Todd's Tri Turtles - (Beginners, Sprint, 5K, 10K) - CLOSED (Page 22)

Way to go! Back in November I did an open water swim of 750m in the bay as my first foray into organised events, and had a ball. It was pretty daunting, and half way round I was thinking "why on earth did I sign up for this?", but I finished, really enjoyed it, and now here I am training for triathlons. I even got super keen and thought I could train for this one day:  http://oceanswimsafaris.com/index.php/2012-05-26-06-11-22/bosphorus. OK, a 7km swim is way out of my league but wouldn't that look great on the swim CV?

Originally posted by Hunting Triathlete Ok Turtles, this is not a challenge issued by me, but here it goes: As a Mentor one of the things I am encourged to do is to try and encourage those in my group to explore and utilize all that BT has to offer. So in the spirit of that I would like for everyone to open the Challenge Forum and take a look. This is where you and others can make challenges and / or chose to participate in one. I just signed up to participate in this months challege, which is Pick your Challenge. You challenge yourself to reach a goal for the month is as few as one thing or as many as four. I have chosen Swim, Bike, and Run marks for the month. The goals can be anything from Pounds lost during the month, to walking, to spending time with the family, whatever you want. This challenge and others are to encourage you to reach your goals and they also offer a great way to meet others here on BT and make new friends. Like I said no one has to participate I would just like for everyone to take a look at the challenge forum. Part of the reason is that next month is the Grand Daddy of all Challenges, but I will talk about that later for those of you who don't know what I'm referring to. Thank you as always for everyones contribution and hard work in this group.

Great suggestion, Todd, and I've been over, had a look, and signed up. A bit of extra support and encouragement never goes astray

Going back to this one, Rennay, I'm keen on getting onto a bit more trail running. I run on the forestry tracks locally, and it's so much more enjoyable and varied than running on the road. I haven't tried any organised races yet, though, I think I might work up to them this season.

We get those sorts of idiots around here a lot, too, and it's no fun on a narrow country road when someone deliberately swings close by and blares their horn at you. I think they're too stupid to realise they could actually seriously injure or kill a cyclist doing it....makes you want to get one of those little cameras you see on people's helmets nowadays so you have proof if it ever came to something like that.