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Hi John,

My name is Mario but go by Mar's (nick name the wife gave me).  I'm 35 yrs old and have been happily married for 9 years.  I have 5 children that are 12 stepson, 8 yr old son, 5 yr old daughter, 3 yr old daughter and 19 month son.  I guess you can say I've been busy the last 9 years. 

Excercise Background:
Not much.  I always give the excuse that I don't have time.  I coach my son's in baseball which keeps me busy.  I occassionally do core workouts utilizing a ball and weights.  I do that to build my back muscles because I tend to hurt strain my lower back at least twice a year.

Latest Accomplishment:
I just got my bachelors degree.  I guess you could say I was on the 15 yr degree plan
It was a long battle but felt good to finally get it.  My next goal is to get in shape.

 Current Goals and Situation:
I am 5'7 and weigh 190 lbs so I guess you can say I am overweight by about 25lbs.  I always feel tired and whenever I start excercising I do good for about 10 lbs of weightloss and then I give up and gain it all back.  I have a very low self esteem when it comes to my physical appearance and to be honest I am totally embarass when I am at the pool with my wife and kids.  I feel enough is enough and time to do something about it.

My goal is to lose weight and get fit.  I want to change my lifestyle and start eating right.  I just started to cut back on cafeine, soda, and high fat foods.  In two weeks I've lost 2 lbs which is a start.  I don't believe in quick hit diets and won't try it.  I want to lose weight the right way.  I have not started out my excericing yet because my lower back has been really bothering me.  My oldest and I really had an intense 1x1 basketball game and although I barely won, I hurt my back in the process.  Today 12/29 I plan to walk at the track and do core workouts using the medicine ball.

 I'd like to aim for a Sprint Triathlon in April and see where that takes me.  If I get the Tri-bug I plan to do more.  I'd like to join your group and hopefully receive some encouragement, coaching, and support to  make this happen.  I'm tired of failing in this part of my life and at the end of the day,  I want to be a fit dad and a fit husband.

 Thanks,
Mars 

Kendra, Mars, and Pappadj!  Okay.  WE got a great start to our group and to 2007!  Your cheerleader and "mentor" is excited and ready to roll into the new year!  Can't wait!

Welcome to BT you three!  WE got room for 2 more out there!  I'm gonna cap this at 5 so I can give time and energy to this group.  I plan to keep in regular contact with you'all so - - "let's get ready to rumble!"

Fast&Furious:

You R in!!!!! 

Oops, wrong group.

Story: So really, I'm 27 years old and did two sprint distrance tri's last summer. then being a complete dunce, I let my training fall off big time. I'm about 80 pounds overweight. I work at a desk job helping people with their computer problems, and managing user accounts and software. In my spare time I train (and will be doing more of that, I promise) am a co-leader of a 4-H group, and try to be a good example for my youngest sister, who is now the scariest creature on the planet, a teenager.

Current training: I've been trying to get short rides in on my new trainer at least a couple of times a week, and I swim at the Y on a semi-regular basis. I am about to retry the couch to 5k program, and hoping not to have a return of the shin spints that plagued me all last spring.

Family: I have a cat, Loki, a dog, Sasha, and a very old horse, Idya.

Goal: I want to do several more sprint distance Tri's and one or 2 Olympic Distance this year. FOr me though, I think that the biggest thing is running. I'm passable in the other two (and believe me, I get passed all the time )but I still can't manage the running part.

Hi John, can I join in?

My story: My name is Lena, I'm 30 years old...I'm originally from Russia (my whole family is there), live in IL here in US.  I have about 35 lbs to lose, working on it currently and moving right along.  Happily married for 3.5 years, our baby boy Nikita turned 1 in December.  I have a financial business which keeps me busy, along with Nikita. I started doing triathlons a few years ago, last year I did 3 triathlons (sprints) and my very first Half-Marathon.  This year, my goals are to get to my coveted 145 lbs by the end of June, my planned races are 2 Half-Marathons, 3 Sprint Triathlons and 3-4 shorter running races (5-10 K).  I have most of them planned out and will be back later to post actual schedule.  Registered for one event so far.

I would love to get your help on every aspect of training.  Glad to hear you use Total Immersion, will be very helpful in my swimming training (which I need to start LOL).

Not sure what else to add right now, be back later!

Lena

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I'm not an expert by any means and have never done an oly, so take my advice with a grain of salt, but I would say that you are fine.  The only thing I would keep in mind is treat the Sprint the weeekend before the olympic as a training Tri, don't push yourself too hard to avoid too much soreness.  Your time might be a bit slower, but you will be able to have a nice taper week for the following weekend's race, which counts more between the two, and you will perform better at the olympic.  Does that make sense?

If you stay consistent with your training the rest of the winter and spring....you'll be fine.  You might want to do either the sprint or the Intl. race "just for fun" so you don't put too much pressure on yourself. 

If you keep focused, no problem!  

As long as you're having a blast and doing something fun, having a holiday is definitely worth it!

 Good for you!  I'm still in the debating phase, I'm going to do at least a couple of sprints an Olympic, and maybe a half mary in October.  We'll see about the run tho, It frightens me!