kenj mentor group - back for another great season! CLOSED (Page 2)

Welcome Jennifer!  Glad to have you with us. 
We will get you through your HIM!  Consistancy is the key and we will all pitch in and get you the training you need to finish your goal!

Sure thing John!! Post when you get an oportunity!

Happy 2013 to you as well!

kenj - 2012-12-29 6:47 AM

CyborgQueen - 2012-12-29 12:21 AM Got a question: those who have done TrainerRoad, what programs should I try? The choices are a bit overwhelming.

I think Robin and maybe Kathleen were talking about Trainer Road a few weeks back, maybe one of those 2 can answer your question.  I haven't looked into Trainer Road yet, but maybe I will once I get through the end of the year!

DJ - I got the ant stick for xmas but haven't set it up yet with the bike and the trainer road subscription.  So can't help yet, but may be bugging you with questions as I get started!  I am interested to see how it syncs with the sufferfest videos (kind of!)

I would like to join this group. I will post Bio later today.

Shawn Richards

Great story, and glad to have you with the group Eddie!  I have heard great things abouit B2B!  We can talk about some plans available to you here on BT if you like, they give you the flexability to work around your schedule, but also gives you some structure to the training you are able to do.

Omahabritt - 2012-12-29 12:35 PM Got room for another? I'd love to join in with you guys! Im up to my ears in company for the holidays, so it might take me a few days to get my full bio up. A little quick info though...My name is Ali, I'm 41 from Omaha, NE. My big race last year was HIM Kansas, & my A race this year is IM Wisconsin (my 1st). I was in a mentor group last spring & loved it, hoping to have a similar experience this time (but no pressure! ).

Absolutely Ali!  Always nice to have an experienced participants from other groups, gives us some different perspectives.  I think we will have at least one or 2 other IMWI members from my last year groups so you should have some other people on similar training schedules!

Post your bio when you get free!

Great Shawn!  Looking forward to it!

Hello, I would like to join this mentor group.

NAME: Dwayne Wheeler

WHEN CAN YOU START: I can start right away.

FOCUS: I would like to focus on HIM or IM distance. I will also be doing Olympic distances as well.

STORY: I am 44 years old and I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. In 2008 I cycled across Canada self supported. At the same time my wife developed a crack cocaine addiction and my 18 year relationship/marriage fell apart. After a couple of years of doing nothing besides losing our house and cars and my love of my life I decided I needed something to help me recover, mentally, and physically. I took up triathlon. I come from a cycling background. I commute by bike to work from March until November most years. I put on 5,000 km or so each year on the bike. I had never ran before and I definitely had never swam. I am 5' 6" tall and at the time weighed 140lbs. In 2012 I ended up doing 5 Olympic distance triathlons, 1 half ironman distance triathlon and 3 half marathons, plus numerous mountain bike races and a 40km mtb race and a 66 km mtb race. In race shape I am at 130 lbs. My olympic distance times are around 2:45, my half IM time was 6:18 and my half marathon times are averaging 1:35.

FAMILY STATUS: I am single, and have no children. I have a great job in a laboratory where I run an ICP-MS. I only work 7 hours a day and get 6 weeks of holidays so I have plenty of time to train.

CURRENT TRAINING: I have joined a local tri club here in Winnipeg, Tribalistic Triathlon Club. I have also hired a personal coach. My current routine is : Monday: master swim class 1 hour in the  morning, 1.5 hours indoor cycling with club in the evening. Tuesday: is long run day, outside. Wednesday: masters swim class 1 hour in the morning. Thursday: 1.5 hours indoor track session after work. Friday: masters swim class 1 hour in the morning, curling after work. Saturday: 1.5-2.0 hours indoor cycling with club and brick run work out. Sunday: Hockey. I also squeeze in some x-country skiing and snow-shoeing when I can.

2013 RACES:  I have 2 goal (A) races this year. First is a half ironman in the first weekend in July in Morden, MB. And the second is Ironman Wisconsin on September 8th. I will also be doing upto 5 half marathons and maybe a full marathon (Fargo, May 18th) to qualify for Boston (if my coach allows me to). I also want to squeeze in a few mtb races and a few olympic distance tris as well.

WEIGHT LOSS:  I am not looking to drop any weight. I am already at 130lbs, I don't want to go much lower than that.

I am looking forward to the mentoring and the comraderie.

Glad you found a healthy outlet Dwayne!  Glad to have you part of the group! 

Your run pace for the HM is very good!  It is also nice that the club has that many weekly group training rides!  I will hit up some spin classes just to get out of the basement and amongst other people!

I used to play hockey, and when I got heavy and decided I was falling behind my team mates so I took up the running and cycling. Funny thing is once I found triathlon I couldn't seem to make time to play hockey any more.  I will still say though that I am better on top of frozen water than I am in it, but gaining there too!

Again, welcome to the group!

You have a good approach and a healthy build towards the longer distance. I did Disney in 2010 and absolutely loved the course!  It could have been a little warmer, even for this northerner, but running through the parks makes it a lot of fun!

Thanks for the bio!

Room for 1 more? I was reading through the different mentor groups and I saw there are a bunch of florida racers here and at least 1 IM Wisconsin racer. Sounds like a fun group!  

Short Bio: I'm a New Yorker who now calls FL home.  I am fortunate to work for a company that encourages its employees to be fit and active.  My drug of choice is triathlons and yoga.  I was a swimmer through college and since then I've been doing triathlons for about 10 years.  Mostly sprints and oly with a few 70.3s.  2012 was a running year for me.  I focused on getting faster at 13.1s and trained for NYCM ( :-( ).  I also threw in some with some fun sprints and 2 olys.  I live on the beach and there is a short tri almost every weekend.  For 2013 I have the Disney Goofy/Dopey challenge in 2 weeks, a half every weekend in February, St. Anthony's in April, FL 70.3 in May and IM Wisconsin (my 1st) in September!

Will follow up with longer bio soon.

Welcome to one of the smarter NY'ers! (you left! )!

Sounds like you have a great season ahead of you with some great races lined up!  There are 2 of us in the group, you'll make 3 doing FL 70.3 and at least 3 or 4, I'll have to go back and count, doing IMWI! 

Looking forward to having you as part of the group and reading your full bio!

Plenty of room Diane!  Post your bio and welcome to the group!!

Hi guys!  I want in too.  Can I, can I? Name is Scott Richardson.  My friends call me the Iceman.   I live in Normal, Il., but it

is the only "normal" thing about me.  My career background is as a newspaper writer for 32 years.  Retired with a buyout

at a suffering paper in March.  I am working part-time to challenge the brain as a judge's clerk at the same courthouse I covered for about 15 years of

my career. Other parts were filled with feature writing and as an outdoor writer.  I had an outdoor, adventure,

travel section which covered everything done outside with no roof (other than caving).  Among topics, triathlon. I still

write for magazines, mostly about fishing. I took the International Triathlete Coaching Asso., coaching course in 2012 so I

got that going for me.

Many of you know my athletic background for previous mentor groups so to avoid boredom, you can skip the rest.

For the new friends in the crowd, I weighed about 400 pounds as much as I can figure in 2005.  I had a 50 inch waist. 

I was 54, and I was dying.  I started riding a bike after the local bike club approached me about a story.  Hybrid first

with a heavy rear wheel to stop breaking spokes.  I wore T shirts and blue jeans and rode that hybrid on group rides and

rode it alone.  The pounds dropped off until I was low enough to go to a doctor for a long overdue physical in mid-2006. 

He found cancer. So the bike saved my life because fat people don't go to doctors. 

If I hadn't lost the weight enough to feel good about myself, I would be dead.  I was riding 7,000 to 8,000 miles a year. 

In 2007,  I rode a Giant TCRc1 to race in triathlon relay teams. I felt bad going by people still wet from the swim.  I knew

I hadn't really paid my dues.  I loved the people a lot!  In 2008, more relays until I decided to see if I remembered how

to swim from my high school swim team days and started a coach to 5K program to see if my legs would hold up.

First sprint and olys in 2009, first HIM in 2010 and I finished IM Moo in 2011 two weeks shy of 60. Found out later I had

another tumor while I raced (and a hernia, but never sweat the small stuff).  Lost two feet of colon the last time.   I did

IM Branson 70.3 in 2012 and signed up for IM Moo again in 2013.  Seemed like a good idea at the time.

I know I will get help from you all and if I can help you guys doing it for the first time, let me know.  IronMan is the most

incredible experience in your life.  It is a life changer.

Have fun in 2013.  We are luckier than the elites who have to make money and keep sponsors happy.  We get to

do this for the love of the sport.  And I do love it.

(I usually log atTrainingPeaksbut I'll try to start here again too.  If you can't view it, let me know.  I think it

should be set to open for anyone.  

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