, so many wonderful restaurants and eateries.  

Things to see: naturally, the monuments and memorials.  They are very emotionally moving and beautifully done and make me very proud to live in this country.  

If you have time to utilize it, I think you can buy a ticket with one of the tourist bus lines and they'll take you on a tour around town explaining historical areas, monuments, places of interest, etc. and I think some let you get  off at various points to look around, then reboard a different bus with the same line when it comes by later.

The Smithsonian Institutes are great also but require more time and you won't see them all.  Maybe pick one or two to try to see.

There's the National Zoo, too, but I haven't been there for quite a few years and can't fairly critique it.

Food:  too many places to mention that are good, but if you have the inclination, check out the Ethiopian restaurant called Etete. I've eaten at that one and had very good food, although I'm sure there are other good ones. DC has one of the largest, if not THE largest Ethiopian population outside of Ethiopia, or so I was told when I was there.

Good pizza and Italian food: Pi Pizzeria.  Wow, so good and it's in a cool old haberdasherie.

Hank's Oyster Bar has yummy oysters and other eats.

I need to stop, I'm drooling!

Janyne, curious what your swim sets look like? You have the distances logged, but there isn't any time or intensity to it other than the overall. Trying to help you relax some on the time/distance part of it.

Oh yeah.  I'm Melanie from PA.  I have been doing triathlons since 2010 and also play ice hockey (goalie!).  In general, doing most anything outside in nature makes me happy. I love plants/gardening, photography, bird-watching (on a casual level, not the super-intense level of some), kayaking, hiking, generally being active.  I also enjoy food, beer and wine which put me at constant odds with my body shape and weight.   I have two dogs that I love with all my heart and a husband that's OK, too, LOL.

What an incredible comeback, wow!

Mary, I don't know if you are an early morning or evening exercise person, but if you have a chance to run through the National Mall, I would do so. We stayed by the Capital building when we were there last year, so I started there, ran to the Washington Monument, then turned and ran back. It was great in the early morning, I imagine an evening run with the place lit up would be awesome.

I'm a BOP swimmer.  Well, on a good day I might make it to the back of the middle.  I feel like I need a longer time to get any kind of distance in.