Introduce yourself: Georgians (Page 13)

Name: Dave Wilson

Age: OMG - 50 AG

Hometown: Decatur, GA

City\Town: Stone Mountain, Ga

Favorite Training Places: Stone Mountain Park, Cartersville, Silk Sheets, the "Tucker Ride", Tri Your Best Sunday ride, Mercer Univ pool w/ Stone Mountain Tri Club

Triathlons Completed:St. Anthony's Olympic ('08 -'10), Chattanooga Waterfront Olympic('06 - '09 & counting), Gulf Coast ('08), R&R Half ('08), Lake Logan Olympic ('07 & '08), Hickory Knob Olympic ('06), Augusta 70.3 ('09), countless sprints throughout the Southeast in the last 10 yrs.

Current Goals: 2:35 Olympic at Lake Logan, 5:30 Half at Augusta, Sub 14 @ IM FLA 2011.

Just moved to Warner Robins working for CB&T Bank.  Georgia is a beautiful state and I have jumped in on a group ride all ready at The Bike Store.  Good folks!

Name:  Harold Liles
Age:   45
Hometown:  Raleigh, NC
City\Town:  Warner Robins, Ga
Favorite Training Places:  ATT Trail in Cary, NC ..now, I need to find places here.
Triathlons Completed:  12.  2 HIM, 2 OLY, 8 Sprints
Current Goals:  White Lake HIM May 8th SUB 6 planned.  Ironman Louisville (um, just finish!)  Augusta HIM, Sub 6.

Name: Ailie
Age: 34
Hometown: Atkinson, NH
City\Town: Athens, GA
Favorite Training Places: UGA Ramsey Center, UGA Oconee Forest Trails, places where students don’t hit me :-)
Triathlons Completed: none
Current Goals: finish Tri2Remeber , maybe train for an Oly, drop weight, get healthy, keep myself busy.  Find a damn bike!

Name:  Stuart Gray
Age: 37
Hometown:  Alamosa, Colorado
City\Town: Tucker, GA
Favorite Training Places:  Stone Mountain; Tucker area; Lake Lanier. 
Triathlons Completed: Turtle Crawl Sprint May 2010.
Current Goals: Continue to get in shape; Olympic Tri in Fall 2010; Half Marathon in Fall 2010.

Name: Sue

Age: 39

Hometown: Flint, Michigan

City\Town: Roswell, Georgia

Favorite Training Places: The Chattahoochee River and associated parks along the path, Roswell Area Park, the Silver Comet Trail

Triathlons Completed: 6 total -- all sprint distance  
    1.  2003 -- Danskin women's sprint triathlon -- Austin, Tx
    2.  2004 -- Danskin women's sprint triathlon -- Austin, Tx
    3.  2006 -- Acworth women's sprint triathlon -- Acworth, GA
    4.  2007 -- Iron Girl Sprint Triathlon -- Georgia
    5.  2008 -- Tri 2 Remember Sprint Triathlon -- Georgia
    6.  2009 -- Jekyll Island Turtle Crawl Sprint Triathlon -- Georgia


Current Goals: My first Olympic Triathlon on July 11, 2010 -- The Chattanooga WaterFront Tri

I have been using an old mountain bike with slick tires on it for my bike but I recently upgraded to a road bike -- I LOVE IT!  I still need to buy shoes and clips..... does anyone have any advice for this effort?  I am an experienced biker (commuting and for fun) but I have limited race biking experience.  Also, I'm in the market for a bike computer.... an advice?

My most difficult event is the swimming portion.  I have been working with a swim coach the last year or so to try to overcome some of my open water fears and work on my swimming strategies.  If I finish the 1.5 K swim that will be an enormous accomplishment for me.  I hope to finish in 35 minutes.  For reference, my first tri swim was 750 meters and I finished it in 25 minutes with lots of breaks to freak out in the open water .... I have made some progress (although it has been slooooowwww progress) over the last 7 years. 

I am interested in participating in bike rides and long runs in and around Roswell. 

just 7 weeks to go ..... 

Sue

Yay, lots of new GA folks!  Welcome to BT... it is a great resource and an even better community of athletes. 

Great to "meet" you...

Name: Carsten
Age: 38
Hometown: Copenhagen Denmark
City/Town: Buford GA
Fav Training Place: TBD
Tri's Completed: None
Current Goals: Strengthen Knee (after surgey) and get in better shape.

Name:  Russ
Age:  58
Hometown:  Central Falls, RI
City\Town:  Marietta
Favorite Training Places:  Cochran Shoals and Chattahootchee Trail in Roswell for Running (Race Walking right now), Silver Comet Trail for biking, Red Top Mtn and LA Fitness for swimming
Triathlons Completed:  Callaway Gardens Sprints in 2008 and 2009...missed this year...
Current Goals:  1.  Lose another 50 lbs (lost 25 so far in the last few months)
                          2.  Convert from Race Walking to Jogging, maybe running, at some point in the training process 
                               when I've lost enough weight (knee issues right now)
                          3.  Do an Olympic Tri in 2011 besides a couple of sprints
                          4.  Complete a Half Marathon at Thanksgiving 2010 Jogging / Running (I've completed two Race 
                               Walking in 2009 and 2010)
                          5.  Complete my first Marathon in 2011 (Probably Race Walking, maybe Jogging / Running)

That's enough for now...

Name:Michael Calendine
Age: 36
Hometown: Lawrenceville, GA
Favorite Training Places: Anywhere, but Gwinnett county parks are great!!
Triathlons Completed: My First Tri - Lake Lanier, Tri the Parks Mistletoe
Current Goals: Race at Tri2 Remember Triathlon - Laurel Park inSept, Lake Lanier Island Triathlon in Oct, I want to improve on my bike time, I have been using a MTB for both races, looking to see if road bike or Tri-bike will improve