GIRLS TEAM THREAD May Swim Challenge (Page 12)

Happy May Day everyone!  First day of our challenge too!  Pretty excited to CRUSH those boys!

I brief intro (although I know most of you), I'm Erica, 30 y/o SAHM to Alex (8), Cole (6), Liam (5).  I'm training for my first HIM (Patriot on June 20) and my goal for the month is 22k yards.  Maybe more but that was a quick figure based on last months totals!

Hey Jen!  How did all those swim classes go?  Any new art projects going on?  Still doing lots of pottery throwing?

Hi Jen

morning lovely ladies.

leave and come back, five pages later!  holy macaroni!

just a quick intro then finish up to get my boys ready for school and then ill be back to respond (course by the time i get back there will be like five more pages to respond to.  YOU ARE AWESOME!!)

Stacie is my name.  Tri'in' is my game.  I came to tris quite by accident - developed a mortons neuroma from all the running i was doing - so in the time i had to take off running, i picked up cycling and swimming.  SO GLAD I DID.  i had a feeling when i started running that i would LOVE Tris and turns out i do. 

it'd be my HAPPY PLACE. 

i did my first mini last SUNDAY and had a BLAST im totally hooked.  never goin' back to runnin exclusively.  no way no how.

im a reluctant stay at home mom of three boys Garrett (12), Mitchell (9) and Carson (7)  i live in a suburb just north of Pittsburgh w my dear husband, said children, and our bogelen terrier (beagle/boston terrier mix) Juniper the Wonder Dog.

though im reluctant to be at home full time (i have a Masters in Professional Counseling, shhhh.  dont tell anyone they get all weird around me when i do) it does afford me lots and lots of freedom/time to do what i wanna do when i wanna do it. 
my dh is a gem and puts up with ALL my tri'ing shenanigans.  [he even asked me to do the run leg with him on the Adventure Tri here in PGH, wasnt that sweet of him??  he doesnt know i cant run fast, he just knows i can run far.  teee heeee]

im looking forward to my first full Sprint Tri May 17th.  im running a 10K marathon relay leg in the Pittsburgh Marathon this Sunday.  and im doing the MS150 the first weekend in June.

the summer will be 'quieter' as far as racing and trng what w the kids home from school.  im hoping to be totally jonesin'/getting used to/and trying not to fall off my new 'big girl bike' 

and for my obligatory trash talk...

BOYZ, YOUR GOIN' DOWN!!!!

stacieb

Edited by skrtrnr 2009-05-01 7:14 AM

Since it's officially day one, I'll introduce as well, although I know most of you from other teams. I'm Kristin, I'm training for Ironman Wisconsin (19 weeks to go!!!!). It's my second season of tris, I did two sprints and an oly last year and have done an HIM so far this year. May 9 will be the one year anniversary of the first time I ever got in a pool, took a lesson and swam a lap. Learning to swim was the best thing I ever decided to do, it got me into this sport and it's allowing me to do an Ironman.

I haven't set a goal yet, my coach is a little late with my schedule :/. I'm guessing it will be around 18,000y or so, maybe more. I have to wait and see what he has planned for me, hopefully no later than tomorrow. Looking forward to swimming with all of you and shaming those boys!

eeeewwww.  a pool full of boy drool

a seperate pool indeed.

you so silly CAT!

WOOSH.  sounds like a ton of work, Julie.

but at least you get some quality produce outta the deal.  SCRUMPTIOUS.  enjoy some for me, k?

im soooooooo tired of eating substandard suburban grocery store produce - i can wait til our farmers market opens.  soon very soon.  i can still taste the strawberries from last year.  yuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmooooooooo.

ENJOY U SELF, as busy as you gonna be.
stacieb

HI KRISTIN.  to go from swimming one lap to doin' an IROMAN.  in a years time??  woosh.  THATs impressive.

w a swimmer like YOU in our midst, THE BOYS AINT GOT NOTHING ON US!

stacieb

Good morning!

Too many overnight posts to catch up with so I'm gonna just jump back in right here.

I'm Nicole and this is my third year of triathlon. So far I've done all sprints but I'll be finishing out this season with an Oly in September. Biking is my strongest event; swimming used to be my weakest event but I've made huge improvements in the last year and now running is my weakest link.

I got in the pool this morning for 2000m and it felt so good! Now that's how to start off a challenge month right!

This morning was my first pool challenge day...

Magic in the pool! I only just recently linked freestyle laps to do 100's without feeling out of breath or losing my form. I could do many mixed stroke laps, but going all free had been eluding me. Today alone in the pool, my free was feeling well, very comfortable. So I decided I would go for 200 linked free (no stops). Set my timer and was off, got to 200 and felt so good I kept on going. Somehow, I did 1000 all free without stopping!!! I still can not believe it. It did take me 24 minutes, I am slow, but I never felt winded and I never lost my form! I am so happy today! My total for the day is 2000 yds.

Edited by blujay65 2009-05-01 8:41 AM

ATTA GIRL MISS BLUJAY.

thats PHENOMENAL.  1000 all free without stopping.

STANDING-O.

w sessions like THAT the boys are goin' down for sure.

[see what a little competition can do??]

YEAH YOU!!!

stacieb

YOU AINT KIDDING NICOLE.

way to go YOU.

WOO HOOO.
stacieb

Congrats on the breakthrough! It's gonna be a great month for you, I can see it now!

Do we have a spreadsheet yet?

Congrats!!! that is great!

Without dee and her tasers, i have nothing to be scared of the girls.