Seriously Spooky Cats

An image of your namesake to get the team started:

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Morning Cats,

I'm Judi, your official cheerleader.  It's my understanding this is a newbie team and I was a newbie last summer for the Tour de France challenge.  I'm recovering from pneumonia (up at the wee hours coughing so I came out to BT so as not to wake my husband).  I have no stated bike goal because as I gain my health back I'm sill trying to prepare for my first half marathon in mid April so running (or wralking as the case may be) is high priority.  My bike will be in the shop for a spring tune up this week too--I can't do anything physical until late next week anyway--may as well let the shop giver her a once over so we'll be ready together.

I like to inspire my teammates--pretty much daily and will drop by to visit your logs with inspires/kicks in the pants--whatever it takes to get you moving toward the goal.  Remember, spinning classes, gym bikes, trainer rides, and outside rides all count so log it all in there.

Let's have a geat challenge month of riding!

Hey everyone - digging the team name.  Maybe Black Cat by Janet Jackson can be our team fight song.

Anyhow...I'm new to the world of triathlon.  I have my first sprint coming up on April 20.  The bike is definitely the weakest of the three sports for me and the one I'm most worried about.  Hoping to work hard during the next month and a half to build some stamina.  Don't want to fall over during the run because I suck at the bike!

mindji - 2008-02-29 7:06 PM Hi I'm mindji, Peggy for real! This is my second challenge; I did the swim one last month ...and succeeded! I find this an excellent way to push myself and be accountable. I am a triathlon newbie, with no fixed date for a competition yet...but I am looking to do one in the summer and maybe more. I do run in local races and have done marathons. Swimming is something that I have always done, so now is the time to fulfill my dream of doing a triathlon....why not? I have a road bike, cheap....I have a stationary, old....I have legs, raring to go. One thing that I hope to gain from this challenge is endurance and fitness! I always want to know about bike trainers and how to use them. Are they hard to use etc....Who is using one at the moment? Any tips? I look forward to meeting you all in the next few weeks! Well, catch you later! Biking tomorrow!

A lot of people also use rollers which I am interested in but am not ready for.  These have nothing holding you in place.  It's like riding on a conveyor belt without a belt so your balance and handling really come into focus.  One guy on my friends list recently got a set and noticed a big improvement when he was able to get outside last week.

Hope that helps.

Hey, who is going to captain this squad of Scary Peeps Cats?  The job requires some spreadsheet and computer skills but isn't hard if everyone is diligent about logging in their rides.

Despite the fact I admire European bikes... I do LOVE Felts... I do I do I do!

Besides Emma Snowsill rides them which makes them 100% AWESOME to me! 

Emily, I love the idea of a fight song. 
AND WE NEED SOMEONE TO STEP UP TO CAPTAIN THIS SQUAD!

Glad so many of you are checking in.  Weekends are usually big training/racing times with minimal chatter on the boards.

I walked again today--same loop as yesterday and in 15 minutes less without wheezing   Yes, I'm jonsin' to go for a real run or ride...Y'all have permission to smack me if I do too much--that isn't something I say easily either

Cat usually does spread sheets differently than Dee.  We will have one maintained by the captain--whomever is stepping up to the job...Cat will probably have these out in a few days, she's still adding on late sign ons and such.   Dee's google sheets are easy for each person to maintain but you need to know a whole lot about computer programming to set up those sheets. The ones Cat does are different.  THe captain keeps one on their computer and sends a weekly update on the captain's thread so Cat will review the numbers and send out each weeks standings.

Great job on a time crunched spin!

Yup Cat will produce standard excel sheets - however if you want to put your teams up in google spreadsheet thats up to the team... I dont mind how its done as long as I get a cumulative update for everyone each week!

I should point out at this point that Im a little non-tech.... I can use excel but Im certainly not a whizz like Dee! (and dont ask me about team tables.. thats when I get really useless!!!)