Sesh's Group - FULL! (Page 2)

mulkman - 2008-12-17 12:56 PM

Bill,

If there is still room, I would like to join the group!

I'm 34 and married with two boys  (ages 1 and 4).  The beginning of this year I signed up for a 10K to FORCE myself to get in shape and stop the downward spiral of AGING.  I loved the race atmosphere.  I then signed up for a sprint tri, started swimming and bought a TT bike, and got hooked.  This year I've done 2 tris 3 dus and a 10K (hurricanes cancelled 2 tris and a du)

I'm currently on the BT HIM plan training for the New Orleans 70.3 (it's in my backyard so I had to sign up)   I just want to prove to myself I can finish it.

All 3 diciplines are SLOW and need work... Like 53epilot I too would like to have some accountability with my training (the daylight savings stuff is killing me).  I love to "race" and train and plan on doing this from here on out.

kirih - 2008-12-17 1:00 PM

Hi all, I would love to join in, here are some deets:

Name: Kiri

Family: 1 partner, 2 cats, 6 bicycles, no car

Current Training: 3x balanced sprint/oly home-made base building.

Goals:
1. Finish 3 sprints and 1 oly for my first season
2. Lose more weight, 16 pounds so far
3. Have fun
4. Run!

I just got off the couch (basically) 4 months ago - something needed to change - and started this adventure. I am a terrible runner, still working on the couch to 5k. Never been a runner, never wanted to be a runner, but am growing to really enjoy it. I can bicycle and swim forever so for both of those I just need to improve fitness, and get faster.  I am pretty good at sticking to my schedule but always find it hard to motivate to do strength and core. I can use all the advice, wisdom, knowledge, HTFU's I can get... Oh and I'm interested in building my own tri bike this spring, so can use some encouragement on that front as well.

Matt237 - 2008-12-17 1:02 PM

Name:  Matt

Story:   38 years old and I am a brand new triathlete.  I found BT the end of August 08 and committed myself to getting my health back.  First week of September 08 I blew my knee up in a pickup game of basketball and had surgery 2 days later.  The injury just made me mad and more focused.  I am not going to let this stop me.  So I am hoping to use your experience of recovery to help me with mine.

Family: Married for 17 years, 2 daughters (12,9) and a female cat.  I too seek some extra testosterone!

Goals:  I want to complete 2 sprints this summer.  I am cleared to run but haven't yet.  I have been doing alot of swimming, rehabbing the knee and riding the bike trainer.

 

sesh - 2008-12-17 10:59 AM

Of course you can, Mel. You gotta catch me up, too, since I've been an absent Nibb lately.

sesh - 2008-12-17 11:07 AM

Good to have you, kiri.

Sesh says HTFU. That has actually been written on someone's arm in a marathon before!

mchally - 2008-12-17 1:12 PM

My word for the day...Nibbleteer. 

Having just gotten married, you are expected to disappear for a while. 

mchally - 2008-12-17 1:17 PM Sesh...Do we get to have a hammerhead shark as the background for our table???

sdalessio - 2008-12-17 1:25 PM Thanks for the post - my husband had sent that to me yesterday so I hope to use some of those mental images next time I am in the pool. I use another site for my nutritional stuff and have been very good about keeping up w/ it - holiday cookies and all. I do use the BT site for the training log and plan on starting the Beginner 1/2 Ironman RPE plan on Jan. 19. Thanks for mentoring and excited to be part of the group!

sesh - 2008-12-17 11:18 AM

Did you have to ask? It'll be coming after several botched attempts until I finally accidentally get it right or have someone else do it for me.

BeginnerMan - 2008-12-17 1:26 PM awww yeaaaaaa let's do this. Thanks Sesh! BTW-i was the one who PMed you about your experience with the nashbar fluid should be on it's way in a few days to my house. SD- i was looking at the beginner 1/2 iron plan as well!!!! i would be starting mine later tho, after my current plan ends-so right around April 1st. we will have to talk and see how your liking it.....

mchally - 2008-12-17 1:32 PM

You didn't hear???

HTML is one of my favorite things to do when I should be working on something else....I made the holiday knocker table.   

sesh - 2008-12-17 10:57 AM I know how you feel, Daniel.  I passed a grand total of zero people in my tris this year.  I'm always in the first wave and one of the first few out of the water.  Then I get to look at all the awesome bikes go past me and have the runners that pass me ask if I'm ok or need help.  It looks like you can help me make sure Samantha loves to swim by the time we are all done here.

sesh - 2008-12-17 2:16 PM

Second of all, I noticed some bike maintence mentions and Kiri even wants to build one (AWESOME!).  Pick up a copy of Zinn and the Art of Triatlon Bikes or Zinn and the Art of Road Bikes.  I built a tri bike using this book alone and it is full of really good info, explanations, and best of all... pictures.

serendipity - 2008-12-17 1:44 PM

Will it tell me how to change a tire?  I don't know what I'm going to do if I get a flat during a race and can't just yell "Honey, this tire thingy is broken.  Can you fix it for me?" 

(Yes, we are starting from scratch with bike maintenance here!)

mulkman - 2008-12-17 11:51 AM

Daniel,

Don't you hate to hear that whoosh whoosh of those nice disk wheels fly by you when you are putting all of the effort you can?? 

danielc - 2008-12-17 11:59 AM

Sure do but at least I don't have to listen to it for long - they seem to be out of hearing range pretty quickly .

It's good motivation to get better though...

 

 

mchally - 2008-12-17 12:24 PM Hey, I just realized you're in Seattle too.  very neat-we will probably bump into each other a time or too.