June Battle of the Triathlon Sports Challenge (Page 3)

CRUSH CRUSH CRUSH - GOODBYE SWIMMERS AND RUNNERS!

Hey bikers, I got out to ride tonight, keeping it a light pace.  In fact.....it was barely a Z2 ride.

I changed my goal from 250 miles to 12 hours because my legs are kind of quirky again and I don't want to jinx things or cause an issue pushing for a mileage goal.

I've got the same issue at the present, my direct manager is a twit.  Thankfully I'm in a dotted line relationship with another manager who I have considered as a referee.  However to play it safe I have gotten a former GM I worked really well with to be my referee, he's only been gone from the current org for 3 months, however I would have still used him if he was still here.  Might take a bit of thinking outside the square, but you will get there. 

If the recruiters are any good, they will realise people take jobs because of the organisation, but leave them because of the manager in most circumstances.

So my physio says I can try a short and flat run this evening - happy days

Also, going to go on my first ever group ride tomorrow so hope the group are nice to me! I love riding on my own but I figure for longer rides it would be nice to have the option to ride with others occasionally....

Deevil, you are so smart.

TR--{{MELON PRESS}} all the best.

Well Crushers......I'm going swimming tonight in that big old James River.....if they don't fish my keester out that is!

I haven't been in the river since last summer.

I'll join the swim team.  My goal is to swim 5 miles.

On another note, how do I go about updating my profile stiff.  I've spent the last 10 minutes looking over the site to try and figure it out with no luck!

ok, got my news from the specialist, not what I wanted to hear at all but based on that, I will join the bike team this month.

I've managed to do a slight tear in my other achilles, so that's a slight tear in my left one last October, and now a slight tear in my right one.  I can do gentle walking, swim breastroke and easy riding (ie no standing up to pedal) this time so bike it is.  Stupidest thing is I did this one while walking backwards 2 steps.  Oh well, at least it isn't 3 months of doing nothing again like last time.

by the way, swam a mile yesterday.  I'll have to update the spreadsheet later.  Can't get to it at work.

Nice swim! Great to see you here!

Swim team:

https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?hl=en_US&key=trJUIZK0b0S8Mlzw-aaSDiw&hl=en_US#gid=0

Bike team:

https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?hl=en_US&key=tt-XNFe8JzxFGJbYg2ukg6w&hl=en_US#gid=0

Run team:

https://spreadsheets2.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?hl=en_US&key=taIwlZ5CrXxXauRga7k-yDQ&hl=en_US#gid=0

Good luck!!

Thanks all for the positive feedback on my supervisory reference issue ...

The deal is that I work for the City, specifically the Police Service, and it is City mandate for supervisors to NOT give references for past employees ... it is *supposed* to be easy to move laterally and to apply for promotions, supervisors are supposed to support qualified employees moving on and up - however MY supervisor is, unfortunately, a small mean-spirited spiteful woman ... she's worked there 20+ years with virtually no change, and doesn't like people like myself who challenge or threaten her. (As an aside, this particular position is "Team Leader" - NOT a supervisor - my Section is set up weird it's a long story...)

I've contacted a past supervisor from another Section (I've been with the Service a long time!) but she can only provide a personal reference ... City policy - current employee applying for a promotion (which this is for me) means contact with their current and immediate "supervisor".

Sigh.

When HR calls to say they're doing the reference checks - I'm going to explain the situation tactfully and professionally ... just say that I have some privacy concerns about them contacting my Team Lead and would they mind instead contacting the Section Manager?

Also as an aside - my Team Lead has a terrible reputation in the Service as she cheated on her husband, a cop, with several other cops including high-ranking management .. it broke up their marriage and she's well known in a negative way as it was quite the blow-up - people actually got demoted because of their "indiscretions". So ... hopefully that common gossip will be enough to support my request to HR to contact someone else ...

Sigh.

It'll work out the way it was supposed to, right?!

I have chronic Achilles issues - I feel your pain! Take care of yourself, rest and heal up right.

WOOT WOOT! SWIMMY SWIM SWIM!

We're going to CRUSH you bikers and runners.