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Is louisville accidentally moved to the UK? about an inch of snow here and everybody goes in to meltdown! 

btw last night's beer consumption is from a snowy place: two polish beers.

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exercise wise this week i managed 2.5 commutes and decent eating for most of the week. weighed myself at 174 on friday and that means i only put on 2 pounds over xmas - not bad! hopefully see 172 by superbowl w/e. 

Snowing here, too, forecasting about 6" all told which is just enough for total shutdown around here.  Thankfully we knew it was coming well in advance so the SHA was able to get out and pre-treat the roads and were sitting there waiting for it.  Weekend also helps.

Still sick as hell, done my round of antibiotics and still coughing up a lung or two.  At least I can sleep (slept most of the day Friday).  I have to travel tomorrow but it's a relatively easy trip and work schedule and our meetings are at the hotel so I'm going to give it a go.  I have one swim of 1100 yards and a Bikram Yoga session so far in 2019.  LOL

Originally posted by nicole14e Andrew, great to hear from you! Welcome back! Jackie, you are welcome in Baltimore anytime! I currently airbnb my spare room, so say the word and you have a place to stay! What is your soccer/futbol team? You might've said but I can't remember. My former roommate is a Tottenham loving Brit

I am currently watching Spurs (Tottenham) lose to Man Utd; I support Liverpool so do not like Man Utd (Think Sox/Yankees but with ruder songs/chants!).

And now the Pats game! At least it is CBS coverage

You guys tend to prefer CBS coverage too?

We cut to coverage in the UK studio for the breaks but aesthetically cbs rocks: the screen is nice and uncluttered! 

Howdy Neighbor!

(just moved to central FL, just west of Daytona, back in August after 44 years in MA)

YAY!!!!  Finally!  Been berated in this group for years for my 'sports lifestyle' choices aka supporting the teams from where I grew up

Also if memory serves, the ownership group that owns the Boston Red Sox also owns Liverpool FC.  Liverpool are my 'second' EPL team.  I won't mention my first, due to unpopularity.  In my defense I started when they were up and coming... 

Might as well add to everyone hating me and football - I really like Tony Romo.  Ok, he tends not to shut up.  But I've learned a ton listening to him announce games.  So YES I prefer CBS covereage

NAME: John / firebert (someday, someone will get the reference)

STORY: 44.5 years old.  I've zero athletic ability to speak of, and so I ran middle distance and XC in High School .  Got out of shape over the years, got back into running in my 30s and started the cycle of injuries that would take me out every season.  My wife started Tri before I did, and she got me into it telling me how the injuries would be fewer since you're always cross training.  I had always wanted a proper bicycle so that was all the impetus I needed.  Just had to figure out how to swim (still figuring that one out!)

I have 6 or so Sprint Tris under my belt, not having ventured into Oly or longer yet due to the swim.  I've also got 3 or 4 Half Marathons, a Full (the tail end of the 48.6 mile Dopey Challenge), a handful of 10ks, and countless 5ks.

Grew up in New England, just moved to Florida this past August.  I get to spend all my time outdoors now (YAY!), but gave up pretty much all of 2018 to get here, since we had to sell one house, move to an apartment, move to my Inlaws' house for a couple months, then finally move into our new house.  Still managed a Half Marathon in November, at least.  And I trained for it outside, in Florida, in August and September.  Its hot and it sucks but it's possible!

Also yes the 'growing up in New England' thing means I'm a Patriots/Red Sox/Bruins/Celtics fan.  I had 10-game 'season' tickets for the Sox for years, and Patriots season tickets for two years, before I moved to FL.  Feel free to hate 

FAMILY STATUS: Married with a just about 9 year old daughter

CURRENT TRAINING: After the HM in November, I took nearly 2 months off between unpacking and the holidays.  I'm back on the wagon now, just building base miles on the run and bike.  Base miles are great - I've taken all the pressure off myself to go faster and instead just 'go'.

UPCOMING YEAR'S GOALS: I don't have any 'official' goals until I discuss them with my wife, but....Challenge Daytona.  The owners of the infamous Challenge Roth (and the rest of the Challenge series of non-IM brand long course events) expanded to the US this year, and did a 70.3 with a lot of the race at the International Speedway.  They even had a sprint that was contained entirely within the speedway.  It's in December.  I have until then to learn to swim 1.2 miles without stopping.  

Secondary to that I might get talked into doing another Dopey Challenge, in Jan 2020 with a couple former BDASers (Dave Qua and Scott Smith)

WEIGHTLOSS: I'm not too far off from my reasonably healthy weight target, but I'd really like to improve the body fat percentage situation.  I try to focus less on the scale and more on how good (or not good) I am feeling.  

DRINK OF CHOICE: I like many beers, and I love whiskey as well.  But top choice is always an IPA.  First being the NEIPA style, I got spoiled with Tree House and Trillium when I was living in MA.  Second would be the West Coast style (Racer 5 and Sculpin, like Mike).  And I really dig stouts.  Whiskey - Islay Scotch first, then any Spey or Highland that's peated, then small batch bourbon.

WHAT WOULD MAKE ME A GOOD MENTEE: I'm just experienced enough at Tri enough to help the newbies, and confident enough in what I haven't experienced to help anyone else find their own answers.  I'm a great cheerleader - I love seeing everyone's progress and little triumphs and especially hitting their goals.  And I've been a BDASer for a few years now and no one's asked me to leave yet.

Born in Worcester (Wistah), grew up in the New Bedford (New Beffit) area, and spent 10 years in Attleboro before moving to FL.  I went to UMASS also so familiar with the Berkshires.  I LOVE that area.  A good friend moved out to Northampton in the past few years and I just loved visiting.

Are you a Pats fan at all?  Or have you been out of MA too long...  It'd be nice to get in a majority over the Ravens fans hahahahahahahaha.

I'm 45-50 minutes from Orlando proper, longer from everyone who says they live in Orlando but actually live South or West of it.  Bit of a long commute to train together but if there's any race you have locally or a cycling or running event you're interested in, keep me in mind.  My race calendar is wide open.  I'm not tri-ready just yet (been out of the pool for like a year and a half) but hope to get a Y membership going again soon to rectify that.