Pleasant Prairie OLY Challenge

Here's who I see/know is on the list for the race.

krush_803

mobrochta

StartingToTri

Sure, what the heck, I'm in.

Who wants me on their team? I'm a pretty good swimmer and biker, but I run like a dolphin!

Seriously, out of water. With no feet. Just flippers. Yes. That's right.

Well, no offense to Mark but if it were up to me I want Laura on my team because, frankly, I've already had my butt handed to me once by her this summer (2 mi OWS) and I can't go the whole offseason with my wife saying "Laura whipped your again".  She seems to get some kind of special delight in that (my wife, not Laura, although she might too....)

I'm game!  Of course, all bets are off until I actually make it through the swim without having to be pulled in from the bottom of Lake Andrea.... and as long as I do, my T1 times will reflect time taken to do a happy dance. 

Sooo.... can't really swim, can kinda of bike, will hold my own on the run.... this is my first Oly distance, though, so I'm really just hoping to finish.  Goal is under 3:30.  Secret goal is 3:15 (hmmm... maybe now it's my not-so-secret goal?).

I've decided to start calling my secret goal my Titanic goal.  Here's why.

1.  Since I tell it to people it's not really secret.

2.  If I make it I'll cross the line like Leonardo saying "I'm the King of the World!"

3.  Going for it might end up sinking the ship.

As far as picking teams goes, I'm open to suggestions.  Maybe we all list our realistic goals and try to make teams as even as possible?  Not our "I'll be happy if I finish" goal but it doesn't have to be our "secret" goal either.  Our "If everything goes normal with only minor gliches and I do what I know I can do" goal would be what I'm looking for here.

 We could even put something in (if we really want to complicate it - which I'm not necessarily in favor of) that there's an adjustment factor.  For example, if I say my goal is 3:15 and I do 2:45, well, that's a huge difference and maybe only 10% of how much I beat my goal by should count toward the team total since I obviously didn't set my goal right (unintentionally, of course).

Either that or I'll take all the fast people on my team.

Another thought - we could put all the first timers (for OLY) on one team and the veterans on another and see how that matches up.  Veterans vs. Rookies kind of thing.  I kind of like that one.

Other ideas?

Pretty interesting stuff Scott, thanks.  Some are faster in one, some in another, but it's interesting how close everyone really is.  For me, seeing that swim time is hilarious considering what my training times are - that course must have been WAY short.  Ha!

Here's your fallback comeback line.  "Talk to Hangloose, I'm here to race."

That should work for just about anything EXCEPT the competition with the wife situation, you're on your own there!

Oh, and schmize, "May I fetch you another post-race beer?" would be appropriate for your team name.

StartingToTri - 2006-08-14 8:47 AM All looks good to me.  And I even know how to be an asset on the swim ... since I think Cindy and Whizzzzzzz are in my age group, I'll simply hang onto their ankles and drag them down with me.  It's a win-win situation ... I get across the lake faster, and they get time to enjoy the scenery. 

No, no, when you trash talk you are supposed to make the OTHER team feel bad.  Sheesh. 

So, TEAM ONE, any suggestions on a team name?  BTW, the juvenile in me cracks up whenever I say/type PP Challenge.  Sounds like something we did when we were kids. 

heh....heh....I said PP.....heh.....

hangloose - 2006-08-14 9:51 AM

StartingToTri - 2006-08-14 8:47 AM All looks good to me. And I even know how to be an asset on the swim ... since I think Cindy and Whizzzzzzz are in my age group, I'll simply hang onto their ankles and drag them down with me. It's a win-win situation ... I get across the lake faster, and they get time to enjoy the scenery.

No, no, when you trash talk you are supposed to make the OTHER team feel bad. Sheesh.

So, I've lulled you into a false sense of security....bwahaha... 

heeeheee, I am in there!  Teams look good to me, I think...I'm having trouble telling which teams are which.  I'm thinking of a goal time of 2:50, yeah yeah I know it's slower than last year but hey I am getting older...

Trying4Sept, Dinner is at the Chancery in PP at 6 pm.  There is a thread around here somewhere, or PM MarkK.  I am on vacation     so have limited computer access.

Maybe we'll have official goal time submitting at dinner on Sat and if anyone is not going to be there you can send them to me or Scott (schmize) before hand.

Husband/wife teams - I've already gotten word that there is a potential equipment sabotage concern.  Any person on the other team caught engaging in this inexcusable act of cheating will be punished by having to spend Saturday night playing with my kids in the hotel pool clean our the other team's bikes after the race.  I know this may seem cruel and unusual punishment, but this is serious stuff.