Team No DNF - FULL

Hi John, I'd love to be in the group.

My name is Chad, I'm 30, I have a 6 month old son, and I've been married for nearly 3 years.  I live in South Carolina now, but grew up in upstate NY for nearly all of my life.  I played football in college, and after I left school, I hit my ideal weight for a 12 foot tall person, at 340.  Since getting back to the gym this January, I've dropped from 297 to 266, and I'd like to be under 200 by the beginning of next year. 

I have no previous tri experience, and I have 1 sprint scheduled this year for August, so far.   I'm especially interested in your group, because I've never had anyone tell me to "suck it up, princess." and that would at the very least be an amusing bit of motivation.  Ultimately, I would hope to be in a group that will push me to work harder because everyone else is working just as hard.  In a sport that is all about the individual, having a group to be accountable to is helpful for an old team sport person trying to transition.

I am really excited about being in this group!

My training background is that I am mainly a runner. I have run many road races, but never more than 20K. I am an average cyclist (I actually only use a $200 MTB as opposed to a good road or tri-bike) but a weak swimmer. When I was training for triathlons last year, I started looking into Total Immersion swimming and found that has helped me a lot. I am now confident that I can finish the distances, the only question is how long it will take me.

Like I said, I was training last year, but I had to stop when I became pregnant. I didn't complete any races and so this is my first official season! My baby was born 3.5 months ago and I also have a 2.5 year old, so I train either late at night or early mornings.

I hope to get encouragement from this group, as well as a sounding board for my questions and ideas. It would also be great if there was someone at my fitness/experience level for me to compete (in a very friendly way) with. I chose my ID because I am planning to compete in three distances this season: a try-a-tri in May, a sprint in June, and an OLY in September.

If this group is still open, I would like to join.

I was a x-country and track and field in highschool.  After that, I was a serious weight lifter for 5+ years, and decided to give that up 8 months ago for endurance events.  I began running, and I'm up to 7 miles at a 8 min pace.  6 months ago I decided to start triathlons, and I've been riding and trying to swim a lot.  Swimming is definitely my weakness.  I still love lifting, and try to hit the weights as much as possible, though I'm cutting way back from what I used to do.

I signed up for the Austin HIM in October.  Gives me some six months to train, hopefully that will be enough!  Definitely, my goal, is not to be a DNF'er!  I have my first tri in June, which is a sprint with a pool swim.  I have a few road races, including a 10k later this month.

I'm excited to join this group if I can!  I have A LOT to learn about tri's, swimming, biking...

Thanks,

Cam

Ooh!   Ooh!  Pick me!  Pick me!

Hi. I'm Emily. This is my second year of tri and I'm working on moving up to the Oly distance.  In fact I have my first Oly in May.

I work full time and am taking classes at the local university part time.  The hardest thing for me right now is just finding the free time to train.

Cycling is my weakest sport - although I'm pretty slow at all 3 right now - so one of my goals is to work on increasing my cycling base.

I enjoy being told to "Suck it up, buttercup." so this looks like it might be the perfect group for me.

I know that you said one more and I may have just missed it by one person.  If you're still open, please let me know and I will provide some information about myself to you and the group.  If not, good luck everyone and I'll find another group.

Kevin

• Tri Del Sol sprint - July 18
• Millennium Park sprint - August 8