GIRLS TEAM THREAD May Swim Challenge (Page 13)

Good morning Jen...have a good swim! go get em girl!

ebshot - 2009-05-01 3:50 AM 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!

Backatcha Erica....have a good swim. oh and you forgot to add that you are an ENERGIZER BUNNY! you know the cute little pink bunny that never stops going and going and going! yup thats you!

ebshot - 2009-05-01 3:55 AM

blujay65 - 2009-05-01 6:53 AM

ebshot - 2009-05-01 5:50 AM 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!

Good morning Erica! Good to be on another challenge with you! Cheers!

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

eeeeeeuuuuuu I love art projects! right now I am doing mosaics with broken pottery...Jen you send me some of your broken stuff..and I will create something cool for you! and you can throw some type of small pottery at for me! I also am making some colorful charm bracelets...various themed...my most recent is triathlon related charms...imagine that!?!

and I am reframing and matting most of my pictures....taking the mats and collaging pics or drawing/painting the mats in various psychadellic type patterns....

I will try and picture some of my art stuff first part of next week...would love to see your stuff!

skrtrnr - 2009-05-01 4:44 AM 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

morning Stacie! congrats on your first race! I guess I missed it in the race reports! sounds like a busy summer....have a good race this weekend! and you are ohhhhhhh so right about the boyz...they will have no idea what hit them!

ME!

by the way is that you on your motorcycle?? at first I thought we were being pulled over! maybe too fast a start on the swim challenge or sumpin!

That has to be the most unpractical swimsuit I have seen, tie on the outside.  The string will tickle your dingle berrys while you swim.  On second thought, that might not be a bad thing after all.  

 Mike

great job JEN!! OFF TO A GREAT START! KIU!

we arent just a tad jealous are we? how bout a lot jealous?

Hey, Jen! Good to be in on another challenge with you!

ebshot - 2009-05-01 5:50 AM 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!

Hi, Erica! 

I think I might too. I was worried the cold-from-hell (TM) would keep me from any workouts for a couple of more days, but despite the snot-filled head still, I finally almost feel like a real person today. A short swim in my spa-like pool may be just the ticket.

Fantabulous! You rock, Jen! And 24 minutes is not slow in my book.

Hi, all. I'm Karen, and I am a challenge addict.

I messed up last month's challenge due to a really bad cold (I never get sick), but I promise that I am ready to rock 'n roll with this one.

I've been doing tris for a little over 5 years. Did my first Ironman last year, and it was one of the best experiences of my life! This year, I am just trying to get faster, and I find so much motivation here on BT.

I love you guys.

^^^^Woo-hoo! Sappy TOPPAGE!

morning all...

I am Julie...I used to race mtn bikes, retired 5 years ago and in late 2007 I lost a family member who was an active BT member and was attempting an IM. I decided to do a tri in her honor and now I am into my second year of racing...and I am hooked! I plan on doing my first OLY this year and maybe the SJ rock n roll marathon at the end of the year. as well as some smaller tris, 1/2 century rides, and some fun runs.

I am just beginning to like to swim and will sometimes need a gentle shove from you to get there! I will usually choose a bike ride or run over a swim! funny how that is

Finally, I work as an Event Specialists....and this weekend is the kick off of our Summer in the City...this afternoon, I will be setting up for a Latin Jazz Orchestra who will perform in the Courthouse Square from 6-8pm. Will head back at the crack of dawn for this weekend's Asian Art Festival...then starting this week (every week during the summer) we hire musicians to perform a few times a week from 11am - 1pm (lunch hours) for people who carry out food or bring a sack lunch to the square....During the evenings we offer a weekly Wednesday nite free Movie Nite (big HUGE BLOW UP SCREEN we set up...and we sell $1 popcorn/candy)  On Thursday evenings we offer free dance classes to the community...salsa, hip hop, line dancing, tango (we have dance schools come out and perform and offer classes/free dance at the end)

I will meet my swim goals!! PROMISE....and in fact Im heading to the pool in the next hour!

LETS GO TEAM!

but not til after your swim! then UNWIND...RELAX!

Hey Karen...you swimming today with us? we have quite a large group of gals going...ya in?