Lora's Girls Group of Beginners - CLOSED (Page 2)

Name
rachlong / Rachel

Story
I turn 40 in Octoer of this year and my gift to myself is that I want to train to complete 3 sprint distance triathlons this year.  My fitness level has gone up and down in the last 20 years but the last 3 years have been getting steadily better.  I really hit bottom during grad school and was ready to get out the sitting-rut upon graduation.  Fortunately at the time I had a great friend who counted on me to be her get-moving buddy.  She would sign us up for things and I would promise to go with her.  She's since moved so I am working on motivating on my own now.  I have a pretty flexible job and can usually work in the training around my work hours, although it can get tough when new projects roll in all at once.

Family Status
Married with a 3 year-old golden retriever.  We also have a loaner cat at the moment.

Current Training
I started working with a personal trainer 3 years ago and have steadily been getting more fit.  For Christmas last year my boss gave me an iTouch and on a whim, I decided to try the Couch to 5K program.  I've always hated running due to childhood asthma.  I'm now working on the bridge to 10K and just love getting out and getting the run in.  I am currently running 2-3 days a week and do strength training a couple of days a week.  I am addicted to my bikram yoga class on Saturdays.  I used to swim competitively and am looking foward to getting back in the water.  I'll start working on that this week.  The biking is the one that makes me anxious.  When I get out on the trails here in the Denver area, I swear I am the slowest person out there and it's frustrating.  I'm going to need a less clunky bike.  The other challenging thing is that we have a 3-week trip abroad in May and I need to figure out how I can keep up on my training while we are on vacation.

2011 Races
8/7/11 - Tri for the Cure, Denver - this is the main one I have targeted so far

Weight Loss
Ugh.  I lost 40 pounds after grad school but have slowly been gaining again.  I'm trying to drop at least the 10 I gained back last year.

If you still have room, I would love to join your group!

When can I start being mentored?
I can begin immediately. Please, lol!

Namejpenn815/Jina

Story
Hi, I want to do my first triathlon because I am ready to reclaim my health and strength and I want to see myself as powerful again.  That sounds a bit mellow dramatic, but I have done some amazingly brave things in my life, and as I have gotten older, and much happier, I seem to have softened to the point where I have lost some of that UMPH!  I want to reconnect with that inner warrior and give her something positive to accomplish.

I am married to a triathlete, who moved into that sport from distance running.  We have a number of friends doing tri's as well and all last summer I watched as they went off on their runs and bikes, and felt like I would never be able to do that.  I have realized the biggest thing holding me back is I don't like to look foolish and I don't like to be a beginner.  I was in a car accident last May and I have such intense soft tissue damage in my back that it is causing mild scoliosis. So, now I need to decide if I am going to "manage pain" the rest of my life, or work through the pain and reclaim my health.

So, for the New Year, I signed up for a sprint tri June 5th, bought a wet suit on deep discount 2 sizes smaller than I am now, and joined this site as a gold member and designed my training plan.  Now, I think a mentor and support would be a great addition.

Family Status
Married, 3 adult kids and 1 adult stepson, two old lady dogs.

Current Training
I am starting from scratch.  run and swim 2x a week and bike 3 times.  I did the custom design program on here, and have added my physical therapy exercises, gyrotonics and strength training.  I am already whining because of the increase in headaches, but that is going to happen for a while until my body becomes stronger.

This Year’s Races
6/5/11 Buffalo Triathlon - REGISTERED
9/10/11 Square Lake Tri- REGISTERED

Weight Loss
I need to lose 30-45 pounds to be back to my healthy weight.  I am not making this my main priority, but it should happen naturally if I train and track my nutrician.

Name
mquevedo/ Marie

Story
I'll be 38 in March.  I have complete one sprint triathlon almost two years ago with the help of a mentoring group under a different username.  I couldn't remember what it was so I had to create a new one.  The year I completed the triathlon I also trained for a marathon.  My husband and I got all the way to a half marathon and life got in the way.  I have run on and off, but not consistantly.  I'm a professional photographer.  When the studio gets busy, I stop training because it consumes me.  I have this crazy gene in me that once I can run three miles or swim 100 meters that makes me want to Ironman.  It's on my bucket list of things that must happen before I turn 40. tick tick tick.

Family Status
Married with one ten year old daughter

Current Training
ha ha ha ha.  I've been running sporadically and the most I have run without stopping is two miles.  Most of my workouts have consisted of a run/walk approach.  I just wanted to stay outside.

2011 Races
Haven't registered for one yet.  But looking at one in April.

Weight Loss
I could stand to lose 10-15 pounds. 

Thanks for giving back and being a mentor.  I can't wait to get to know everyone on this group.

Hi Lora,

I loved your blog post about New Year’s. I could care less about it as well. I awoke around 12:20 a.m. said happy New Year to myself and promptly went back to sleep. I also loved the post about the pale green monster; that was just great and thanks for sharing. I’m technically not a first timer but I am still a newbie. If the group and you will have me, I’m in.

Name
Njsole/xandra

Story
I have been physically active in one form or another since my 20’s (now closing in on mid-40’s). I was into running for a bit when I was a teen, did a few races then forgot all about it. The real reason I got into Triathlon is that I was celebrating 5 yrs of being a colon cancer survivor and figured what better way then to go big and TRI. I didn’t start out thinking about tri’s; I just wanted to run some 5k’s, maybe a 10k. Then I saw the word Triathlon pop up here and there and it got me to thinking. When I found out about sprint distances I said to myself, why not! In July I completed the NJ state (sprint dist) triathlon. I trained on my own loosely using one of the BT training programs. My running was already decent so I concentrated on just being able to do the distances in the swim and bike. I was also dealing with a knee injury at the time.

I really would like to do some more sprint distance races this year, maybe 3. I wish I could say I was ready for an oly but my schedule does not allow for that kind of training time and I really need to build a good base. So this year’s goal is to build, build, build and remain injury free. I have loosely committed to running a half marathon relay in May and shook on the Disney half marathon for 2012. What I hope to get from this group is accountability, support and inspiration (and maybe a little help with my own green monsters). I do well when I have a goal and am accountable for my training.

Family  - Married (not by fed./state law), one pre-schooler, one dog, two cats and two fish.

Current Training
I’m trying to get back into something consistent. I’m using the 2x balanced sprint training program from this site, though have not been successful yet at getting all the training in.

2010 Races
6/10 - Run for Dad 5k
7/10 – NJ State Sprint Tri
9/10 – Century for the Cure (40 mile leg)
10/10 – Asbury Park Marathon Relay (one leg, aprox 3.2 mi)
10/10 – Monster Dash 5k (in costume, giant pumpkin over my head)

Weight Loss
I’m a good, healthy weight but would prefer for my ‘round the middle’ tire to go back to road bike size rather then the hybrid size it is now. I believe this will happen when I get serious with training.

So if it’s ok to join, I look forward to learning about all of you. I have to look into opening up my logs; will do that a little later.

-x

Current Training
I have been doing spin classes and elliptical at the YMCA and started CrossFit once a week last November.

So I guess this is the group. Hi everyone.