swbkrun Mentor Group- CLOSED FOR BUSINESS!!! (Page 4)

Hope I can slide my way back into the group again. Here's my bio.

Name Redknight, Rob 57

I've been with the SWBKRUN group for a couple of years now adn look forward to another great season. For all the new people you will gain a wealth of information and advice from the people here. You'll likely get a lot of useless trivia and talk also We cover all sorts of areas from injuries (nose zits) to geak bike talk and we have some exceptionally knowledgeable people from all aspect of triathlon.

I'm from Guelph Ont Cda. and I have completed two years of triathling (if that is a word). I started running after I retired from karate. I'm not exactly positive I can nail down why I decided on triathlons. I was never a distance kind of person. When I was younger I considered a 100 yd dash a long distance and a mile run was a marathon to me. I needed another challenge after karate and my BIL and SIL were both running. I decided to give that a try. I had always liked watching the IM Kona but never dreamed of doing anything like that. While web surfing I found out about the shorter distances and a new triathlete was born.

This past year I was able to complete my first ever Olympic distance (Guelph) and Half Ironman (HIM) in Muskoka. It was a slow time ( over 8 hours) but I did something that not many people complete in their life time.

During my time in the sport I have met a wonderful group of people know as SWBKRUN'ers. What an awesome group and with all the talk about flats and nipples how could I go anywhere else. Also the comraderie here and everywhere in the sport has been phenomenal. I have never been in a group where everyone is helping each other get better and hoping they will better your time at some point.

family: married, two daughters grown with three awesome grandchildren between them.
2010 goals: I have cut back this year due to time trainnig constraints and my A race this year will be my Olympic race in June. I am aiming to beat my time last year by almost 19 minutes. Other than that I have 3 other tri's booked for the season and will see what else comes up.

Hi and Good luck to all my buds from the last few seasons here and to all you newbs (to the group) looking to improve and or impart your knowledge to us all. We have found ovver th past few seasons that you can always learn new things about this wonderful sport.

P.S. you may have to decipher someof my typng alos as I have a tendency for my mind to move much more quickly than my fingers.

NAME: TriTiny: Tiana

STORY: This is my first tri season.  My niece moved in with me at talked me into a gym membership.  Since I’m paying for the gym I have to get my moneys worth and train.  I can’t go to the gym just to go I need a goal.  I’ve wanted to do triathlon since I watched my first Ironman in High School. I was on the Swim Team my senior year in High School.  It was peer pressure all my friends were on the Team and talked me into it.  I wasn’t the fastest.  I did mainly backstroke and some butterfly.

When I was 21 I had very serious infection post op a burst appendix operation.  The infection caused nerve and muscle damage in my right hip and leg.  I couldn’t walk without a really bad limp.  I got back in the pool.   And worked and worked. And did a lot of PT. It took  ten years before I could walk “normal” again.  Now if you see me you would never know I have a bum leg.  Running is the hardest for me.

FAMILY STATUS: Single (41).  I have two foster daughters 4 and 2. They lived with me a little over a year.  I have been a foster mom for the last four years so things could change in a moment.  My  Niece (21) also lives with me.  She’s training for a half-marathon.

 
CURRENT TRAINING :  for my first Sprint tri in May

WEIGHTLOSS:  I was ten pounds heavier than my ideal weight when I started training. I’ve lost 3 so far.  I’m not too worried about it

SSMinnow - 2010-04-08 10:05 AM Happy Thursday oldies and newbies...welcome Jeanie, Neil, TJ, Stephanie, Julia, Chris and Mike!!!

Can someone tell me what is wrong with this picture?  One week ago today, I was roasting in the outfit on the left and today, nearly freezing in the outfit on the right! It was 24F and snowing....Spring in WI!

Suzy you melted. We know you are petite but those socks look like they would fit my granddaughter.

thanks zit man

tahrens - 2010-04-08 12:02 PM Hey, I hinted that I went running last night and if anyone would have checked my logs they would have seen I laid down a PR for pace since before I got hurt.  Everyone get over to my logs and tell me how fabulous I am!!!!!!!

NIce run Sugar. Looks like you don't have too far to go to break that 30 min mark. I know how you can do that if you need any help...... Run faster