November "Your Choice" TEAM ONE thread

hey team #1 - i like that number by the way and i'd like to keep it that way

my goal is to fill up my blog with tickers - i mean, swim 9000 yds, run 60 miles (10% more than last month's challenge) strength train for 9 total hours and attend 4 spin classes during the month.

the most daunting thing for me, and the thing i'll need the most kicking in the a$$ about from my fellow team members is the spin classes believe it or not, because they are intimidating to me. i could have gone to one today but talked myself out of it - i'm such a wimp, i know. i plan to post when i plan to go to the class in my blog so that everyone can check up on me about it.

good luck everyone! (and happy halloween!)

HELLOOOOOO, TEAM 1 (one, won already??)!!!

My name is Phil (hi, Phil) and decided to join another challenge this month.  I'm 42 (old man), married to a wife who isn't in to this stuff (but opposite's attract and we keep each other balanced), with 3 great sons - 10-1/2, 8-1/2, and 2-1/2 - that keep me constantly busy, and a puppy.  Since I help coach at our local youth club, my 2 older boys will be playing basketball and I'll be their assistant coach with 3 practices a week with games on Sat.  That really limited the challenges that I wanted to do.  Since doing IM Moo this year, I have been abiding my time and slacked on post-training, too.

I have committed to watch all the Nov. episodes of Heroes, but am adding to swim 2 times a week for a minimum of 600 yards over my lunch hour (well, actually I only get 45 minutes, and with 10 minutes to get to the pool and change, will only have about 35 or less minutes to do the swim).  I'm trying to figure out a run challenge in there, too.  I figured that if ell-in-or was wanting to partner up with me for this challenge, I was needing to commit a little more!

Looking forward to this, peeps!  LET'S HAVE A GREAT NOVEMBER!  And as an early warning, DO NOT OVERDO THANKSGIVING!!!

Go easy on that OLD stuff regarding the over 40 set, mister! Oh, and please explain why your sons keep you busy and a puppy...  How can you be a puppy and be old? LOL

And of course we won already. We rock!

Alright - enough picking on Phil. My goals are: lose 4 pounds, run 30 miles, do 4 weight sessions in addition to my trainer sessions, and swim twice in November (haven't swam at all since July, and am still talking hubby into doing laps with me - we train together.)

The hardest one will be losing the weight. I really want to speed up my running and cycling (especially hills) and to do that I need to dump the pudge. Last year I lost 50#, but this last bit has proven to be very hard to drop. Or it's all in my mind. Whatever. Hopefully this challenge will be a bit more incentive.

Go Team #1!!! 

D001 - 2007-10-31 11:39 AM

enders_shadow - 2007-10-31 7:26 AM Hey, everyone...welcome! I'm your happy team captain and it looks like we have a fantastic team! I'm looking forward to a great month. When you get a chance...pop in, say hi & remind us what your goals are so we can cheer you on. Kristen

Yes, and be chatty about it, too. Our team is already on page 2. We're already beating you in the post counts. Dee

Hey Dee, you beat me to it!

For every 2 laps (25 yard/meter pool?), you slam a drink - now THAT'S a challenge!

Fixed for better grammar structure!

Here's links for our team. The title links to our thread.

Team #1

1. enders_shadow
2. marymosc13
3. mosc11
4. mosc57
5. comet_the_dog
6. hazmaster
7. saling4
8. 1for1
9. ell-in-or
10. 1stTimeTri
11. gidgetintraining
12. mosc26

Hopefully the links will work for everyone and it will paste.

worked for me...

UPDATED:  I hope this fixes it for the folks who were having problems (myself included).

Here's links for our team. The title links to our thread.

Team #1

1. enders_shadow
2. marymosc13
3. mosc11
4. mosc57
5. comet_the_dog
6. hazmaster
7. saling4
8. 1for1
9. ell-in-or
10. 1stTimeTri
11. gidgetintraining
12. mosc26

Hopefully the links will work for everyone and it will paste.

Hi, I'm Ralph, and i think I know most of you as Dead Heads! I am 40, started running a year ago, and now have my 9 year old daughter into this as well! (gidgetintraining on our Team). Shhh she doesn't want me standing to close to her anymore.. LOL

My goals are to run 40 miles this month, and I put down 350 minutes of abs workout, but I need to revise that goal to sessions. (I'll get that to you today Kristen, promise!)

BTW, my wife got me into doing this, and actually into the Challenge last month... Now, (Sticks out chest), I am a Challenge Junky!!!!!!

A third of our team is the Mosc sisters.  Maybe we should all change our monikers to something with "Mosc" in it?  I'll be 1stMoscTimeTri or 1stTimeMoscTri (that didn't sound right, did it?   )

I hope everyone is rearin' to go and ready for some fun!

Good luck all! 

for the purposes of this challenge - you can all be honorary "Mosc's" - short for Moscarello, which in Italian means "little fly" so it doesn't really translate well into triathlon training...

we could be the number one wonders - like that tom hanks movie "that thing you do"

Thanks for fixing it!! Let me know what you did so I'll get it right for the next time.