The "A" Team

Maybe being on team A means that I'm gonna get all "A"s in my exams this month and a bit...its a sign!

I sure do hope so! Finals are right around the corner for me as is my first tri!!

Howdy!  I see some familiar names on this team.  Team "A" is the A-team!

For those that don't know me, I'm Tim.

sweet...thanks for setting this up Dee

Shall we start off with introductions???

Or possibly team awesome, the amazing team, the astonishing team, the achievers; Aprils awesome allies/achievers/association/aggregation/agglomerate 

yes I am bored.... and yes i thesaurus.com-ed "a" words..... and yes I am putting off homework/studying 

Name: Jason
Age: 28
Location: O'ahu Hawaii (which is why I'll sometimes post when people are sleeping, and be eating breakfast when you're eating lunch)
Tri Experience: First year of training (since Nov 09').  First tri completed 3/21/10 (sprint)
2010 remaining races: 2 Oly, 4 OWS, a bunch of runs, and 1 marathon...maybe a century.
Words you live/train by: I love to train, but not as much as I love to eat.

Guess I should introduce myself.... I'm Emma and I go to Clemson University GO TIGERS!!!!!!!!!  I'm pretty new to tris and I've got my first one coming up in May.  Just did my first 10k and I am now hooked on racing/training.  I have a couple 5ks coming up this month.  Got my goals on the spreadsheet- 12 bike, swim, and core sessions, 35 miles running.  Good luck everyone on your goals!  GO TEAM! 

Hi team!  I'm Jen.  I'm a grad student in Richmond, VA.  I've been doing tris since 2005.  April has my first big race of the year - the National Duathlon Championship.  I'm hoping to finish (improvement over my DNF last year) and place well in my age group.  We'll see how it goes!  I haven't figured out my goals yet for the month, but I will do that in the next day or two.

Name: Tim
Age: 38
Location: Brentwood, CA
Tri Experience: Second year of XTERRAs.  Endurance MTB racing (24 hour, 8 hour, 100 mile, etc.)
2010 remaining races: Oh God, a lot.
2010 goals: Qualify for XTERRA Nationals.  Finish top 10% in all races.  Hopefully get some age group victories.

Goals on spreadsheet.

Name: Melissa
Age: 28
Location: Seattle
Tri Experience: Third year.  First tri completed Fathers Day 2008
2010 remaining races: 1 sprint tri, one Half IM, two cycling tours, one century, 5k OWS, a half mary, more cycling events.  Oh...I am doing he 160 mile cycling tour, a biking fund raiser and the half Iron in a less than 3 week period. 
Words you live/train by:  ??? I guess I need to come up with some. 

2010 goal...to be consistent in training

Oh, I forgot....

HI TEAM!

Name: Melissa #3?  (or Missy so that there's a little less confusion)
Age: 28
Location: Chicago
Tri Experience: This is my second year...  Last year I caught the tri bug and did a sprint and 3 oly's.  And 2 half marathons, but I guess those aren't tris 
2010 remaining races: I'm doing my first marathon at the end of April.  I'm planning on doing a sprint in May, a 200-mile relay race (running) and an Oly in June, my first HIM in July, and another marathon in Oct.  I'll probably attempt a century sometime this summer as well.  I'm sure I'll get talked into throwing in some HM's in there too.
Words you live/train by:  Do your best, and have fun!

2010 goal Finish all my races smiling and wanting to do another.

Not sure what my goals for April are.  My run goal will probably be lower than it usually is since I'm tapering for my marathon.  I've been meaning to build my bike base for about 2 months and it hasn't been working.  Hopefully now that the weather's getting nicer, it won't be such a pain!  I should probably swim, huh?  . . . Once I figure it out, I'll update the spreadsheet.

I'm happy to see so many friendly faces and am thrilled that our requests have been accommodated (Did you see my last post in Twisters, Jay?!)

Name: Michelle
Age: 35
Location: Currently (and yes, i'm stealing Jay's answer here) O'ahu Hawaii (which is why I'll sometimes post when people are sleeping, and be eating breakfast when you're eating lunch)
However, I will add that this will be short lived as we will be moving to WA 1 May!!
Tri Experience: 2nd year although due to several things i'm not actually doing a tri this year
2010 remaining races: All runs to include my first marathon.
Words you live/train by: See my quote for my most recent...

I'm thinking I need to come up with some goals, huh? I have a 10k on Saturday which means the next few days will be light but I will come up with something before then!

Edited by Happychick 2010-04-01 1:02 AM

Yes...I'll think of the correct word...you just spell it correctly for me...=)

Ok...near time for bed.

Lets start the month of right...get out there and whoop some butt.

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Hi A-Team:

Name: Robin
Age: 49
Location: North Carolina mountains
Tri Experience: Sorta second year. I did my first tri in 2008 (probably as an early mid-life crisis) and then had a bad year last year for health and personal so not much happened. Trying to change that this year
2010 remaining races: 2 HM, a couple of 5Ks and 10Ks, 2 sprints, maybe 3.
Words you live/train by: Maybe if I had some I would do better. I guess they are in my sig line. 

How could anyone not know you, Bill!

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