2009 Introduction Thread

I'll go first.

Name: Jo (Joanne)

Tri History: 5 sprint tri's, 1 duathlon

Tri Goals for 2009: a couple of sprints and an olympic distance

Age group: 40-44 or 45-49 (at USAT races only)

Personal: Married, 5 almost grown children (youngest is 17), nurse

Area: Troy

Now don't you all leave me hanging having all my personal stuff out there.  Introduce yourselves!!!!! 

Your blogs don't count.  Some of these newbies don't know about the blogs nor do they log their workouts yet or read their inspires.  We must teach them.  

Oh, and  by the way, did I mention that I'm bossy.   

gir1with1nose - 2009-04-09 6:44 AM Hello, my name is Kimm and I am an addict.

Darn, Kimm, I wanted to be first.

Thanks for chiming in.  Now tell us about your addicted self. 

Holy haysoos, Jo you have 5 grown children!!! wow!  Ok, I'll play.

NAME: Andrea

TRI HISTORY: Not enuf coffee yet to remember, but started in 2006, few sprints, couple olys, one and done marathon girl, couple half marys, smattering of fun runs.  I'm a back of MOP or BOP triathlete :-)

TRI GOALS FOR 2009: my first ever HIM and live to tell about it June 13, the Boise 70.3; anything after that is just dessert

AGE GROUP: 45-49

PERSONAL: Married to a total NON tri, but very supportive hubster, no kids, no pets, a tad obsessive compulsive, my friends sometimes call me Monk.  If you need your closets organized, I'm your man.  I'm a court reporter for a federal judge in Ann Arbor....

AREA: Livonia / Ann Arbor

Tri History: This is my third season.  I've done something like four sprints, an oly, and a HIM.  I think I like the HIM distance the best.

Tri Goals for 2009: Go short, but go fast (relatively speaking).  Most of my races have been about surviving the distance.  Now I want to go faster.  So the strategy is to go faster at a shorter distance, so I can go faster at the longer distance.  Planning on sprints only this early season, and undecided about distances in the fall.

Age group: 30-34

Personal: Married, 3 daughters (9, 7, 3).  I'm the GM of a small manufacturing company. 

Area: Fenton

Tri History: This is my first season, so no tri's yet.  I just completed my first 1/2 marathon at the Martian Marathon.

Tri Goals for 2009: My big goal is to complete the Steelhead HIM.  In the interim I'll be doing the Ann Arbor Tri and probably a few others.

Age group: 40-44

Personal: Married, 3 daughters (6,15,16). I work for a software company out of California - the commute is a killer so they let me work out of the house, which is a good thing otherwise I'd have no time to train!

Area: Milford

Whoa, I didn't know that!  You and I can relate. 

Name: Mitch

Tri History: 3 sprint tri's, 1 half-marathon

Tri Goals for 2009: a couple of sprints, an olympic distance, a century ride and a half marathon

Age group: 35-39

Personal: Married, 2 children (girls - 6 & 10), one miniature schnauzer, 3 cats (any want them...I'll pay you), whatever insect or frog my oldest daughter has found this week.  Work in banking (yes, I'm lower than attorney's these days).  Wife and I are both really into fitness, but she doesn't have the competitive streak that I have.  Got the tri bug a couple years ago and have a multi-year plan to reach longer distances.

Area: Troy

Name:  Kevin

Tri History:  None - first one scheduled in July and another in August (both sprints)

Tri Goals for 2009:  Finish both with a smile on my face

Age Group:  35-40 or Clydesdale

Personal:  Married for going on 11 years, 6 year old son, 3 year old daughter, 7 year old Sheltie

Area:  Hudsonville - suburb of Grand Rapids

Name: Leah

Tri History: Stated in 2003(OMG has it been that long) Lots of du's, lots of sprints, 1 olympic, 2 half marathons, lots of CRIMs

Tri Goals for 2009: get through the season lots of sprints, couple of olympics

Age group: 25-29

Personal: Married, 2 Boxers, a couple fish, grad student...

Area: Clio

Name: Kimm

Tri History: I'm heading into my fifth season of tri and have done too many to mention here.  Longest to date is a HIM in '07.  I've done numerous 5/10ks, a handful of half marys and am now a few weeks away from my first full marathon

Tri Goals for 2009: say yes to anything and everything.  I'm doing a few tris, a 5-day mtn bike ride in Idaho (who's da ho?!), hopefully iceman (mtn bike) in the fall, a few organized road bike rides, and a muddy buddy.  anything else that sounds like fun and will fit into my schedule will be agreed to wholeheartedly!

Age group: 40-44 or 45-49 (at USAT races only)

Personal: 2 cats and 1 rescued racing greyhound, all whom adore me.  Also a proud member and acting ko-kaptain/pledgemaster of the RACING GREYHOUND team.  By day, I analyze a software program.

Area: Fabulous Ferndale

Pretty much identical to Scott
Name: Brad
Tri History: 1st tri season. 1 Indoor Tri under my belt.  2nd overall, dozen or so 5 k
Tri Goals for 2009: 25 k run, 3 sprints, 1 oly, and 1 HIM
Age group: 30 - 34
Personal: Married, One 2 year old daughter. (see avatar)
Area: Grand Rapids

Name: Cheryl

Tri History: Started off as a runner when my sister talked me into doing a marathon in 1999.  My first sprint was the Nike women's tri in Naperville, IL all the way back in 2001.  Stuck with sprints for several years, then olympics, then a couple HIMs, and finally IM Florida this past November.  Still do a lot of running races and a little adventure racing for fun.

Tri Goals for 2009: Biggest goals are to work on a faster HIM at Steelhead and a marathon PR in Chicago.  Also, I'm trying hard not to be such a crummy cyclist. 

Age group: 30-34F

Personal: I'm half of an IronCouple...married to the best tri training partner ever (even though he's a non-BTer).  No kids (next year?), but 2 active golden retriever-ish dogs and 1 lazy orange house cat.  I work for the American Cancer Society managing our health education and survivorship initiatives through our Relay For Life events. 

Area: Canton

Name: Alaina

Tri History: Third season of Tri's. I started marathoning 5 years ago, then switched and have done 7 HIMs but only 1 sprint and 1 olympic. I guess I like to get more bang for my buck re: race entry fees!

Tri Goals for 2009: I have some lofty goals so that I can stay focused and push myself. I have a marathon this weekend, then I am scheduled to do 4 HIMs this season- Kansas, Muncie, Breakwater and Augusta. In each of those, I hope to win my AG and place overall amateur (eek!! I said it out loud!!) If I have the time, I'll do some short local races, too, I suppose!

Age group:25-29

Personal: I have the best dog in the world- Cody (2 year old female Australian Shepherd)- who is basically my child. I am pseudo-married to Yeats (Ryan). What is pseudo married you ask? Well, we've been dating for 8 years, but just don't have the time to get hitched Also, I'm in grad school at UM studying for my PhD in Neuroscience. Yes, I am that nerdy

Area: Ann Arbor

Name: Kristen

Tri History: 2nd Tri season.  I have two sprints under my belt (Hawk Island and Big Fish).  I've been ridiculously lucky in that I've won raffle prizes at both (a $50 gift card for a bike shop and new wetsuit)

Tri Goals for 2009: A handful of sprints, a couple open-water swim events, and learning to enjoy running.

Age group: 25 - 29

Personal: I'm recently single (woot!).  No kids that I'm aware of.  I am a Software Trainer and my position requires that I travel out of state about 3 out of 4 weeks a month, which can make tri-training difficult.  But I've seen a lot of YMCA's around this country and have even been able to swim on a Naval Base.  I have two cats and can't wait until I'm home enough to be able to properly take care of a dog.  I spend tons of time with my family.  And I love winter sports like snowboarding and hockey.

Area: South Lyon - usually train at Island Lake

Name: Rob

Tri History: None so far; my first three sprints are scheduled for this summer.  I had always played football and rugby, and after obliterating my ACL, decided that maybe I should try something different.  A friend who used to play college ball decided to take up marathon running, knowing I'd get bored doing only one thing for so long, I opted for triathlons.


Tri Goals for 2009: Finish my first Sprints without having to stop/walk and meet some friends along the way.

Age group: 30-34M / Clydes

Personal: Married almost a year; no kids but one adopted cat that acts like one.  That's what happens when the girlfriend/wife raises a stray found just hours after it was born -- picture a fuzzy 4 year old.  I'm also a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^TM at UBS in Farmington Hills.

Area: Rochester Hills

gir1with1nose - 2009-04-09 1:55 PM

gir1with1nose - 2009-04-09 10:51 AM Sorry Jo!

fixed my age group. heh.

I was going to call you out on that too.  I can't keep up with you youngsters.