Manatees Dooo Eeeet!!! (Page 23)

After a bit of conversation with Janyne and a review of the spreadsheet, it appears that we are DONE!!! I hope it went well for everyone or as well as can be hoped for. I do recall reading a few comments here and there which lead me to believe that the challenge can be a good thing, sometimes from the results, sometimes from the process, and sometimes it is something we realize about ourselves. My challenge to me will continue through the year, as I now have a foundation for my yearly goal for hours on the bike.

Enjoy the week!

Congrats!

x3 - it sounds very dramatic

Awesome!

Thinking of Robin P today. Sending good bionic knee thoughts her way.

wow, your power was breaking your house, beast-mode  6 of those videos back to back is amazing too. My booty hurts for you

6 sounds like an accomplishment of its own, wow!

What AM said!  You crushed it and broke your house in the process!

First shot: YAY!!!!  Glad to hear the surgery went well and they have you in PT getting stronger.  Yes, get fixed up so you can play with friends and pick up Miz Gloria come summer!!

So happy to read that your surgery went well and you are healing nicely. Also YAY to the first shot!  Before the end of the year/end of summer(?) I expect you will be a new, not hurting anymore person!!

So...I have gone completely AWOL on the Tri training. 

I quit the TriDot plans about 3 weeks into it after my second injury.  I haven't hurt myself in 6 years with the sport other than one sprained ankle and races.  Races don't count because I am trying to kill myself there and ankles are just bad luck. So with pulling things twice in three weeks I pulled the plug and went back to the beginning to start over at day 1 of another plan. 

I didn't stick to that either.  We have a cold snap that made it hard to get out for a week then I moved which threw me off for another week.  So I now have been in the new home for almost two weeks.  I don't have a place to swim yet and I don't have a place to ride my bike map out yet other than the indoor trainer.  Every time I see a trainer ride on my "plan" I find myself wishing I was running outside in the beautiful weather that we are having.  So I keep skipping my bike ride to go running.  I was justifying that to keep motivated I have to do what I enjoy and right now it is running.  So my running is going great but my bike fitness is going down the drain and I have never had any swim fitness.  So..I guess I need to decide if I want to race this spring or not.  If not I will keep running like an antelope and ride and add cycling and swimming back in when I get tired of running every day.   

If I decided to race the Cap Tex Tri in Austin, TX on Memorial Day in 12 weeks is looking like a good option.  I forgot how much races cost though.  $150 for an Olympic race.  Last year I was doing no-frills duathlons that had about 30 people participating and they were only $45.  No Tee shirt, not metal, but we got great support on the course, chipped timing, USAT certified results, etc.  The past 5-6 years I got free 5K races through the Choctaw Nation Community Wellness plan.  It looks like running events are about $45 here too. 

So...I am a little gun shy on racing because I am in a new area and don't know what races are good, I am not at the top of my game with training, big races are still being canceled, and I haven't figured out where to get race discount codes and sweetheart deal on registrations pricing yet. So...just training for the fun of training is where I am at right now.  

Great news! I have been so happy to see you PT-ing on Strava.  I'm tickled that you have started down the vaccine path.  Has Gloria had any luck in that area?

Maybe embrace the "running is my jam" situation this spring and do a few running events?

I'm glad to hear that you are safely moved and I hope that you avoided that power outage mess.

I imagine that your trip will be a lot better than it was last year!