Introduce yourself: Georgians (Page 5)

Name: Bill
Age: 35
Hometown: Tennessee
City\Town: Decatur, GA
Favorite Training Places: LA Fitness, trails around town, Oakhurst, Inman Park
Triathlons Completed: None
Current Goals: Sprint at Lanier in October!

This is my first post, first race, first time training for this type of thing. I will gladly take any encouragement/pointers/advice.

Name: Terry Whitmore

Age: 38

Hometown: Stone Mountain, GA

City\Town: Woodstock, GA

Favorite Training Places: Chattahoochee Rec Area, Mountain View Aquatic Center (Cobb County), Alpharetta Greenway, my neighborhood, local roads in Northern Cherokee County and Fayetteville (parents' home), and whereever I'm not scared of getting run over

Triathlons Completed:
- Irongirl Sprint (July 17, 2007)

Current Goals:
- Build healthy lifestyle (very much needed after 8 years of business travel)
- Have fun learning new things (swimming, biking, running) and meeting new people
- Lose fat, gain muscle
- Acworth/Hargrove Tri (8/12/2007) - considering this one
- Peachtree City Sprint (9/9/2007)

Name: Sean
Age: 24
Hometown: New Orleans, LA
City\Town: Duluth
Favorite Training Places: around duluth and upper georgia
Triathlons Completed:none
Current Goals: to complete a half triathlon by the end of the summer

Name: Natasha Sears
Age: 30
Hometown: Roswell, GA
City\Town: Roswell, GA (moved away and then came back)
Favorite Training Places: everywhere around Roswell
Triathlons Completed: None yet- First one 8/12, second one 9/30
Current Goals: Finish HIM on 9/30, then get married 10/13-

Name: Kenneth
Age: 48
Hometown: Taos, NM (skiing background)
City\Town: Roswell
Favorite Training Places: The Gaps, Silver Comet Trail, swimming on layovers
Triathlons Completed: Indian Springs Sprint, June 2007
Current Goals: Keep having fun and improve my swim and run times!!

It's been a blast so far and looking for training partners, especially mid-week. I'm just having a hard time fitting everything in!

Name: Brad

Age: 31

Hometown: Houma, La.

City\Town: Acworth

Favorite Training Places: ride in the acworth, hiram, emerson area. stay on brookstone loop a lot. Run everywhere. swim in lake altoona.

Triathlons Completed: no tri's as of yet. i'm new to tri's

Current Goals: train hard. and be ready for a tri soooon.

Name: Antoinette
Age:47
Hometown: Queens NY
City\Town: Larryville GA
Favorite Training Places: Stone Mtn., Silver Comet, anywhere in NYC
Triathlons Completed: Handful of Sprints, St. Anthony's Oly, Chattanooga Oly
Current Goals: Complete an HIM in 2008

Edited by Ant15 2007-07-22 10:24 PM

Name:Bill Jestel
Age:48
Hometown:Canton,Ohio
City\Town:East Atlanta Village
Favorite Training Places:Silver Comet, Stone Mountain, Gaps SilkSheets
Triathlons Completed:Gulf Coast, Chattanooga, St. Anthony's, NYC, and a whole bunch of others.
Current Goals:Beat skin cancer, and finish The Great Floridian sub 13:30. Stay healthy and finish IM Florida sub 12:30 (in 2008). And oh yes, some day really learn how to swim!

Hi - I'm Steph and I'm new to BT and to triathlon. My husband has been lurking around here for months but only recently converted me from the Coolrunnings boards. Thank you for all of the great advice that I've read so far and to the NAMS group for letting us join in on their ride a couple of weeks ago.

Name: Greg
Age:28
Hometown: Rochester, NY
City\Town: Augusta, GA
Favorite Training Places: Ft. Gordon, Savannah river, Augusta canal
Triathlons Completed: Quite a few sprints, Turtle Crawl, 2 tri americas (FL, Anderson)
Current Goals: Do well at the SC 1/2 IM in late Sept

Name: Dana Peters
Age: 33
Hometown: Fitzgerald, GA
City\Town: Moultrie, GA
Favorite Training Places:
Triathlons Completed: Newbie
Current Goals: Training for sprint tri June 2008

Name: Brandon Bankieris
Age: 21 (22 by USAT standards...!)
Hometown: Fayetteville, Ga
City: Savannah, Ga
Favorite Training Places: Hunter Army Air Field, Mayfair Pool/Chatham County Aquatic Center, and Lake Mayer down here in Savannah. Peachtree City when I'm back home - plenty of back roads on the bike and tons of golf cart trails for running!
Triathlons Completed: Finished my first (Tri PTC) on Sept. 8th with a time of 1:10:10!
Current Goals - 70.3 in May (Florida HIM!).

I've been using ontri.com for a while now, trying to branch out to meet new people and gain a better understanding of the sport and myself.

Wow- This is my first post here! This is awesome to see so many Ga peeps.
Here's me-

Name: Kevin Patton

Age: 36

Hometown: Atlanta (yep... one of the few. lol)

City\Town: Roswell

Favorite Training Places: Columns!, Roswell Park, Thursday Roswell City Hall Ride, Bud Plant, the North loop (starbucks at Winward to Big Canoe/Burnt Mtn and back), Riverside, Silver Vomet, anywhere Team Spirit runs on Sat. morning's, Concouse Athletic Club (masters swim), La Fitness sometimes

Triathlons Completed: I started in '00 so too many to list. '07 races include Emerald Coast Sprint series #1 (PC Beach), Gulf Coast 1/2, Chattanooga Waterfront Oly, Indian Springs, West Point Olympic, P'tree City Triathlon.

Current Goals: Next race is the South Carolina 1/2 and then IMFL. Running the Kiawah 1/2 in December in hopes for a gauranteed time entry to the NY Marathon in '08!



Edited by runatlanta 2007-09-14 11:24 AM

Hi! I've met a few fellow BT'ers at the races this season and it sounds like this is a great forum!

Name: Wendi Andon
Age: 36
Hometown: Grand Rapids, Michigan
City: Atlanta (L5P)
Favorite Training Places: Silver Comet, Silk Sheets, Turner Athletic Club, running in Midtown and Druid Hills
Triathlons Completed: Tri the Parks (Mistletoe, Indian Springs, High Falls, Richard B. Russell), Buster Britton, Chattanooga Waterfront, Callaway Gardens, Tri-PTC, Tugaloo
Current Goals: Did my last tri of the season today, so thinking about a first 1/2 marathon on Thanksgiving? Other than that, working on technique, endurance, and strength over the fall and winter.

Edited by torqdW 2007-09-15 9:48 PM

Name:Steve

Age: Just turned 55

Hometown: Greenville S.C (but have been in Atl. area since I was 3 so I am almost a native)

City\Town: Suwanee

Favorite Training Places:Bodyplex, Columns, Stone Mtn.

Triathlons Completed: Former runner with tons of races but a Newbie to Tri racing. Shooting for the first at Lake Lanier, May 08

Current Goals: Increase fitness level, become a better swimmer, shoot for Sprints in 08 and Oly. distance in 09.

Name: Scott Limback
Age: 36
Hometown: Colorado Springs, Co.
City\Town: Marrietta, GA
Favorite Training Places: My neighborhood, silver comet, looking for place to swim
Triathlons Completed: Newbie, my niece and I want to do our first sometime after jan 08.
Current Goals: First sprint 2008

Name: Heidi (Boone to be)
Age: 34
Hometown: small town Alabama
City\Town: Dallas, GA
Favorite Training Places: Looking for places to train in Dallas, GA and surrounding areas
Triathlons Completed: sprint distance tris in TN, MS, AL and GA
Current Goals: Lose 20 pounds and continue to train through the winter...oh, and get married!

Name: Jennifer Waller
Age: 30
Hometown: Oceanside, CA
City\Town: Atlanta, GA
Favorite Training Places: Brookhaven, Silver Comet, Columns, Stone Mountain, Gaps, Cartersville, Silk Sheets, Emory Swim Center
Triathlons Completed: A races include: St. Anthony's (2006 &07), Beast of the East (06), Gulf Coast (07), IM CDA (2007)
Current Goals: IM Wisconsin 2008. Train in a way where I will continue to physically and mentally love triathlon while pushing my limits so that I can reach greater challenges.

Name: Beth
Age: 34
Hometown: Troy, Ohio
City\Town: Smryna, GA
Favorite Training Places:
Swim: Midtown Athletic Club/Windy Hill
Bike: Buckhead area
Run: Cumberland/Vinings
Triathlons Completed: In California before we moved to GA in 2005, See Jane Tri, Napa Valley Tri, San Jose International
Current Goals: Alpharetta 1/2 Marathon 3/2, Tri the Parks 4/28 sprint, I was thinking Macon RnR Half 5/31 but I'm starting to think Florida 70.3 instead...

I'm just getting back into it (in the off season!) after taking time off from injury and having a child. I'm ready to go now. I'm focusing on the run until Feb/March. After that I'd love to meet up for some rides, probably on the Comet on Saturdays or Sundays to do some long, flat, miles. My weekends will be long runs and rides. Would love to find some people to train with to keep me moving and motivated (weekends).

Beth

Name: Nicki
Age: 31
Hometown: Baltimore, MD/Ringgold, GA
City\Town: Athens, GA
Favorite Training Places:
Swim: The Ramsey Center and YMCA in Athens
Bike: Roads -- any roads. Athens is a great place to bike! The Silver Comet Trail, too.
Run: Track, roads, and trails. I do timed runs on the tracks at UGA. Everything else is whatever I feel like on any given day.
Cross-Training: Racquetball, anywhere!
Triathlons Completed: None. Hope to do my first this upcoming spring.
Current Goals: Gain strength and endurance, recover from trail-running injury, rule the racquetball court, and lose 30 pounds or so in the next year.

I come from a swimming/biking background and have been running -- poorly -- about a year. So I'm concentrating on jump-starting my training while I'm limited from my primary sport of racquetball in the next month. I have tons of training partners, but none who share goals like mine.

Name:Heather
Age:33
Hometown:the ATL
City\Town:Roswell
Favorite Training Places:la fitness, e cobb aquatic, columns, bike roswell routes
Triathlons Completed:lots!
Current Goals:IM Switzerland, wildflower 1/2IM with tnt

Name: Michael McGee
Age: 45
Hometown: Boynton Beach, FL
City\Town: Flowery Branch, GA
Favorite Training Places: The beautiful country roads out here!
Triathlons Completed:None yet!
Current Goals:
Disney Marathon, January 13, 2008
ING Marathon, March 30, 2008
Callaway Gardens Duathlon in May
Richard B Russell State Park Duathlon in June
Indian Springs Duathlon in June

Was a competitive cyclist for years that turned back to running for the past two years. Plan on getting back on the bike in 2008 for some duathlons. Then who knows...maybe work up to a half or full Ironman!

Name: Brian Oringderff
Age: 37
Hometown: Greensboro, NC
City\Town: Canton/Woodstock, GA
Favorite Training Places: Kennesaw Mtn Trails, SCT
Triathlons Completed:None yet! I'm a true noob!!
Current Goals: Run in the 2009 Western States 100 mile endurance run in 2009. Run a sub 20:00 5k (currently at 22:00). Survive my first triathlon!! Oh yea, and lose about 60lbs.

"The decisions we make determine the lives that we lead".

Name: Frank
Age: 51
Hometown: USAF brat...
City\Town: Lawrenceville
Favorite Training Places: Home Gym, Stone Mountain, Gwinnett Pools, Tribble Mill
Triathlons Completed: Lake Lanier My First/Next triahlon, Completed the Cartersville Century ride in 2004
Current Goals: Get over fear of swimming.