BamaDC's Mentor Group v3.0 - CLOSED (Page 3)

titeloops - 2010-12-29 5:22 AM

Gaarryy - 2010-12-28 10:13 PM

BamaDC - 2010-12-28 7:09 PM

Gaarryy - 2010-12-28 8:44 AM Can i join??

2011 is the year of my comeback.    Sick and injured for a while

What's going on Gary.  It's been awhile.  Hope you've gotten over your health issues.

 thanks big guy

At the end of June I was pretty much cleared to start going again with lots of blood work every two weeks for apx 2months to be sure.   So once I got going again, I ended crashing while mountain biking in Colorado breaking three ribs and two bones in my hand.   I lost about a 1/3 of my joint for my pinky on the left as part of one of the breaks. so it's funny watching that hand as I swim you can see that finger going backward since I don't have the strength to hold it there yet.

I've got an IM in 20 weeks so I'm slowly wrapping my head around just making the cut off time

What IM?

the new IM texas.   I"ve watched my goal finish time get pushed back every month

now I'm thinking to just experiment and see how little training I can do and still make 17hrs.   Hopefully some sane people will talk me out of that idea

Is it too late to join this group?  I'm not an RD, so I can't help out there.  In fact, even though I've been doing this for a few years I'm still very much a beginner.  But I am a woman, so if you are still looking for some more estrogen...

Totally forgot the whole introduce one self bit

Screen name Gaarryy  = real name Garry
age 44..
doing tri's since 2005.   ran a few 1/2 and full marathons before starting triathlons.
Have done all distances except for a legit Olympic oddly enough.. there is a local race that I've done a few times that has all Olympic distances but the swim is 1500 yards not meters and then they cut it short. They litereally tell you that in the pre race briefing.. "don't freak out about the swim, it's 100-150yards short"
Been on BT??  a while

Starting feeling crappy in spring of 2009, went to the doctor and didn't take stuff too seriously. after a while doing the cycle of training, feeling crap -like, taking a break, dediced to get more test.. yada, yada, yada....  started training again this summer and after a month, just running and taking cross fit class, ended up breaking ribs and hand in a bike wreck..  

So I'm a truly just getting back into things and need some sort of accountablity.  

Come on Cavendish, get back on the bike!

Hey everyone!  Our beaches are great -- come visit!  This summer we had a little problem with the oil spill, but nothing like what the media made it out to be. 

A little bit about me -- I did my first tri about 3 1/2 years ago, my first (and only!) HIM a year and a half ago, and that was my last triathlon.  A little over a year ago I was in a minor car accident, but it messed up my knee.  In Feb I had microfracture surgery to repair my "OCD" (and no, it's not the behavioral OCD, haha).  The recovery was really a pain, including a month of non-weight bearing, not something I want to repeat.  But in June I was finally allowed to start running (my first love!) and biking, and I've spent this summer and fall building up my base again.  I ran a half marathon back in November, and have another one a week from Saturday (Disney).  I'm not back up to my previous speed, but that's something I plan to work on this year.  I may start small again with triathlons, and only do sprints or maybe an Oly.  I have nothing in the plan except for some running races.

Oh yeah, I've been married to my very supportive husband for 26 years and I'm an "old" lady -- 53.  But in the recent past I've been a competitive runner (at least locally) for my age, and am going to work on getting it back!