Introduce yourself: Georgians (Page 11)

Looks like I am way behind here...most of these posts are from 2 years ago or more. Anyway, Im looking forward to meeting people and staying motivated on BT! 

Name: Kelly
Age:29
Hometown: I call New Mexico home but have not lived there for 20 years!
City/Town: Acworth
Favorite Training Place: Too new to say but I do like Silver Comet
Triathlons Completed: N/A
Current Goals: Finish under 90 min at the Womens Acworth Sprint 
 

Name: Jay Murkerson
Age: 34
Hometown: Hawkinsville, GA(was born in Bainbridge, GA)
City\Town: Hawkinsville, GA
Favorite Training Places: Any fourlane for biking(man, people will run you over!), any trail for running(usually near home)
Triathlons Completed: none so far...competing in my first at the Turtle Crawl Sprint...can't wait!!
Current Goals:  Finish my first sprint.  I hope to enter more sprints next year and would like to complete the Turtle Crawl Oly in 2011.

Mike - Welcome...look forward to more guys in the 40-44 group unless you run with the Clydes...

Name: Brittany Banker

Age: 24

Hometown: Greeley Colorado

City\Town: Augusta

Favorite Training Places: the greenway in North Augusta, savannah rapids pavilion, my neighborhood and the area around where i live.

Triathlons Completed: Columbia Downtown sprint Tri

Current Goals: commemorating 5 years cancer free this year by completing the Triple Crown challenge with Team in Training which I will do so with the Augusta 70.3 this fall!!!

I also have a goal set to complete a full Ironman in 2010! Training for an ultra marathon

Over all to stay healthy and fit and continue working with Team in Training to give others the same opportunity by raising money for the leukemia and lymphoma society to help find a cure for cancer!!!

Name: Shawn
Age: 35
Hometown:Las Vegas, NV
City\Town: Columbus, GA
Favorite Training Places: still looking
Triathlons Completed: none yet
Current Goals: I am 2 months out of a back surgery and want to get in shape enough to complete a sprint. We will see after that. Anyone have a Basic Training plan to share? I am not a good swimmer at all, I can bike for at least 30-40 minutes straight (slow and steady), and can run a 10 minute mile for 30 minutes. I will take any and all advice. Thanks.

Name: Katie Pothier
Age: 27
Hometown: Fairbanks, AK
City\Town: Duluth
Favorite Training Places: Outdoor pool at LTF, roswell 22 mile group ride
Triathlons Completed: 2009 Rock N' Roll Sprint, 2009 Turtle Crawl Sprint, 2007 Emerald Pt, 2007 Peachtree City Sprint, 2007 Iron Girls, 2004 Chicago Sprint, 2003 Danskin (Chicago)
Current Goals: Not suck running.  Become competitive in age group.

Name:  Mark Palmer
Age:  42
Hometown: Jacksonville
City\Town:  Savannah
Favorite Training Places:  Aquatic center/Gym/on the road bike
Triathlons Completed:  June 2009 Rock of the Marne in Savannah.  Took me a while but I finished!
Current Goals:  Working on the running right now and balancing that with time in the gym.  Looking to better my time in a Sprint in October and will start training all three aspects mid August.

Name: Beth Droppleman
Age: 46
Hometown: Knoxville, TN is where I grew up
City\Town: Currently residing in Augusta, GA
Favorite Training Places: running on "the hill"
Triathlons Completed: 4 sprint tris in FL late 90s; Indian Springs Tri the Park Tri June '09!
Current Goals: To not get passed by EVERYONE during cycling in the next Tri the Park at Mistletoe. I have only been on the road three times since the late 90s, so I need to put some miles on those wheels. I'm a strong swimmer, but would like to run faster ;-). Next year, I'm hoping to complete an Olympic.

Name: Brian
Age: 34
Hometown: Born in San Clemente, CA, but I'm a Navy brat and moved all over as a kid
City\Town: Kennesaw GA
Favorite Training Places: Kennesaw Mt., SCT, Columns Dr/Cochran Shoals, Wildwood Athletic Club
Triathlons Completed: None, yet.  I've been a runner the past few years though (everything up to a full marathon)
Current Goals: Complete the Carrollton Triathlon on 7/19 without embarassing myself too much

Name: Chris
Age: 29
Hometown: North Brunswick, NJ
City\Town: Buford GA
Favorite Training Places: bogan park pool, neighborhood for running/cyling
Triathlons Completed: none yet
Current Goals: Getting back into this, hopefully doing lake lanier sprint in october, its my motivation to train. Used to swim competitively and raced bmx then mtb in my teens but never ran, then I ran but didn't swim or bike. Finally started doing all 3 in the last month+ and said I'm finally doing a tri! Oddly swimming came right back, so did running, cyclings only been a week and its hurting the most...

Name: Brittany
Age: 24
Hometown: Greeley CO
City\Town: Martinez GA
Favorite Training Places: The Greenway, Savannah Rapids, My neighborhood
Triathlons Completed: currenlty 2 - soon to be three after this coming weekend
Current Goals: Complete a full Iron Man

I'm new to triathlons - I'm a running who has found something more challenging and a lot more fun I've completed two marathons and have a goal to run one marathon in a all 50 states by the age of 30. . .I recently completed my first century ride in Lake Tahoe (America's most Beautiful Bike Ride) and had a blast.

Brittany

Name: Jay Scali
Age: 37
Hometown: Walnut Creek, CA
City\Town:  Cumming, GA
Favorite Training Places: Mountains, Gym, Greenway trails
Triathlons Completed: 0
Current Goals: HIM by 2010.

Currently recovery from ACL surgery yesterday so will be back in the pool and training in a few weeks.  New goal in my life is to complete a HIM, will do several shorter Tri's first, not sure what race to do yet...

Name: Andrew

Age: 27

Hometown: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

City\Town: Duluth, GA

Favorite Training Places: Playing sports, but for now the gym and around the neighborhood

Triathlons Completed: None

Current Goals: Stick to my training routine! Get a decent cheap bike, Post a respectable time in the Lake Lanier sprint tri on October 4th, all while not making the wife angry! Then if all goes well, move back to Kona!