The Ghoulie Mentor Group - Full (Page 2)

Hello all new-comers to the ghoulie clan! Yes onevette you can be apart of our group!! (Im making the executive decision...haha)

Hi I'm Melissa...22 from Edmonton, AB...Finishing off 1st year of medical school here at UofA...moving to Victoria, BC for the summer to do research in renal physiology and to train for TRI!!! Muhahahah...I have lots of races planned...including a HI in Calgary in August and a marathon in San Fran in October.

Again..welcome! This is just a drive by...currently studying for a final on fri...wooo pulmonary med!

what's toppage??

There is room for 20 posts on a page...when you hit 21 it moves to the next page, and you are on top of that page! Then you get to claim top of the page! =toppage!

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Welcome, welcome.
Tell us about yourself.

Is there room for one more in the group for a newbie from Michigan.    Have done a 10 week indoor training program which just ended. Ready to start an outdoor program

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Thanks Bill  
   Well not much to say. Looking for a better bike than my mountain bike with road tires.  I am currently taking a swimming class to improve my swimming. Last biking trip was Sunday at 2 hours of high wind and hills.  Monday was swimming for an hour.  Yesterday was running 2.5 miles  and tonight its swimming class.

Both of my sisters and one brother are MDs.  Let me just say...............  400 yrs of school=Your all freaking nuts!!!!!!!! 
Other bro speaks 9 languages and has 3 phds.  Needless to say.......... Im the blacksheep!

Ryan, FWIW about the ITB thing...my PT recommended my husband take a rolling pin to my outer thigh and roll out the tension... it helped with some of the pain, and comments about the rolling pin by the bed were fun for a while, until I started displaying a lovely bruise pattern from hip to knee. Sucked it up & sprang for a nice fat foam roller at the running store, and have been pain-free and bruise free (if you don't count the pedal-related falls over the last week) since.
Marla

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Have you all ever heard of, or been recommended to use a foam roller? It does the same thing as the rolling pin but without the bruising. They are actually a piece of tubular foam about 6 inches wide and 2 feet or so long. You use your body weight to roll out all sorts of body maladies. I just recently purchased one at Target of all places. Came with a dvd showing how to work different muscles from arms, legs and back.

I too am calling it a day. I will check with everyone tomorrow. So glad to meet you all.

I would like to join if you are still accepting mentees.

Thanks,

Mike

Wondering if there is still room in this group?  My first tri is at the end of May and I still have LOTS of questions.

Thanks,

Tania

YES!  A physical therapist friend of mine show the hub and I some exercises using one of those.  Very therapeutic!

Tania

Edited by waltontl 2010-04-07 4:54 PM

Welcome!

Welcome Mike!

Thanks!  I'll add my story after I get back from a business dinner.

Good evening everyone!

Looks like it's been a busy evening.

For those of you who have asked, yes we still have room. Come on in and tell us a bit about yourselves.

I just got back from a 21 mile bike ride not too long ago. It was a little windy, but I'm glad I went out.

I am in the panhandle in Panama City.  My husband has family in Sarasota, and it is really nice there.  I love the Tampa area and would like to move there someday!

Name: Mike

Story: Been a casual runner and mountain biker for years but never anything consistent.  Last year, a friend talked me in to doing a half marathon.  I hadn't run more than 5 miles in 20 years.  I loosely followed a beginner plan and completed it last April.  Then I decided I should be able to do a Sprint tri by fall.  Well, I had never swam laps before and was in for a rude and humbling awakening at the pool.  I couldn't swim more than a lap without stopping.  Apparently I'm a slow learner because it took me going to the pool 3x a week for about 5 months before I could swim any real distance.  In January, I bought my first road bike and after getting some seat issues out of the way, I'm starting to get some biking in.  I was in a mentor group last session and learned a ton.  BT is just a fantastic web site.

Family Status: Married, 2 kids -18 daughter and 13 son.  2 dogs and a couple cats.

Current training:  Life happens quite often so my training has been flexible. Over the winter I tried to schedule 6-9 work outs a week (2-3 in each sport) and didn't worry about when I only hit 3-6.  Since January I switched to more run focused schedule because I have a 1/2 marathon this Sunday.  So I was trying to run 4x, bike 3x and swim 2x.  I've been traveling the last 4 weeks in a row, so it hasn't happened lately.  Looking back on my logs, I pretty much never get that many work outs in a week.  No wonder I'm slow :-).

This year's races (so far):
St. Louis 1/2 Mary 4/11 - registered
Effingham IL Sprint 5/16 - registered (first tri ever!)
Carlyle IL Sprint 5/23 - registered
Innsbrooke MO Sprint 6/27 - registered
Springfield IL Oly 7/25 - probably
Rest of season unknown 


I'm looking forward to being part of the Ghoulie's!

Edited by ransick 2010-04-07 9:00 PM

Hey, is there room in here for another mentee? I see that Bill Graves is hanging out here so it must be a fun bunch. 

Greetings to all the new Ghoulies and welcome to the Village.  My name is Kim and I've been a Ghoulie (from a prior challenge team) for quite a while now.  I'll be hanging out with you for this session.

Name:  Kim aka NJKim

Story:  Entered my first sprint tri 3 years ago on a bet with a friend.  I grew up riding horses competitvely, was mostly a gym rat after I got out of college, and had a brief flirtation with biking in my 30's.  I found myself pretty out of shape in my 40's and decided to make a change.  I joined an all-women's boot camp.  On the first day we had a fitness test.  First was a 1 mile run, which I mostly walked.  On the push up test, I did 4....and 3 of those were mostly cheating.  But it was a friend I made in that bootcamp that challenged me to try a tri and I was hooked.  I've done about 3 sprints a year since, and last year finished my first OLY and first Half Marathon.

I've also dealt with injuries along the way.  I've had severe plantar fasciitis and have ongoing patello-femoral issues.  I'm learning that strength training and stretching should be an integral part of our training and key in preventing injuries. 

I continue to work on nutrition.  I don't really have any weight loss goals at the moment, although I wouldn't miss 5 lbs.  But that would probably require I give up adult beverages.  That is not going to happen as part of why I train is to enjoy good food and good wine.  Ok, margaritas are good too.

Current Training:  It's heavy on run at the moment as I have a half marathon in less than two weeks.  I usually run 3 or 4 x week, swim 3 x week (1 session is a stroke clinic at my Y) and bike whenever I can find daylight.  I also stretch EVERY day and am working several strength training sessions into my plan.

Family Status:  Single and no kids.  Niece and nephews that I'm very involved with.

This year's races:  Unite HM 4/18, Superhero HM 5/23, Nantucket Sprint 7/10, NJ State OLY 7/25, and looking for a fall Marathon as I didn't get into NYC via the lottery.   I'll probably add at least 1 or 2 more sprints and will do lots of NYRR races in Central Park.

I've participated in several mentor groups and found them to be a great source of information, from everyone who participates.  I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone.