PT Freaks Team Thread - Nov USMC Challenge

Oooh - I think Ive pretty much met just about everyone on this team through challenges...

Hi - Im super cat... but you can just call me Cat. Im living in Australia which means when I say good morning at odd times Im not just trying to confuse you. 

We are just heading into our season here and I have consistency issues so will need a lot of 'motivation' and 'encouragement' to keep on track for the team... 

Oh... and I talked Travis into running his first challenge (this one) GO TRAVIS!

Cat! Phil! Travis! We meet again.

I'm Kristin, I'm fairly addicted to challenges. I'm running the NYC Mary on Sunday and then heading into two months of less structured training in preparation for IMNO 70.3 on 4/5 and IMWI on 9/13. I tend to get a little lazy in November when the mary is over so I'm hoping this challenge will keep me moving. I'm also recovering from a broken shoulder and can just now swim and bike again so I plan to do a lot of that.

Can't wait to meet everyone. I'll warn you that Travis, Phil, Cat and I are a chatty bunch - our current challenge thread had to go to Act 2 because we posted 95 pages before half the month was done!

Hye guys,

I'm Chris and I am so glad that pipscweek, and Wraith8k, my fellow "Creepy Clowns" made it over here and Hey Cat!! the Challenge Queen. I live in Ohio with my Hubby and work in construction. I am going into my 4th year of Tri's. Have a less busy training month before I get back into training for my "A" race of next season the American TTT. So I will need this to challenge to keep me from slacking off on less structure this month and to stay away from the pie. Can't wait to start.

BTW...I'll be changing the "clown" after the 31st.

Chris

Hey all, I am Rudy, I live in Southern Connecticut and have been Tri training for about 3 months now, i have completed 2 sprints since i started training both in Sept (be sure to check my race reports out, they are pretty funny), and just did my very first 5k race this past Sunday. This will be my third consecutive challenge, as they seem to keep me motivated for exercising and help me keep taking the weight and inches off. Right now i have 4 tri's planned for next year and will probably do 7 or 8, i am currently training for my first Oly distance next June. When i started training i could not run 100 yards or swim for more than 3 minutes without being gassed, i have come along way and look to continue to go. I love chatty groups so this will be great for me and us!!!

GOOOOOOOOOOOO FREEEEEEEAAAAKSSSS!!!!

Thank god!!! Most of us are afraid of clowns

I understand completly.....I am freaked out about them too. But in a few days the clown will be gone. Off to run.

Chris

Hey Rudy, this was my first year too. Mine didn't end too well (nasty bike crash), but I was hooked. NYC Tri sign up is today/tomorrow if you're looking for an Oly in the summer!

Yeah, i saw your pics, that was a nasty gash on your chin. I hope you are feeling better!! The NYC Tri is on the radar, and i will eat halloween candy to stay up till 12:01 halloween night (and maybe a martini or two also ;0) to sign up for it!! I also am going to sign up for the Stamford KIC IT, and those will be my big races, and i will do a bunch of local sprints!!!

Hey Everyone! I'm Stacie. I see quite a few familiar names on this list. I haven't done a tri yet since I am still in the process of getting brave enough to learn to swim. I was training for a couple du's this fall but school got in the way. Now that school is done (I graduated with my Masters in September) I am concentrating on du's and hopefully a half-mary in the spring.

The big thing for this challenge is to keep moving. I did a run and multi challenge last month, a run challenge for october and this will be for November. I am traveling back to Alaska for work on the 4th through the 19th and it seems I always gain weight when I travel so I am hoping this will keep me moving and I will not gain weight this trip especially with coming back right before Thanksgiving.

Lets go freaks..

Where not chatty.  I prefer the term multi-taskers.  We post, we workout, we post, we workout, etc.

Luckily the face heals faster than the body and I had a great stitcher in the ER

Are you a USAT member? We all got to sign up for NYC today so we can properly enjoy our Halloween drinking (um, not me of course because I'm running a mary on Sunday...)

No i have not signed up for USAT yet, that is on my long list of things to do after the new year. Good luck in the Mary!!! That must be an awesome experience!!

WOO HOOOOOOO!!!!  Looks like we got ourselves a very cool team!!!  Kristin, Beth, and the head challenge man himself, Travis, from our (nearly-ended) Oct. challenge team are BACK, BAAAA BEEEEE!!!

I recognize a couple of you others, too (oh-oh, a maniacal clown to boot, too, AAAAAAHHHH! )

A little info - I'm from the MadTown (Madison, WI) area and have finished Ironman Moo (WI) 2007, and am getting ready for IM Moo '09!  Kristin will be there, too, so I took it upon myself to keep her azz motivated, or else.
Each challenge that I have been on, our team has not lost - so, that challenge is out there for us.  Think we can keep that streak going?  I believe we can!

Yes, I have been labeled as a yapper, but, when a side-challenge is presented to be the chattiest team for the month, you can bet that I won't let a team down/lose!

I am on my way out with my 3 sons to enjoy some Waterpark fun for a couple of days, so I won't be around for this week (thank, gawd, right? ).

Glad to have some of my previous teammates back, and glad to see some new avatars!

See ya soon!

And Travis - THANK YOU FOR SETTING UP THIS MONTH'S CHALLENGE!!

'Zactly!

OMIGAWD!!  IT'S A FREAKY CLOWN!!!  AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!

I wondered how long it would be before you came out of hiding.

Fixt for ya, your New Yawk Hawtness. *mwah*

No hiding - HIBERNATING.

I'm off to the waterpark with my sons for a couple of days.  See ya soon, Travis!

Have fun Phil.

Hey, I'm Jenn in Tennessee. Just getting back into running after some issues with with achilles tendonitis. Starting over with Running 101 and hoping to do a 5K on Valentine's Day and a Sprint Triathlon later in the Spring. So my PT will consist of running and strength training with a few other fun things thrown in for variety

Let's Go Team!!!

Wow, you really did get to know me after all

Hey peeps -

Andy here - added today.  I am 31, a clydes, pastor of a Methodist church, dad, and whole lot of fun   After meeting my goals in Run challenges in Sept and Oct, I thought I would mix it up and not do a distance challenge, but one that invited consistency in training volume and days.  

And I have typically been on "quiet" teams, so it should be fun to be on a thread likely to make it into double digits.