Team #4 - August 4 is More Challenge

Hope everybody is ready for good Aug Challenge.  My name is Travis, some of the team I recognize and others not as much.  My goals are all set a sessions and not times or distances as I normally have them since I will be on vacation next week for a week and a half to come back and move into a new house.

Quick summary:  I am married to Laura (Runnerg1rl7), I have a beagle named Bandit.  I am on my nineth year in the United State Marine Corps, currently stationed at Buckley Air Force Base which in near Denver, Colorado.  I have only completed one sprint tri this year.  I hope to complete more but between not having time and my doctors not being able to figure out what is causing the pains in the right side of the chest during exercise I haven't been training like I would otherwise.

Did manage to get one strength training session in so far.

Hi Team #4  

My name is Paul 

I signed on for the full 4 sports challenge and have gotten three sessions in so far . 

I have been tri-ing for 4 years and really want to run swim and bike faster. 

To be lighter ,  leaner and meaner at all my sports . 

My biggest goal this season is improve my swim splits to sub 2 per 100  and  run splits to sub 9 min/mile.

Good luck to everyone achieving their goals

Below is my suggestion for a team name : 

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Hi team

Realy looking forward to getting stuck into this, i hope it is going to help with motivation, (which i always suffer a lack of after a big race)

This is also my first challenge

Will

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Married, two kids

Did the Muddy Buddy (6 mile bike/run) on Sunday.

Hoping to swim more.

I guess I will introduce myself properly too...haha..

My name is Melissa and I currently live in Edmonton, AB. I have been trying to take advantage of the weather while it is here before we plunge into our usual 6 mo. winter season which I do not really appreciate, but I seem to just deal with. I just finished my first degree from the University of Alberta in Physiology and am continuing, for what seems like all eternity, in medical school at the UofA in less than a month now. (Although you will catch me complaining to no end about school, I am really quite excited to start school again. )

I started training for tri in Jan 2008. I haven't been doing many races yet--I figure next year will be my first "race" season. I have a sprint scheduled for the beginning of September and am throwing around the idea of doing the Vancouver Half-Marathon next year as my first race of the season. I haven't quite figured out the rest yet...I recently bought a 2006 Guru Trilite which is pretty much my baby and rides around locked up in my car (literally locked to my car) and I am slowly getting used to it.

Thats all I can think to say...this is my first challenge!

Hey all!  I'm Emily.  It's been a very busy year for me so far and I've been having a hard time sticking to my plan with all the "real life" stuff going on.  So I keep signing up for challenges in the hope that having folks looking over my shoulder will keep me motivated.

My biggest goal is to get back in the pool.  The only swimming I've done in the past few months was 500m during a sprint tri.  It's time to make friends with the water again.  I don't want to be so out of swim shape that I bite it during my Oly.  I'm waiting for a tattoo to finish healing then, next week, I'll be swimming laps (and probably gasping for air).

Looking forward to getting to know everyone!

BTW...I like the Thunderbirds team name idea. 

Don't make me mention your dirty box.

a couple of runs clocked for me ... i think its the bike im going to struggle on

I agree, we need to get cracking on the post padding! I got in 23+ miles on the bike today. Hill Repeats, yum!