Team Plucky Pineapples

Hi Team Plucky Pineapples,

I love pineapple and I'm from MELBOURNE, Australia so that fits-hopefully I'm Plucky.

Hi team!

I heard rumors of sucking on pineapple, but I prefer to chew I will try to restrain myself though!

Really excited about this months multisport challenge. It's going to be a great motivator! Happy training everyone!

Roni

sealiongirl - 2008-03-30 6:03 PM Hi everyone! I love pineapple...especially with coconut and rum!

mmm... sounds good!

Perfect!

OK, my turn.

My name is Tammie(really Tamara) and I am 46 year old, married, stay at home mum to a seven year old boy. DH is an Electrician. Oh and I'm from Australia, so it will be amusing to figure out the time differences.

I used to do tris a few years ago, my last one being an OD that I completed injured. Didn't return to tris as I found it too hard to fit in the training....I think I was just making one of my very convincing excuses to be basically lazy. I did continue running as that is my first love.

Alas, my body doesn't like me running as much I would like so I felt the need to cross train. So here I am and I am really inspired rejoining the triarthlon community.

I think if I had found this BT site years ago I would never have given up... I'm really enjoying these challenges.

So Bring It On.

lyssa-gator - 2008-03-30 11:29 PM oh yeah, this is going in my blog this month!! LOL

I love it! We should send it to the other teams LOL

I'll go

My name's Roni. I'm 37 and have two grown daughters who are 17 and 20 ( yeah, I know, thought I'd get the kids out of the way early ) They have both recently moved into their own places, so my nest is now empty (not complaining though). My DH of 19 years is a power system electrician and travels all over the Pacific Northwest. I go with him a lot of the time and we enjoy running, biking, and hiking in new places together (he's not too sure about the swimming part yet). I started running about a year ago because I decided I wanted to finish a triathlon, after spending most of my life convinced I was just not a runner. I started slow with a jog/walk program and now I actually enjoy running. I finished my first sprint tri last August and my first Half Marathon in February. I have two sprints and an Olymic tri planned this Summer, plus another HM and several other runs.  I love training for races, as it helps me make exercise more of a priority, which in turn keeps me sane (relatively anyway ) and healthy. Glad to meet everyone!

My DH works all over Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon. When our kids were younger it was really hard having him gone all the time. So I understand what your sister is going through. It's pretty nice now though since I can decide when and for how long I want to go with him. I love to be with him, but some of the towns he goes to are REALLY small and he is working all day so I can only stand to be couped up in a hotel room for so long. It'll be nicer now that the weather is getting better though.

Roni, love the doggy! Soooooo cute!

I'll go next...My name is Jocelyn and I'm 33. I am a high school science teacher and live in Long Beach, CA with my husband of 10 years, my 7 year old daughter, and 5 year old son. I was a competitive swimmer when I was younger, but my 20's were a time of too much food and not enough exercise, so I put on a lot of weight. A year and a half ago I decided to do a triathlon and spent a year training for a sprint. I did that sprint in September and have now done 6 races total. I have no plans to move up to Olys yet, as I'm still a BOP sprinter and need to work on that. My swims are decent...even good sometimes, but my bike and run need a lot of improvement. My biggest issue lately is finding time to train, between work and family commitments. So...I think this will help keep me training!

As far as today, Monday is my usual rest day, plus I had a race yesterday and movement is still painful!