2009 Introduction Thread (Page 4)

I'm more old skool than Trix.   I remember when the MI group was the trio of Trix, Gary and I!

Name:  Greg aka Fromer.

Tri History:  countless tri's, 5k's, 10k's, half marys and marathons.

Tri Goals for 2009:  Not to get burned out before the season starts.   Place in the top 1/3 of my AG.  Not let the whole world catch me after the swim.  Hunt down bikers on the run.  

AG:  35-39

Personal:  Single.  Over educated.   All but dissertation in modern democratic theory.  Heh.   Currently working on degree in spec education.

Area:  Adrian (the sticks)

Hi kids. I'm a ghost most of the winter and spring around here - so time for my re-emergence.

BAH!  Bright lights!  Bah! 

Name: Jenniferlyn (AKA Runnergirl, or Cupcake... look out for me at KMP and you will know why!)

Tri History: 6 tris in 2008.  Three in 1 week for my 30th b-day

Tri Goals for 2009:  Finish my first Half Ironman in July, 2009 - and many more sprint tris. 

Age group: 30-34

Personal: Living with my boyfriend of 4 years, enginerd by degree -  helping to make people feel wonderful inside and out is my true calling.

Area: Farmington Hills - living, Auburn Hills - working

I MISS YOU ALLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Name: Rob

Tri History: First Season.  Started running in July of 2008.  Did 3 5ks and a 10k last year. 

Tri Goals for 2009: Scheduled Sprint at interlochen 7/12 and OLY Chicago 8/30.  Doing the Fifth/Third RB run 25k in 2 1/2 weeks.  Probably do a few 5ks over the summer and if I live through the 25k, I will do the Grand Rapids Marathon in October.

Age group: 35-39

Personal: Married for 15 years to an amazing and supportive woman.  3 kids (8,5, and 2). One very old deaf and blind Terrier who has travelled from the Grand Canyon to Maine and lived in several places in between.

Area: Spring Lake

Name: Juho

Tri History: NONE! This will be my first tri season...or first competitive athletic endeavor since high school! I'm transitioning from having been a professional couch potato and office slug.

Tri Goals for 2009: I'm signed up for Hawk Island, Ann Arbor/Bikesport, and the Philadelphia Insurance olympic! Thinking about which of Island Lake, Breakwater, and Steelhead I'll add to my calendar! Also...I'd love to become a faster swimmer. I have this amazing ability to be twice as slow as the slowest person in any body of water...it's remarkable.

Age group: 30-34 M

Personal: Single with two cats...one of them is 18 years old and refuses to check out despite veterinary prognosis' that put in the grave 7 years ago! Working as a physician care coordinator as I try to figure out what I want to do and if I want to go back to grad school! I read books on theoretical physics for pleasure. I'm a dork.

Area: Ann Arbor, MI

Name: Jennifer

Tri History:  Brand new and going to TRY to COMPLETE a few sprints

Tri Goal:  As being new and never around anything like this, i just hope to gain a lot of knowledge and understand from you guys to take with me to the tri's.  Going to try a few out and hope that i don't drwon in the water!! Always been pretty active and competitive so let's hope that it will help me.  Hope to maybe find someone to run and bike with when that sunshine comes back out.

Age Group: 25-29

Personal:  Single female working in Plymouth who lives in Livonia

Looks like I've got some fresh competition in my AG.  I'll really need to kick my training into gear!  Welcome Jennifer and Beth.  Come on out to Island Lake/Kensington...lots of us are there several times per week in the summer. 

Wow, lots of MI peeps. Welcome new ones, and miss the old ones. Thanks for sharing your info; here's about me:

Name: Rick

Tri History: Running races since high school. Picked up tri's in 2001 and have done a lot of tris of all distances (just not an IM), and other stupid tri events, marathons, and whatever else there is to compete in.   Love to race, but really don't like to train. So I don't. Much.

Tri Goals for 2009:   They got changed pretty radically when I took an assignment in Holland through July - pretty much killed Tri-season...but I'll do a couple tri's casually - prolly last-minute signups, do a lot of running in the fall - maybe a fall mary or 4.   Learn to ride at the velodrome, and get a few races under my belt - they race every weekend in the summer. Thinking about the cross-bike series in the Fall, too - we'll see. Just don't want to get hurt or finish DFL. Anything else is fine.  

Age group: 40-44M

Personal: Divorced 5 years. 2 kids - one 14 year old boy and an 8 year-old girl, both of who are awesome handfuls of good-peoeple. No pets, but I play with other peoples' pets nicely. Pre-race meal is Sausage McMuffins w/egg and Diet Pepsi, or cinnamon rolls, more often than not. Not grown up.  Big feet.  Eat everything.  No warning label.

Occupation:  Management / IT Consutant

Area: Rochester Hills

Name: Arik

Tri History:  Zero ran my first 5k since High School last fall.

Tri Goals for 2009: Signed up for Sanford and Sun sprint 8/16. I really just hope to finish. also running a few 5ks before hand.

Age group: 30-34 M Clydesdale

Personal: Single with a cat. Moved back to Michigan last year after an extended vacation of 4 years in Florida. Fenced in college and was coaching fencing as well.  I work in telecommunications.

Area: Bay City, MI

Hello everyone,

Name: Corrie

Tri History: None yet!!  I am an extreme newbie!

Tri Goal: To finish my first tri in August!

Age Group: 30-34

Personal: Married to my husband for four years. We have two children (4 and 2).  I will have my masters in education in June, and currently teach high school in Inkster.  Just started training about a month ago!  

Area: Warren, MI (live) Inkster, MI (work) 

Another one.....!  Welcome to BT.