Beth and Yanti's 2010 Manatees--Closed

Welcome to Beth and Yanti's 2010 Manatees! You would be a wonderful addition to our lively, supportive, and most useful crew. We’ve co-mentored many seasons of newbies and veterans alike—we’re all mentorees, but Manatees just sounds more fun!

Just to establish our street (and pool?) cred, we’ve done a bunch of triathlons and distance running events, and have lost a ton of weight during our journeys. Beth is a BT moderator and Yanti is a Beginner Triathlete of the Month.

Read on for more details if you like!

Beth

I'm Beth, a.k.a lastcall2003, a.k.a Tinkerbeth

Lastcall2003 represents a turning point in my life—2003 was the year I woke up and realized that I needed to do something about being 30 lbs overweight with high blood pressure, having become completely inactive, and well, not liking who I was very much. It is a reminder to never let myself go back to being that person!

I have 3 kids (2 in college and 1 in high school) and live in Pennsylvania.

I did my first triathlon in my mid-40s and have now completed 2 Olys, 4 Sprints, and 2 half-marathons!  My first love is swimming, followed closely by biking, and to my surprise I’m really coming to love running! In fact, I am focusing on that right now, and am ultimately working toward a full marathon. I generally use the BT training plans during the race season. 

Yanti

I grew up in Indonesia, where I swam with the national team and my high school team. In the States, I coached and competed in martial arts, but became sedentary after an injury. Fast forward … a student suckered me into doing a charity marathon—before long I learned how to ride a bike and picked swimming back up! After 15 years in the States, mostly Southern California, I’ve moved to Bali, Indonesia, where it’s great to have the ocean, a boardwalk for running, and easy bike routes at my doorstep.

I’ve been lucky enough to do marathons and triathlons around the world. I’ve lost nearly 100 lbs. since becoming active again (40 lbs. during my first tri season). I am still an Athena (generally, a female athlete over 150 lbs.)

This year I feel like a newbie again as I am taking on a new distance—Ironman Western Australia in Dec. 2010. While I’ll do a half-Iron in May and some other races during the year, my entire training is focused on the IM goal.

I do BT or other well-researched plans and my own adjustments to periodize my training year (fancy word for training different ways during different times of year for maximum benefit). Most of my workouts have a purpose and fall into well-planned weeks: it helps maximize training time and prevent burnout and injury.