Mad Manatee Mentors 2013: CLOSED (exc/ Pop Tart bribes) (Page 3)

OK, I had a few minutes to revamp my bio:

OK, here is the bio and such:

Screen name - cdban66 I am Chris or Dubsix by some in this group.

STORY: I had been somewhat athletic in High School, playing soccer, beach volleyball and basketball, but that was a long time ago. Marriage, two children, business ownership, and the general busyness of life just got in the way. A few years back I began going to the gym, lifting weights and such. Then, in late July, 2010, we had a family weight loss challenge. In order to lose (BTW, I did win the challenge), I began running. My youngest daughter suggested we run a race at Disney, so I began to prep for that and my oldest sister joined in as well. Before that race had happened, I began looking for more challenge/diversity, since I was enjoying the training. I had a friend who had been in tri’s a while back, he gave me his old bike and it grew from there. Now I am on the Health and Wellness committee at work, head up the work running group, and look forward to any chance to get outside and train.

STATUS: I am a 6’3”, 47 yr old male and I've been married for over 26 years. I have 2 girls, ages 23 and 25. My wife, Ann or TW, is the most wonderful person a man could have in his life and has been very supportive of this addition to my lifestyle.

CURRENT TRAINING: I am currently moving from a run focus to all 3 sports. I have found that I really enjoy trail running, so part of my training is done there every week. More than anything else, this has been about changing to a less sedentary lifestyle.

LAST YEAR: 2012 was a skinny racing, or should I say participating, year. I did a couple of races, but family obligations (there were many) took precedence last year, as they always do. My hope is to see time improvement from last year, especially in the run, and advances in my overall endurance fitness.

2013 RACES: I PR's my HM in March. So I now have a couple of sprints during the summer Oh yeah, my wife and I may do the "Life’s a Beach Triathlon” which is a fun race for the second time. And I intended to volunteer at Rev3 Venice again, as I had a great time doing that this past year. However, a certain Manatee has been riding me about racing this year, so I will probably fo the Oly.

BODY COMP: As I mentioned above, this all started as part of a family weight loss challenge. I started at 240 lbs. At my lowest I had reached 207, which felt low for me. Currently I am about 220, with a goal weight of 210+/- for race season.

I am very interested in health and wellness. I am not the fastest, nor will I ever be. I am supportive, upbeat, and really do want to be a better triathlete. I have questions and will hopefully have answers as well.

Hi Renee you need to type <./.p.>.<.p.> without all of the .s then it will put the paragraph breaks in.

Hi Renee!

A ton of fun, heh. That's a very nice way of putting it glad you're here.

Welp, I'm here cheering you with bells on.

You need more cowbell!

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Welcome Nicol, Lynne, Dawn and Renee!

Welcome back Michael, Chris, Salty, Ann-Marie, Kate, Erin and Stacey!

Happy birthday TJ!  I hope that your 100k ride was awesome!

Me too, me too! Manatees FO LIFE! Woot woot!

NAME: ArielLilB/Brie (I love the Little Mermaid, Ariel is not my name)

STORY: I am a 31 year old woman from north of Boston.  I am a lawyer, but I don't like it.  I like writing and doing graphic design-y stuff, and planning parties.  I also immensely enjoy making spreadsheets for various reasons, including making decisions (new bike, vacation spots, etc.), keeping track of guests, shopping.  Another passion of mine is endurance activities, hence my BT involvement.  I wasn't a runner as a kid, mostly just played softball (well, it was the only sport I was good at) and rode horses (still do).  In college I started kickboxing to stay fit.  In law school I didn't do much of anything, occasional cardio sessions at the gym.  After law school, I was working full time and I quit a second job, and had a lot of free time.  I got a flier for Team in Training, shortly after I ran 4.5 miles (farthest I had ever run!), and though, gee, training for a half marathon and raising money could be a great challenge to pass the time.  But then I thought a half marathon seemed too achievable - I knew I could do it if I trained.  But a MARATHON - now that terrified me. So I signed up, trained all summer, and ran the NIke Women's Marathon in San Francisco in October 2009.  That gave me the racing bug, and I trained for another marathon in 2011 to raise money for pancreatic cancer, since my dad had been recently diagnosed.  After that, I entered the world of triathlons and found BT! I've been a member since December 2011.

FAMILY STATUS: I am married to my DH of 1 1/2 years, James, and we have two kitties.  We are hoping to move soon, and maybe add a dog!

CURRENT TRAINING: I have had a great off season of training and feel so much stronger on the bike and the run.  I am training for a fall half marathon PR of under 2 hours, which would be a 12 minute PR.  But I think with a full summer of training I can do it!

THIS YEAR'S RACES: I've already done several 5Ks and a half as part of a winter/spring race series "Will Run For Beer Series." 

2013 RACES: Next race is June 1 (duathlon) and June 2 (6K, last of the series), then a sprint tri in July, 10 miler in July, maybe an Oly in August, probably some other race in late Aug/Sept as a tune up, then the target half mary on Oct. 13!

BODY COMPOSITION: Since January I've been going to Weight Watchers meetings and I've lost 15 lbs!!! I can see TRICEPS on my arms!! I feel so much better and my clothes fit and I know it makes my workouts better.

Welcome new manatees, and I'm so glad so many Manatees are back too!

I prefer to think of it as gentle nudging and you're lucky I didn't ride you about doing the HIM. . Actually, this is the firmest commitment I've heard about you doing the oly, so I'll take it!

Edited by amd723 2013-05-04 5:04 PM

I actually really liked Pink Power.  I think it's a good tri, especially for beginners.  The bike course has a few hills, but it's not too tough.  Same for the run course.  

I would rather run your 10K than do my mini sprint with the water being warmer than the air.  Wanna trade?

A bio...

NAME - Jo Baxas - screen name jobaxas - what an imagination

STORY - well triathlon came late in life as did fitness generally - it was the addiction to replace smoking.  Since i moved to Australia from the UK in 2003 I've been into running big time and have completed 2 full marathons and countless halves.  Then came triathlon and big dreams of Ironman.  I have completed one HIM 2012.  March 2013 was to be my first Ironman in Melbourne but the wheels came off.  I developed a phobia of my bike!  Well riding outside anyways.  so with a sad heart I withdrew from IM Melbourne.

I am a confident swimmer, I love swimming - it's all down to one piglet Coach John Van Wisse.  He turned me into an OWS addict!

Riding - well I've a new friend who takes me out and keeps me safe - piglet Andrew Read (sensing a theme here)

Running - slowly plod through but getting quicker

Other information - I'm known as the Stalker, somehow I sniff out pro triathletes and end up friends with them....as Yanti how it's done she seems to do the same thing.  My ultimate triathlete hero piglet is Terenzo Bozzone.  YUM.

Family
 - Married to a Greek... met on holiday in 1990 he was the barman on a Greek island - lived in Greece the UK and now Australia.  One daughter the delightful 8 year old Artemis who is also a budding triathlete.  Recently proud parents of Scooby - the naughty puppy.

Current Training

I'm on a BT Custom Plan for HIM in September.  Going well.  I have weeks where I don't meet my target but it's a stretch target anyway.  So it's pretty much swim 3 x, ride 3-4 x and run 3 x.

Upcoming events.

August - Sydney City2Surf (14km run)
September 15 - Mooloolaba 70.3
November - Shepparton 70.3 Team swimmer
November - Noosa Oly Team swimmer
December - most important - Training Camp in Phuket Thailand with Macca!  Followed by the Challenge Phuket 70.3

March 2014 Ironman Melbourne

Body Composition - 15lbs over where I should be.  Lost 5 of those this week following a No Sugar No Grains regime - tough but good.  Oh possess melons of notable size.

Not particularly.  I'm just not feeling it.  I'm still so tired and my hip muscles are super tired again.  

Oh hey, a new thread! I found it!

So I was cruising along on Friday on the bike trail.  In aero, holding steady at 20 mph.  I typically pass people and don't get passed.  I hear a buzzing sound behind me, and think, "Am I getting passed? That means..." And then there it was.  A guy on a tri bike cruising at 23 mph (I know because I tailed him to see how fast he was going).  Hafta say it was cool to see another tri person out and about.

There's the goal!  Need to work on the legs and get those few extra mph.