Mad Manatee Mentors v.2 thr.3 CLOSED (Poptart/pet pic bribes considered) (Page 44)

Originally posted by 4agoodlife

Merry belated birthdays to Jo and Matt!  ()

Good to see Darren checking in with more details. Hope the next round of tests proves more helpful.

Salty should've just borrowed the bike and ridden home...shoes in the basket and everything else UPS. Probably faster and more fun.

A few non-fiction books for Stacey: Unbroken is a must read if you haven't yet. (forget the movie hype. book is beautiful.) Fixing Freddie and Marley are dog books that made me laugh and cry. Jon Krakauer is my non-fiction author of the moment, Into the Wild and Where Men Win Glory. Seabiscuit and Ruffian are wonderful horse books. Three Cups of Tea was really interesting, though I was disappointed to read about Mortenson's issues later. I Am Malala is on my list of NEED to read.

I have to get ready for T's Christmas program. And we're starting drive to Kansas at noon...a little busy this morning.

 

Originally posted by Asalzwed

Man, I 100% agree with Unbroken and Wild. Plus, you can see the movies once you are done. Where Men WIn Glory and Into the Wild, too!!! Infact, anything by Krakauer is amaze-bawls. 

Eat and Run is good. Maybe my favorite running book is Once a Runner which is actually fiction.

Lauren Fleshman and Roisin McGettigan-Dumas wrote a fantastic training journal that I highly recommend. It's mostly for you to log your workouts but it's also got some fantastic content that helps you along the way. It's called Believe Training Journal 

Originally posted by rrrunner

Good to know about Unbroken. I'll look for it on Kindle!

Have fun at T's program. Wave as you pass through town, orrrrr stop in if you need a place to crash

Originally posted by rrrunner

I've wondered about that journal. So many Oiselle-related people gush about it but I figured since I e-log my workouts I don't really need a journal. It's not pricey. Maybe I'll order one after all.

Originally posted by Richardsdrr

Mmmm, been ticked off by nanna Janyne
It appears that she believes some of you would be interested in an update about my ticker situ'.
I thought it would have been picked up on FB feed, but anyhooooo.
I went in for an angiogram on Tuesday of last week, bit of a strange experience that.
Arteries looked clear, no obvious signs of heart damage.
The cardio then carried out an ultrasound from within my arteries to check the walls for delineation, of which there was none.
Back home from hospital that day but not allowed to drive until the Saturday.
Still have pains in my chest and there is still no explanation for the funny heart rate pattern that started all this off.
Looks like the elevated levels of triponin found in the blood, which made the doctor think I'd had a heart attack, was caused by the cardio I'd been doing.
Good news that the 40 cigs a day smoking habit for the past 14 years has not caused any noticeable damage to my heart and my cholesterol level is 4.2. Oh, and i have athletic heart syndrome
I'm waiting on a follow up appointment to come through. I don't know what that will involve, more tests, advice (?).
I feel okay in myself, but haven't managed to get out for any phys'.

Oh, I am lost by the cream of the crop reference. You're gonna have to spell that one out for me. Or were you expecting me to come up with some Lude/crude remark?

Well that all sounds like good stuff. So many endurance athletes have an enlarged heart. We should NEVER forget that our heart is a muscle like the rest of em, and as such needs a rest day to repair just like our other muscles. I know Dr Tamsin Lewis has talked a lot about the risk to heart and triathlon - just search her blog. Glad you're okay, take it easy!

Originally posted by IronOx

Sigh.  It takes me 2 days and 3 pages to notice.  My excuse is that I am now on holidays until Jan 5, so I was trying to tie up lose ends at work!

Holiday memories for me are always going to my Aunties house.  She lived about 90 min away, so we would pack everything into the car (single mom, but she always found a way to get tons of little, inexpensive gift that filled the vehicle) and stay for a few days.  Decorations too--my mom decorates for every holiday, but Christmas was always over the top.  My dad would put up a flying Santa Display, which I now continue.  And cookies.  Oh my mom would bake!

Originally posted by laffinrock

Sure.  I'll walk it home to her so it gets back to her faster.   

Originally posted by Asalzwed

Good news, you don't have to walk.

A super sketchy guy delivered my stuff at 10 pm last night (after they had called me at 3 and said they would be out to deliver anyyyy time)

 

Originally posted by IronOx

Sigh.  It takes me 2 days and 3 pages to notice.  My excuse is that I am now on holidays until Jan 5, so I was trying to tie up lose ends at work!

Holiday memories for me are always going to my Aunties house.  She lived about 90 min away, so we would pack everything into the car (single mom, but she always found a way to get tons of little, inexpensive gift that filled the vehicle) and stay for a few days.  Decorations too--my mom decorates for every holiday, but Christmas was always over the top.  My dad would put up a flying Santa Display, which I now continue.  And cookies.  Oh my mom would bake!

Originally posted by amd723

My favorite Christmas memories all involve the chaos that was always our house.  In addition to my parents, 5 siblings, grandmother, myself and dogs, we always had my aunt and uncle and cousins and their dog come to stay with us in Florida for 2 weeks.  So, that was 13 people in a house with  5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms.  We had people sleeping all over the place.  There wasn't one time a day that there was absolute quite in the house.   When I was young, all my xmas shopping was done at either the drug store or stores like Spencers.  I loved giving those crappy (but I thought great) gifts to everyone!!  

Originally posted by rrrunner

Pictures?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Oh I love to bake and make candy. It's interesting, though, because I talk about a healthy lifestyle most of the year then provide everyone with cookies and candy all December long.

Originally posted by StaceyK This is Stacey Face asking a reasonable question with her addiction reasonably under control I prefer nonfiction in order to keep the addiction in check. Other than that the answer to all your questions is Yes.

Originally posted by rrrunner Kirsten that's awesome. You remind.sedentary my mom used to use the window spray snow stuff to decorate the windows. It was cool!

Originally posted by laffinrock

"Damn you, Autocorrect"?

Originally posted by laffinrock

Here's the latest iteration of the rules for the Salty Manatee Month of Motivational Mayhem Challenge:

1. The challenge starts on 1/1/2015.
2. Logs will be checked on Thursday nights after 6 p.m. MST, with results posted on Fridays. The first report will be on 1/2/2015.
3. Reporting will be number of days you met your goal during the week (e.g., 2/7, 5/7, 7/7).  Final report will be x/31.  Total time, total distance, or type(s) of activity won't be reported.  It' not a competition for who did how much of what or for how long.
4. Goals can be either 10 min./day or something specific like Matt's (30 min. stretching, etc.) or Chris's (5 run days, 2 yoga days).  If you want a specific goal other than 10 min./day, please post it in the forum or send Mary a PM if you don't want it made public.
5. Logs will be checked on Thursday nights after 6 p.m. Mountain Standard Time.
6. If you're injured, you can probably still do something for 10 min. unless you’re really injured. No credit if you don’t do some sort of athletic-related activity for 10 min., including stretching or PT.
7. If you're sick, you’re sick. If you can manage 10 min. of something, great. If not, you miss a day.
8. No banking allowed.  The point of the challenge is to work on consistency.

I think we're pretty close to having final rules but there's still time to cuss and discuss if anybody disagrees with any of the above.

Also, here's who I have participating:

• me
• Chris
• Melanie
• TJ
• Kirsten
• Ann-Marie
• Janyne
• Stacey
• Monica
• Matt
• Judi

Anybody else?

 

Originally posted by laffinrock

Stacey, your comment about cooking in 100* heat reminded me of a former coworker (a somewhat stout, balding fellow in his 50's) who lived in Australia for awhile.  He said that hearing Handel's "Messiah" always made him think about sitting around in his underwear drinking beer.  How's THAT for an image?!

One year for Christmas, I got a stocking full of office supplies like a date stamp, erasers, a mechanical pencil, etc.  That was pretty cool for a geeky 5 or 6 y.o.!  Another year, I got a bunch of old costume jewelry, probably from the 50's.  I still have one of the necklaces and get compliments on it nearly every time I wear it.  Our stockings always had unshelled nuts in them and an orange in the toe, and every year, Mom made eggnog and these lacy Norwegian cookies that have to be made 1 at a time.  The eggnog was non-alcoholic but had real whipped cream on top and was SO good!!.  (I've only had it with alcohol once and thought it tasted weird). 

My worst Christmas memory is of getting a beehive for my 1st grade Christmas concert.  I was thinking of something more Laura Ingalls Wilder; evidently the hairdresser misunderstand the design concept.  So picture me at my concert, wearing my favorite quilted floor-length jumper dress, a turtleneck and that beehive.  I'll just let you imagine that for a moment....  I'm incredibly grateful that no photographic evidence remains!!!!!

Originally posted by rrrunner

I made nog with alcohol for the first time this Thanksgiving and LOVED it! MMMMMMM

Originally posted by cdban66

Everything is better with alcohol. This is especially true of today, which will get better at happy hour!

Originally posted by jmkizer

Racing Manatees!

A listing of Manatee Races, Rides and Runs and other events

December 20-21
Jonathan TN - Lookout Moutain 50 miler on Saturday

Disabled List
Tom - right knee
Ann Marie - shoulder (improving! sling be gone!)
Yanti - recovering from IM
Jonathan TX - hamstring issues (improving)
Darren - heart (awaiting follow up appt)

Thinking of Melanie and her dad. Good thoughts for their appointment today.

Stay tuned for a New Iteration of the Manatees (yes, we rise from the flames like a Phoenix, hopefully to a shorter DL!) and finalized rules for January's Salty Manatee Month of Motivational Mayhem Challenge.

P.S. Prep your bios for the new thread