Trishie's Tri Chicks - CLOSED! (Page 2)

ohiotrigirl - 2009-12-28 8:48 AM Hi Stephanie... I noticed you were planning on running the Iron Girl Atlanta this year and I am too!  Have you run it before???? I am very excited!  Take Care,
Tara

maria40nc - 2009-12-28 7:45 PM Oh wow... you sure are popular Trishie!  I enjoyed reading everyone's introduction.  Looks like we have quite a diverse group of ladies with a diverse set of goals, which will make this fun!

I'm going out of town tomorrow to go ziplining and snow tubing with my son; but will be ready to hit the ground running when I get back!

waltontl - 2009-12-27 5:15 PM I would love to join your group!  I am in desparate need of a mentor for my first tri.  I have registered for the Danskin Tri in August - .5m swim, 15.5m bike ride, and 3.1m run.  I also love to plan and it's the details about the race that scare me - especially the transitions.  I am already running a 5K (very slowly) and don't expect the bike to be too tough, but the swim scares me to death!  I am unconventionally athletic (through krav maga) and don't really lift weights at all.

I'm looking very forward to my tri, but it scares me, too.

Thanks,  Tania

IronDiva - 2009-12-27 6:10 PM Yay for all-girl groups! I would love to be a part of this one!

NAME: IronDiva/Erika

STORY: My mom used to swim IM relays in my hometown of Santa Rosa, CA (Vineman!) so tri has been in my life since a very young age. I was an artistic little kid who eventually grew up to become an opera singer living in NYC. Hence the "diva" in my handle. However, I've always been an active person, and loved swimming, taking spin classes, etc. It's a nice change from my musical life, but also complements the physical aspects of performing quite nicely.
Anyway. In 2008 I decided to let go of a lot my perfectionist tendencies/fears of failure and train for a half-marathon. My goal was just to finish, and I ended up coming in at 2:02, which I thought was pretty great for my first race ever. Now that I knew I could handle the run, I was sure I was ready for tri, and in 2009 I finished 4 Olys (best time 2:52) and another half marathon (1:58).So this season is the year of HIM. And bettering my Oly time, of course.

FAMILY STATUS: Single in the big city.

CURRENT TRAINING: Base training for IM Orlando in May. 2-3 bikes, 2-3 runs, 2-3 swims, 2 weight workouts, yoga whenever I can squeeze it in. I can't lie, I am STRESSED about getting all of my training in, while working a day job, performing, and maintaining some semblance of a social life. Oh, and sleeping and feeding myself.

2009 RACES: NYC Tri, Mossman Tri, Diamond Girl Tri (Olympic-plus distance), Mighty Hamptons Tri, Queens Half-Marathon

2010 RACES: NYC Half-Marathon (I hope...it's a lottery) in March, IM 70.3 Orlando in May. More to come, once my singing schedule gets nailed down.

WEIGHTLOSS: Not a priority, but I know I'd be faster if I lost 10-15... I also went veggie last year, and am finding whole food nutrition + busy schedule to be a particularly challenging combo.I'm excited to meet the group and have a great race season together!!!

jlmiller2 - 2009-12-27 6:37 PM Hey Trish,

Your forum was awesome!! haah you sound really cool.  My name is Jennifer Miller and I am a 28 year old nurse from Rochester, NY.  I have run my whole life, through College, which consisted of running DI for  three years.  I have since then just "run for fun," but am now looking for something more exciting and vigerous.

I am married to my wonderful, handsome husband for a year and a half, ahah you have a couple on me, and he actually wants to train with me in the spring, but i dont want to wait..i can get alot done between now and then!!

I too, like you, like a schedule, but am ok just flying by the seat of my pants as well.  With my nursing schedule, I will work better on some type of schedule, which at times will probably have to be switched around to work around my nights.

I am not run any races in the past 2 years or so.  My goals for 2010 would be to at least complete a sprint tri, if not an olympic.  I have done a team tri, where I just ran, but feel  and know I am strong enough to do all three.

Hope you have room for one more!!!!

Jenn Miller

LadyBanks - 2009-12-27 7:01 PM Hi Trishie's is there still room in your all-girls tri group? I would love to join!

 

NAME: LadyBanks / Princess (My real name)

STORY: I was an athlete (track & Field) all my life until I got married 15yrs ago. After having my kids I became sedentary, although I always longed to be active again. So of course I packed on the pounds and being 5ft and overweight is not especially sexy (at least to me). I have been wanting to do a tri for a few years now but I just could not wrap my mind about the training schedule. I even bought tri books about training and surviving the first Tri. I am hoping that this will truly help me.

FAMILY STATUS: Divorced (soon to reconcile) w/ 2 teenage boys

CURRENT TRAINING: I am planning to start my training Jan. 4, 2010. I figure that I should be able to complete most of my training in the gym setting until I am able to get a bike.

2009 RACES: Never completed any races

2010 RACES: Not sure which races that I want to do yet.

WEIGHTLOSS: My goal is to lose 50lbs while maintaining the underlying muscle that I still have I am hoping that by training for a tri I am able to regain my activeness and become the sexy diva I once was! I also want the privilege and accomplishment of finishing a Tri!!

mekira - 2009-12-27 7:22 PM I'd love to join your group if there is still room NAME: Patricia STORY: I've always been into sports : figure skating from 4-18, then weight training and dancing and back to figure skating at 30. I did adut syncho skating for a few years until I started running in order to be able do to the 3.5 minute routines without dying. Of course being an internet geek, I started reading everything I could about running online and stumbled upon triathlons throughout my research. Hum I can do that I said...... So I joined a club (needs structure) and last year I did 4 sprint tris and a duathlon. I still consider myself a newbie though because I feel I just scratched the surface of the sport (I came in last or second to last in every race I did LOL) FAMILY STATUS: 44 year old mother of a teenager (god help me lol) I've been with my bf for 10 years and no he's not into tris but he's very supportive of all my hobbies CURRENT TRAINING: Right now, I'm just running every second day. I have problems with my back which makes swimming a challenge so I'm concentrating on running and indoor biking (I live in Canada - It's winter here). 2009 RACES: Like I said, I did 4 sprint triathlons and a duathlon. 2010 RACES: For sure the Ottawa half marathon in May. I'll be training for that starting January. I'll also be biking and swimming just once a week. I want to do an Oly in 2010. I also want to do more duathlons, I liked that. So I'll be doing a mix of sprints, dus and an Oly. WEIGHTLOSS: I'm 5'1 also and I weight 130. I'm not looking to lose any weight but I started weight training so I can become stronger and add a bit of muscle to my frame (especially the upper body, I get injured easily) I'm a member of an all girl bike club so I like the idea of an all girl support group That's all for now Patricia

trigrl92596 - 2009-12-27 8:02 PM Hi Trish.
My name is Katrina and I would love to join this group.  I am so excited to have found this site to help me get to my goal of doing a few sprint tri's this year.  I am a former competitive kickboxer.  I had knee surgery last year and just started running again last month.  I have already signed up to do two tri's and Muddy Buddy in 2010!!

I look forward to hearing all your great advice!!

All the Best!!

Kat 

ohiotrigirl - 2009-12-27 8:24 PM Hi Trish....  My name is Tara and I sure hope there is still room open in your mentoring group!  I am signing up Dec 31 for the Iron Girl Atlanta that is exactly 6 months from today!  Never have done a triathon before however began running in March of 2009 and completed 4 5Ks during the course of the summer/early fall.  I ended up with h1n1 and pneumonia in October so I had to take a break from running and am ready to begin again.  Two of my best friends are joining me for the Iron Girl and it is there first tri also!  Quite a bit intimidating!!! I also will be running more 5K's and possibly 10 K's in 2010 and hopefully doing tri races closer to where I live.  We decided Iron Girl Atlanta as our big race of the year and want to do one BIG race a year for motivation and time for just us girls!  Love how training makes me feel... and excited about having a mentor. 
I am 38 years old, married for 15 years, and have 2 children (ages 13 and 10) that I want to be a healthy, active role model for.  I hope we get to work together. 

stefanier - 2009-12-27 8:33 PM Trish, I follow your blog on blogspot and would be honored to be a mentee!!!

NAME: Stefanie

STORY: IN January 2005 I worked the finish line of the Disney Marathon handing out medals. It was extremely motivating especially in the 5th, 6th and 7th hours. It was then that I made the decision that at some point I would take up running. I finially starting running in March 2006 and to date have finished 2 marathons, 8 half marathons and a multitude of other smaller distance races.

In January of this year I took at Triathlon training class and I am hooked. I managed to squeeze in 4 triathlons this year and have already signed up for my first HIM. I might be one of the slower kids out there but I am having a ton of fun.

FAMILY STATUS: I am married and am very lucky that my excitement for running and triathlons has rubbed off on the husband. We are training for the HIM together even though he is tons faster than I am and has only been running/doing anything triathlon since January 2009.

CURRENT TRAINING: I typically schedule out my training a month at a time because I have nice calendar that hangs on the wall reminding me what the work out of the day is. I try to get in 3 workouts a week in each discipline. However right now I am coming off of a 3 week long rest period and will be working on skill work for about the next month or so.

2009 RACES:

January 11	Disney Marathon	6:47:48
June 28	Aflac Irongirl Atlanta (Sprint)	2:10:56
July 25	Make It By Midnight Half Marathon	3:11:00
August 22	TriPTC (Sprint)	1:36:26
September 19	Vidalia Onion Sprint Triathlon	1:27:38
October 25	TriCooter (Sprint)	1:25:03
November 14	Chickamauga Battlefield Half Marathon	2:39:17 (PR!!!)
November 28	Bartram Forest Trail Marathon	6:32:00 (PR)

2010 RACES:  (These are on the calendar thus far)

January 16	Museum of Aviation Half Marathon
January 31	Ocala Half Marathon
March 6	Snickers Energy Bar Half Marathon
June 27	Irongirl Atlanta (Sprint)
August 21	Tri PTC (Sprint)
September 26	Ironman August 70.3

WEIGHTLOSS: Well 7 years ago I weighed in at over 200lbs (College days). I lost a bit of weight before my wedding and then gained a tiny bit back. But overall I am down 50lbs from my heaviest. My goal is 135 which means I have 15 lbs to lose this year.

WHAT WILL MAKE ME A GOOD MENTEE: Because I am super awesome. JK I update my logs daily and I have a very active blog on Blogspot.

You've got a hm coming up in a few weeks -- how are you feeling ?

http://theprincessrunner.blogspot.com/
I promise to participate and I am great at motivating people. I need the accountability of a mentor!

funkytwinkie - 2009-12-27 8:39 PM

Hello ladies (: I'm a total newbie, but I'd love to get some help with my first olympic tri up north in Canada (:

NAME: Jiyoon

STORY: I've been quite active during the summer to lose weight...but since school started, I've let myself down and gain a lot of the weight back ): I've done one half marathon, and I'm doing this triathlon to raise awareness for neglected tropical diseases (: Really excited to lose weight this time and keep it down for good! And help out the kids along the way as well!

FAMILY STATUS:  21 year old single, junior at University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, CANADA!

CURRENT TRAINING:  Started 20 week olympic plan (swim focused) with May 16th as race day

2009 RACES: Umm...none

2010 RACES: The UBC Triathlon Race Series! (:

WEIGHTLOSS: Goal is to lose 30 lbs, and get a six pack!!! (:

Thank you! I really don't know anything about triathlons, (or what triathletes are like...but I hear they're crazier than the runners) so I hope I can get some help (;

trishie - 2009-12-28 10:14 PM




another Patricia ! (tis my real "official" name)

mother of a teenager -- yikes! boy or girl? very cool that your bf is supportive -- you'll need someone to lug your bike to and from races and men come in handy that way. haha.

Very cool that you are signed up for your first half marathon ! Which plan - if any - are you following? I really like Hal Higdon's plans... Galloway is good too.

Do you still skate? One of my cowokers was/ is a figure skater (no longer competes but still skates for fun/ teaches)

trishie - 2009-12-28 10:07 PM

Opera singer in NYC? girl, how cool are YOU?!

Looks like you and me are tied for Oly PRs pretty cool.

Don't stress about getting in all of your trianing for Orlando 70.3. Remember that is a hobby and it's supposed to be FUN ! Make sure you get in a few long rides/ runs/ swims and don't fret if you miss a few workouts. Everyone does ! Excited to follow your training

stefanier - 2009-12-29 8:25 PM

Patricia, I hope that you are feeling better. Was anyone else with you?


I am trying to plan out the rest of my 2010 tri season. I have a few races planned but need to figure the rest of it out. I am souting the BT race reports of those races I am considering. Has anyone ehre done the Chattanooga Waterfront Olympic?

DH just bought me a late Christmas gift. In a week or so I will be the proud new owner of an Xterra Wetsuit! I can't wait for it to come in the mail.

ohiotrigirl - 2009-12-30 7:39 PM   I am signing up tomorrow 8 am sharp for the Iron Girl Atlanta which is in June.  Also am thinking about another sprint tri near my home in April to just get a feel for tris... never even been to one... never seen one .

Tara