Team Teancious Turtles

Hello team!  Might as well introduce ourselves.  I'll start...  My name is Dave and I'm currently living in Tokyo though I hail from the states.  Training right now for IM Japan (my first).  Looking to merely survive the experience and learn a little more about myself in the process.  Should be an interesting month.

So we're tenacious?  Good.  Turtles?  At least they've got a hard shell...
  

What kind of help, banter, encouragement, cheering, prodding, etc shall we provide each other? 

Howdy turtles! I keep on thinking of the chocolate & nut kind....mmm....chocolate.

Anyway, I'm Marina in Regina , Saskatchewan, I've got a couple of HIMs on my schedule this year (including my fiirst), with a smattering of Olys and half marathons. The snow is half gone and I hope to get the bike on the road next week.

At this point, strength training will benefit me the most so it's a top priority. Second priority is running with the half marathon three weeks away. Third priority is biking once I can get on the road - I need to build to half IM distance by triathlon camp on the May long weekend (7 weeks away). Lastly, but still important, is to do my time in the pool.

CHALLENGE GOALS
Bike: 15hrs+
Swim: 13,000m+
Strength: 12 sessions

Here's a turtle with some attitude looking all tough...

Hey I'm Jeni.  Out of Vancouver.  Finished my first sprint this month and looking towards my first Olympic this summer.  I can complete the distance but I want to complete the distance well!.

I LOVE the bike.  I have a background in swimming as a kid, and am learning to appreciate running after tearing my ACL last year.  Swimming is the most like "work" and running takes  a bit of motivation to get out there but I love it when I do and I shamefully procrastinate on my core and strength work so I never get around to it.  Thus my goals for the Month!!

Swim: 25,000m

Run: 70km including a 10km race on April 20.

Strength/core: 6 sessions (1hour weights, 30min core)

 
My mentor group also wants to do an weight loss challenge with another mentor group.  any takers? 

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=pVOlxyviRAwau4Pkyl831XA&hl=en  

Cool...I'm actually doing the Turtleman tri again this season...

Alright...introductions...

My name is Sal...I'm a BT addict, but trying to spend less time on here....  Ran HS track (mile and 2 mile), and biked everywhere when I was a kid.  I have always wanted to do triathlons (since the Dave Scott/Mark Allen days), but didn't know how to swim.  Took a swim class in college, then was basically a couch potato until 2003.  Ran my 1st 10K, half marathon and marathon that year, then decided to try my 1st sprint triathlon the following year.

Did my first Oly distance last year (Turtleman), and am planning my 1st half ironman this June...yikes!

Here's the 1st 3 races of this season's schedule:

Get in Gear - 10K (Run)
4/26/2008 in Minneapolis , Minnesota
RaceLink (7 Members) - RaceReports
Start a Training Group

Fargo Marathon (Run)
5/17/2008 in Fargo, ND , North Dakota
RaceLink (1 Members) - RaceReports
Start a Training Group

LibertyTRI * Long Course (Triathlon)
6/14/2008 in Independence , Minnesota
RaceLink (1 Members) - RaceReports
Start a Training Group

It's gonna be busy, hence my quest to spend less time on BT... 

Here are my challenge goals:
16,800 yds swim
11 hours bike
11.5 hours run

Took care of 1 hour of spinning at lunch...

Good luck all!

Hi Everyone!

I'm Mary, and I'm from the burbs of Chicago.  I am signed up for my very first sprint triathlon on June 22. (The US Women's Triathlon Series in Naperville, Illinois).  I'm one of the slowest people I know, so the turtle name is perfect for me.  I just keep reminding myself that slow and stead finishes the race. 

Go Turtles!

Hola Turtles!

Had a swim session with my coach today...the one-on-one time and video analysis is totally worth money. Anyway, thinking about running today if I can fit it in. Oh yeah, changed my strength training goals to one less session since I have a recovery week scheduled in April.

Dave...IM Japan! Wow! Whoah...that's a couple months away so you should be peaking about now. You'll be a busy man this month indeed!

Hey Justin, I lived in Columbus for a few years and started tris there. I grew fond of Alum Creek, both swimming and biking around there.

Jeni...I ran a marathon two years to the day of tearing my ACL. But I was running before. I actually went for a morning run on the day of my recon surgery!

Mel...congrats on signing up for your first tri! That is a big deal.

Hey Sal...I hide the bookmark to BT from my desktop or bookmarks page sometimes when I need to cut back. I need my BT fix too.

Let's get truckin'! 

Well, uh...your TURTLE is not slow...I think he has A.D.D.

OMG - that hurts my eyes!

Wow!  That is one excited turtle!

Is everyone doing ok with the spreadsheet?  Any other problems?  Let me know.   

Hola! Fellow Turtles:

My name is Brett, and I'm a tri-a-holic! 

I'm in my 3rd year of "tri-ing".  First season 12 races (11 sprint, 1 Oly), Second season, couch potato and Race Director.  This season -- 1 sprint under my belt already, with a couple other races in the works.

I'm your typical mid-life crisis athlete. But unlike many, I've stuck with it (breaks arm patting self on back)!   Started with Marathons and moved from there.  

My claim to fame is that while I'm not "fast" or a stellar athlete, I have introduced MANY into the sport and helped them get to their first successful marathon or triathlon.  Then I watch them get faster than me!    No complaints though.   

Now lets all get out there and show them that the Turtles are a force to be reckoned with!