JeepFleeb's mentor group - FULL (Page 2)

NAME: JTchiefs / John

STORY: I'm in the US Army.  While in Iraq, I got bored with just my normal physical training every morning and felt like I needed something to motivate me again.  I started training the last three months of my tour, but fell off the regimen, because of some marital issues that came up when I got back.  I started training again in Jan/Feb, which has kind of been my therapy to take my mind off things.  I am really motivated and love the training and look forward to it everyday.  I come from an athletic background of sports and running, but fell away from some of it for a while.

FAMILY STATUS: Married, with 3 boys (5, 2, 1) and 1 girl (3). 

CURRENT TRAINING: I'm not currently working off of any plan.

LAST YEAR'S RACES: I didn't race last year.

2009 RACES: 
- Velburg 5K Osterlauf  24'36"
- Sulzbach-Rosenberg Duathlon
- Velburg City Duathlon
- Globus Steinberger See Triathlon
- Sparkassen Bike & Run
- Weiden City Crossduathlon (XTERRA)
-???

WEIGHTLOSS: Maintain current weight 5'10" @ 165 lbs

WHAT AM I LOOKING FOR IN A MENTOR:  I would like someone to help steer me in the right direction for improving speed and adding much longer distances.  I have goals of Ironman Germany 70.3 in 2010, Ironman Germany 2011, and running a half marathon as well as a full marathon.  It would also help to meet for tri oriented people as there aren't too many other Americans where I live here in Germany

Hey Scott ~ nice to see a friendly face!

Ada ~ We are on Oahu.  It's cool being here but I'm anxious to get back to the Mainland and closer to family which won't be for another 2 years.  Are you from here?

Aaron ~ You mentioned leaving the nitty gritty to our blogs...does that mean you would prefer we not chit chat on here as I can be quite the chatterbox and don't want to annoy the crap out of you!
As for your comment about the HR ~ I was a bit confused but then again, that's not hard to do.  The spike you were referring to, is that just from starting to run at a "comfortable hard" pace, as you put it?  Basically starting slow then settling into your race pace?  (Am I making sense now?)

Hope you still have room!

NAME: Bob/willie05

STORY: I live in Pittsburgh and am 42.  I'm now in my 3rd years of training and doing triathlons.  At the start of 2007, I couldn't believe how badly I was out of shape, so I decided to get serious about losing weight.  Pretty soon I remembered that I always wanted to race in a triathlon.  I always liked to swim and ride bikes, I had a mountain bike that I won at work, but I never liked to run.   So I started going to the gym using the Beginner Exercise program on BT.  That got me in a good habit of training and building up my base.  By the time it warmed up, I was itching to get out, and had a great time training and then doing two sprint tri's that year.  I also went from 210 to 165 lbs. 

Going into 2008, my mistake was that I figured I knew what I was doing and put it into cruise control.  I never got the speed back that I had in 2007 and put on weight even as I was training.  I got a tri-bike, and did 2 olympics and 1 sprint, but my results weren't nearly as good as I was expecting.

FAMILY STATUS: I've been married for 13 years, and we have two daughters who are 11 and 8. 

CURRENT TRAINING: I'm running a half marathon in just over two weeks, so I've tried to concentrate on my running - both for this race and to jumpstart my training for the rest of the year.  I felt that my running really let me down last year, so this race is a way of keeping me focused.

LAST YEAR'S RACES:  Did two Olympics, and one Sprint.  Biggest mistake with the first race - Morgantown Olympic - was only getting my tri-bike about a week before the race.  I messed up the aero bottle, and ended up losing half the drink.  I also wasn't really prepared for the 10k, and struggled on the hills the last mile or so.   Then did the Pittsburgh Olympic 4 weeks later.  I was way more prepared for that.  But then not even 30 secs into the bike, I rounded a corner and crashed right into a guy standing there with his bike!   Lost all my drink and a gel.  I was okay, but half the gears on the bike were gone.  By the time the run came, I was struggling from being low on nutrition and just took it easy.  Finally did a sprint in Akron with no mishaps except for a sore hamstring that I injured a couple weeks before.  It was tough watching everyone run right by me...

2009 RACES:
Pittsburgh 1/2 Marathon in May
Sprint Tri in June outside Pgh
Pittsburgh Olympic
Akron Sprint
Savageman HIM 

WEIGHTLOSS: I've climbed back up to 190, so I need to get that back off - and now!

WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IN A MENTOR:  As much as I love the training, I've struggled keeping the motivation up - especially in the winter.  Any advice there will help!  This will be my first year going up to the HIM distance, so I'll need guidance there.  I'm hoping to use this year to train to get to that distance, then next year improve on my time in an HIM.

Holy Crap, 15...awesome. I might have to go all spring cleaning on my buddy list.....

Yes, I carry gels on longer runs, 'cause I'm borderline athena, and will feel bonky after an hour.

okay, so how do i put this fantabulous chart into my training blog?

I haz not the skillz either.