Team Amazing Atoms

Hi team!!  I'm Jen, a graduate student in Molecular Biology.   This month I have two races for sure - a 10k on 4/6 and a duathlon on 4/12.  I might do another duathlon at the end of the month, but I wanted to try out my first to see how it goes.

I will put together an HTML table for the team tomorrow, too.   

Hi team! I'm Judi, a burned out ER RN getting ready to go ride a desk at the big bad insurance company that never pays for stuff

I have a 10K April 5 (Jen, check your date on your 10K since it's the same one) and my first half mary April 19.

I think my original goals are: Swim 12,000 yds

                                             Bike 100 miles

                                             Run 65 miles so I'm sticking to them.

that's one heck of a month you have lined up Judi!

Yes, yes it is.  I'm kind of out of it today. 

Hey Team...

I'm 46 year old Mom to 5 training for my first IM in July. My life is hectic right now with my husband traveling most weeks and my 3 kids with travel outdoor and finishing indoor soccer. I call it soccer hell month with 4 practices and up to 6 games a week. I really can't be in 3 places at the same time.

April I have a 1/2 Mary on the 6th with no taper and it is a train through race on a hilly touch course. I'll be riding 7-8 hours the two days before the race and have a 4 hour training day Friday and Saturday before the race...PB maybe but all about building fitness for IM.

April 27th I'm doing my first tri of the year in NJ hopefully water will be out of the 50's...it is .5/29.5/4.2 mile tri..strange distance. I'm best on the bike so a race with extra miles I like.

I may do a duathlon the weekend before as it is 8 minutes from my house.

My goal numbers for April:

Bike: 450 miles
Run: 70 miles
Swim: 18000 yds

Strength or yoga- 10 sessions 

I may need to change them on the 4th when I get my plan from my coach. My shoulder is not great and my swims depend if I have pain or not so that is a big unknown. I was in a bike race crash last June and have a AC separation in my left shoulder. Sometimes it is fine other times not so good.

Hey Atoms!  I'm Terry from just south of Nashville, TN.  I'm a mid-40s, burned out IT professional and have been racing mountain bikes for 3 years.  I played 7 years of recreational tennis before the bikes got my undivided attention.  I did my first tri last summer, an Xterra, where I freaked out on the open water swim and locked up with leg cramps 100 yards into the run.  A month later, I swore I'd come back and kick its royal... you get the picture.  Late last fall I really got hooked on triathlon.

I'm following the Olympic 2x plan and my numbers for this challenge are:

Schwimmy - 421 minutes

Bike - 706 minutes

Run - 344 minutes

I added abs/core/strength - 220 minutes.

I had my first mtn bike race of the season yesterday and had a nasty crash just one mile into the race.  Chickasaw Trace Classic   It made for a long day.  I may not train for another day or two while I recover, but I don't forsee any problems.  I have 9 more competitions this year, but nothing scheduled in April unless I find a sprint tri.   

My first tri this year isn't until July and it is an Xterra.  I have an Oly in August and another Oly in Sept.  Next year I'd like to focus on a couple of HIMs, one being the Atomic Man.  

Skarl and Artemis, glad to be back with ya'll!

Below you will find the link for your team's spreadsheet.  You can edit it with
username: btchallenge
password: challengeforum

Please take a minute to check your goals.  If they are wrong, or you don't have any, please change them.  No need to notify me.   Challenge goals should be finalized by Friday, 4/4.  

The only columns you'll need to edit throughout the challenge are the ones for entering your progress.  Ex: Swim Completed.  Everything else is calculated automatically - the percentages, averages, even the day and progress through the month.  Please don't change them.

Let me know if you have questions!

-Jen

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pVOlxyviRAwaAIo4LxKb-Jw&hl=en  

Hi team.....My name is Jennifer from Southern Ohio.  I am training for the Desota Triple T at the end of May and need to get on my bike!  I hope this weather breaks soon because I cant handle the bike drainer. 

My goals for the month are    Bike 23 hours    Run 15 hours      Swim 10 hours

I have been slacking at my swim and bike lately due to my mind not being able to keep my butt inside on my drainer and our pool has just been totally screwed up with there chemicals and makes my tongue go numb after about 10 min and then I get sick feeling.  I am looking into starting to go back and swim at our college pool which is A+ for a pool but not as convient when you have to get yourself ready in a hurry to go to work. 

Good luck team and lets have some fun! 

Team Table. Let me know if some of the links are wrong. It seems to happen every month when I make one.

It's April 1st...can't believe it. I ran in capris and long sleeve shirt today and was hot...wish I had black sports bra on so I could have taken off my shirt. I know 57 isn't hot but it is when I'm used to running when its 30.

I did a 6 mile loop today and was 6 minutes faster than back in January...thrilled for that. I'm swimming in about an hour and hope to do strength while my youngest has soccer practice at the Y tonight..

Happy Training Atoms... 

What did I do wrong copying and pasting the cool Amazing Atoms list that Artemis put together as I only get the names and not the cool atom stuff?

We have a fun team!