Beer Drinker Appreciation Society (BDAS) - Open (Page 11)

14/24 with a run yesterday evening and a trainer session this morning.  I took my penalty in between.

Hey, everyone.  Hope you have room for one more!  My vitals:

NAME:   Mike, age 46, living just outside of Baltimore, MD

STORY: I've doing running races since high school, and got into tris about 6 years ago (OMG, has it been that long??).  I've managed to get 4-5 sprints and a couple of Olys done in that time.  I've battled several injuries over the past couple of years, the worst of which being a low back injury that keeps my running volume down (I had a good 2014 but probably overdid the running aspect with almost 800 miles).  Looking forward to staying "my" healthy and completing an Oly in late May

FAMILY STATUS:  Married for 15 years, 13 YO daughter who smokes me in the pool  :-/

CURRENT TRAINING:  The last month has been a disaster; I've been working on settling on a house (closed 12/30 - YAY!!), traveling for work, the Holidays, and a nasty three-week bout with bronchitis to boot.  I'm basically just past square one right now, and this is the first week I've felt human in a while.

2015 RACES:   Rock Hall International late-May, probably a sprint later in the summer if my body holds together.

The Plan for 2016:  Get the hell back in shape in January, snap myself into cycling shape doing the Tour of Sufferlandria, and then go from there

BEER/WINE/BOOZE PREFERENCE:   Heavy Seas - Loose Cannon (my favorite), most Sonoma County reds (I prefer the style over the Napa stuff generally, and it's a whole hell of a lot cheaper

WEIGHT LOSS: shooting for about 10 lbs loss, plus some, uh, "weight redistribution"

WHAT WILL MAKE ME A GOOD BDAS MEMBER: I like beer.  :-)  But seriously, I find that I'm much more into the sport when I'm in a group and love checking on everyone.

We've got the same goal! Riffing on the question of the week, if you have a good way to motivate yourself to roll out of bed early and get in a workout, let me know. It's especially tough for me when I know I can usually fall back on a lunch-hour run (even if morning would be better for my schedule).

Bah! Every year I always miss the switch over. 

Anyway, hope everyone had excellent holidays and the new year is off to a good start. 

I have pretty big news. I'm going to be racing for a real pro team this summer. Not on their trade but the development team (farm team), which is huge for me. 

http://www.santeuniversellemarinbikes.com  (It's a quebec based team so everything is in french.) And in true BDAS form, the team is sponsored by a local craft brewery (we even have our own beer)

Speaking of beer, I visited 2 breweries over the holidays, Barnstormer in Barrie and Left Field in Toronto. Both were not bad but I've definitely had better. Wife and I are heading to Costa Rica at the end of the month. I don't know what the beer is like down there but I'm certainly going to have a look around. 

Cheers!

Wow...that's really cool.  Congratulations!

Got in a 45 minute trainer ride this morning, mostly Z2 with a little tempo mixed in.  Still trying to get back into some kind of groove; tough getting out of bed at 5:30 today.

Work trip to Philly for a night so it's hotel gym tomorrow morning. 

Originally posted by Qua17

Originally posted by jmhpsu93

Hey, everyone.  Hope you have room for one more!  My vitals:

NAME:   Mike, age 46, living just outside of Baltimore, MD

STORY: I've doing running races since high school, and got into tris about 6 years ago (OMG, has it been that long??).  I've managed to get 4-5 sprints and a couple of Olys done in that time.  I've battled several injuries over the past couple of years, the worst of which being a low back injury that keeps my running volume down (I had a good 2014 but probably overdid the running aspect with almost 800 miles).  Looking forward to staying "my" healthy and completing an Oly in late May

FAMILY STATUS:  Married for 15 years, 13 YO daughter who smokes me in the pool  :-/

CURRENT TRAINING:  The last month has been a disaster; I've been working on settling on a house (closed 12/30 - YAY!!), traveling for work, the Holidays, and a nasty three-week bout with bronchitis to boot.  I'm basically just past square one right now, and this is the first week I've felt human in a while.

2015 RACES:   Rock Hall International late-May, probably a sprint later in the summer if my body holds together.

The Plan for 2016:  Get the hell back in shape in January, snap myself into cycling shape doing the Tour of Sufferlandria, and then go from there

BEER/WINE/BOOZE PREFERENCE:   Heavy Seas - Loose Cannon (my favorite), most Sonoma County reds (I prefer the style over the Napa stuff generally, and it's a whole hell of a lot cheaper

WEIGHT LOSS: shooting for about 10 lbs loss, plus some, uh, "weight redistribution"

WHAT WILL MAKE ME A GOOD BDAS MEMBER: I like beer.  :-)  But seriously, I find that I'm much more into the sport when I'm in a group and love checking on everyone.

Nick - I see your are from outside Baltimore. I'm a Browns fan and as long as you don't talk about the Ravens or utter the name A__ M_____ (former owner), you are more than welcome to join the group.

After our 5-11 season, there won't be much talking here. 

Sirius/XM "Lithium" channel usually does the trick. 

Commitment.  For me, I have to set a plan and agree to stick with it no matter what.  Motivation is fleeting and finicky.  Commitment gets me up at 4:30 for a run when I am motivated to stay in bed.