Manatees - 2019 Edition - Practice Maximum Enthusiasm - CLOSED (Page 67)

Originally posted by StaceyK I'm alive Sorry about the lack of posting but things have been ridiculously busy for the last month and keeping up with everything has been impossible. I've been away for work a lot and we have also relocated our office, which was a massive job after 40 years in one place. I am supposed to be away again at the moment but I cancelled my trip because I just couldn't do it. I will be away again for a few days next week and the week after too.

On top of that I got pretty sick with my annual May cold and then Phil broke a couple of ribs and got sick as well. Finally as icing on the cake our ceilings started to fall in so this week the landlords are having the ceilings in our kitchen, dining and lounge rooms replaced so we have had to relocate all of the furniture from that half of the house into other rooms (including the 150 gallon fish tank). After they have done the ceilings Phil and I are going to do the floors before we move the fish tank back. Winter hit with a vengeance here a week ago and it has gotten very cold and very wet, this on top of the dark are not my friend - I'm really not a winter person and having lost so much weight over summer I am really feeling the cold.

TJ congrats on your new job. My US geography isn't great, does the move make you closer to your boy that is in the Navy?

Karen congratulations on your job (I do know where Eugene is). Is your mum looking forward to moving back to Oregon? I might just let some of our teachers know about the class sizes you deal with over there. I have a few that think they are hard done by if they have more than 24 and are going to fie if they have 28. If they had 32 (which is pretty much the standard here) then I would have a mutiny on my hands.

I have a FIT file from Zwift that Garmin won't accept. It went to Strava and TP just fine and I was able to upload it to Final Surge (and Beginner Triathlete) without issue. I've tried running it through http://garmin.kiesewetter.nl/ without success and I've tried downloading both the Strava and TP versions. Garmin is still not happy. Any other ideas?

I'm about to give up and just have the TCX file in Garmin but this has become a challenge.

Omg @Janyne mentioned BT. I first started there back in 2011 The forums were the The buddy that @francis and i stayed with when we went to Austin for rattler met his wife on BT.

Originally posted by StaceyK I'm alive Sorry about the lack of posting but things have been ridiculously busy for the last month and keeping up with everything has been impossible. I've been away for work a lot and we have also relocated our office, which was a massive job after 40 years in one place. I am supposed to be away again at the moment but I cancelled my trip because I just couldn't do it. I will be away again for a few days next week and the week after too. On top of that I got pretty sick with my annual May cold and then Phil broke a couple of ribs and got sick as well. Finally as icing on the cake our ceilings started to fall in so this week the landlords are having the ceilings in our kitchen, dining and lounge rooms replaced so we have had to relocate all of the furniture from that half of the house into other rooms (including the 150 gallon fish tank). After they have done the ceilings Phil and I are going to do the floors before we move the fish tank back. Winter hit with a vengeance here a week ago and it has gotten very cold and very wet, this on top of the dark are not my friend - I'm really not a winter person and having lost so much weight over summer I am really feeling the cold. TJ congrats on your new job. My US geography isn't great, does the move make you closer to your boy that is in the Navy? Karen congratulations on your job (I do know where Eugene is). Is your mum looking forward to moving back to Oregon? I might just let some of our teachers know about the class sizes you deal with over there. I have a few that think they are hard done by if they have more than 24 and are going to fie if they have 28. If they had 32 (which is pretty much the standard here) then I would have a mutiny on my hands.

Originally posted by melbo55

OK, my wordy race report is up!  Sorry for its tardiness.

Originally posted by jmkizer

I was going to post this to Adam directly but I thought that some of the other Manatees might also be interested.  There is a Wilmington or Augusta thread on Slowtwitch that is relatively interesting.  I've only ever done B2B myself.

It also reminded me of a conversion that I have been meaning to share. A few weeks ago I volunteered to help at the Triangle Triathlon packet pickup. The Triangle Tri's event management company is Setup Events. Setup Events was the management company for B2B before WTC entered the picture and made Beach2Battleship into Ironman 70.3 North Carolina. The Setup Events person that I was working with said that the rumor is that this is the last IMNC. It's unclear what that means for any fall tri in the Wilmington, NC area in the future if that is true.

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Sorry for the very late reply Janyne and thanks for the link to this. Wow, first they shut down the full at IMNC and now the 70.3 as well (this after of course getting rid of Raleigh 70.3)? I can't do a late season 70.3 this year, but I'd really like to do a Wilmington race. By all accounts that was a fantastic race back when it was Beach2Battleship. I know they've had weather issues the last two years (cancelling last year when I was signed up). At least Setup Events is getting the new Booty half and full off the ground in Beaufort NC. I'm hoping to try that one next year if I don't let you talk me into Choo 70.3.

Originally posted by marysia83



That was a very good read! Congrats on the strong swim

You mentioned you had Strava tracking your swim. How did you do that? Do you have Garmin thing, or were you allowed to have a bag on the swim? (with a phone)

Originally posted by awm007 Sorry for the very late reply Janyne and thanks for the link to this. Wow, first they shut down the full at IMNC and now the 70.3 as well (this after of course getting rid of Raleigh 70.3)? I can't do a late season 70.3 this year, but I'd really like to do a Wilmington race. By all accounts that was a fantastic race back when it was Beach2Battleship. I know they've had weather issues the last two years (cancelling last year when I was signed up). At least Setup Events is getting the new Booty half and full off the ground in Beaufort NC. I'm hoping to try that one next year if I don't let you talk me into Choo 70.3.

Originally posted by awm007 I'm not sure about the others, buy I use my watch to track the swims and then it syncs to Strava (same with my runs and bikes). I have a cheap old Suunto and I've been very happy with it as a budget-friendly option.

Originally posted by jmkizer

In other news, watch the whole nose blowing thing on the bike. Stay safe out there!

Chris Froome's 6-Hour Surgery 'A Success,' Team Says; Cyclist Crashed At 34 MPH

• "We looked at his Garmin, at the data, and he went from 54k an hour to a dead stop." << ouch!
• Froome and Dutch teammate Wout Poels had just finished a technical descent and were on a straight road lined by houses when Froome took his hands off his handlebars to blow his nose, Brailsford said
• He's still in intensive care

Originally posted by marysia83 That was a very good read! Congrats on the strong swim You mentioned you had Strava tracking your swim. How did you do that? Do you have Garmin thing, or were you allowed to have a bag on the swim? (with a phone)

Originally posted by Hot Runner

Been there, done that. When I broke my elbow, I was digging out a gu packet as I was approaching the final aid station and could get some water there to wash it down. The packet (I'd already eaten part of it) was sticky and I was having a hard time extracting it. Must have taken my eyes/focus off the trail for just long enough to miss the tree root, rock, scuffed up section of gravel, or whatever it was that I tripped over. Call me paranoid, but I stop and walk now to drink or take in nutrition while running, even on the road. I suppose that might have to change if I am biking in a race (stopping might be more dangerous than continuing to ride!), but that's going to be a while, if ever.

Originally posted by marysia83



I completely understand your paranoia, and I am looking for your advice on the bike aid stop, now that we are on this subject....

How do these water stops work for bikes? I saw pictures and films how volunteers hand water bottles to the cyclists, who grab the bottle and so on, and so on..... And it scares me! It is way too much going on to me, and I already have a vision of not "catching" the bottle properly, loosing a balance, crashing over, and causing a major crash to other bikers....

Is it OK if I pull to the side, get off my bike, and drink some water at the aid station, then go back on the bike, and so on.... Of course, making sure I am out of the way for other cyclists. In my vision, this is way safer than risking a major accident for myself and others...
(I should note that by the time I am far on the bike, most of the fast pros will be far far away, and chances are I will be completely by myself. But still...) What is your advice?

Originally posted by marysia83 [I am looking for your advice on the bike aid stop, now that we are on this subject.... How do these water stops work for bikes? I saw pictures and films how volunteers hand water bottles to the cyclists, who grab the bottle and so on, and so on..... And it scares me! It is way too much going on to me, and I already have a vision of not "catching" the bottle properly, loosing a balance, crashing over, and causing a major crash to other bikers.... Is it OK if I pull to the side, get off my bike, and drink some water at the aid station, then go back on the bike, and so on.... Of course, making sure I am out of the way for other cyclists. In my vision, this is way safer than risking a major accident for myself and others... (I should note that by the time I am far on the bike, most of the fast pros will be far far away, and chances are I will be completely by myself. But still...) What is your advice?

Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!!!

June 15-16
Laura - Luray SwimFest on Saturday (2 events!!!)

June 14 - Jen Snyder’s birthday

Is anyone else racing?

Originally posted by jobaxas Manatees it's been years since I jumped on here. For those of you who have been around a while it brings me great sadness to tell you of the passing of Chad Musgrove, AKA Muskrat37 I met Chad (who had recently changed his name to Kheiron) in 2014 after a lengthy friendship on BT. He opened up his home to this Aussie/Brit abroad. I had been to Kona and went to visit him in Seattle. He had some struggles recently but I think had found happiness and peace and was in the middle of an awesome roadtrip with his teardrop home behind him. He died in his sleep on June 7th of a heart attack. Ride the heavens my friend. You were a special soul.

Originally posted by jobaxas Manatees it's been years since I jumped on here. For those of you who have been around a while it brings me great sadness to tell you of the passing of Chad Musgrove, AKA Muskrat37 I met Chad (who had recently changed his name to Kheiron) in 2014 after a lengthy friendship on BT. He opened up his home to this Aussie/Brit abroad. I had been to Kona and went to visit him in Seattle. He had some struggles recently but I think had found happiness and peace and was in the middle of an awesome roadtrip with his teardrop home behind him. He died in his sleep on June 7th of a heart attack. Ride the heavens my friend. You were a special soul.

Originally posted by IronOx

Thank you for posting this Jo.  I had been following his trip on IG and then I saw your post and was very confused.  I am so glad that he took that trip, he did seem to be so happy and at peace.  RIP Scrat.