Beer Drinker Appreciation Society - Open For Business (Page 3)

Originally posted by Qua17

5th - Always room for a stay at home beer drinking home brewing dad... Actually - I think it goes without saying - if you are staying at home with kids - thank god for beer!

Help me out - why the "fifth nickname?

Welcome!

Originally posted by Moonrocket

Sandi- How do you prefer to train? If you like to ride with others I would definitely go with a road bike. Most of the serious triathletes I know do most of their rides on road bikes. That said I ride my mountain bike almost all of the time- so I'm not the best person to ask.

Originally posted by Smiley9188

I'd love to join this group! My name is Colleen and I'm signed up to do an indoor triathlon in 2.5 weeks (gulp!!). I'm sort of winging it. I have loads of non- technical questions and am not really a great athlete. I'm a mother to two young kids (4 and 1) and have never challenged my body to this sort of discipline. I hope to complete 5 sprints this summer, all in CT. I definitely would love a mentor group! I drink beer. I've been favoring vodka these days though... Will you still let me in? Oh! And I don't yet own a bike... Yes, a real beginner!

Originally posted by Smiley9188

I'd love to join this group! My name is Colleen and I'm signed up to do an indoor triathlon in 2.5 weeks (gulp!!). I'm sort of winging it. I have loads of non- technical questions and am not really a great athlete. I'm a mother to two young kids (4 and 1) and have never challenged my body to this sort of discipline. I hope to complete 5 sprints this summer, all in CT. I definitely would love a mentor group! I drink beer. I've been favoring vodka these days though... Will you still let me in? Oh! And I don't yet own a bike... Yes, a real beginner!

Originally posted by fifthcircle



Why 5th?

You want to know how much I don't like warm Coors Light? I did my scheduled run yesterday in 5F and 20mph North wind!!

-5th

Originally posted by Qua17

If I don't workout tomorrow, I'm going to assess myself a Coors Lite Penalty. I had planned on going out for a ride today but I got caught up in cleaning our our basement. We moved in almost 30 months ago and our basement has been a dumping ground since then. I spent the better part of the afternoon throwing away things that should have gotten chucked more than a decade ago. Progress was made so my wife and I are happy but my bike is lonely.

Have a great night everyone!

Anyone racing tomorrow morning?

Originally posted by Qua17

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There is power in that silver bullet! Kudos on getting the workout in!

Originally posted by b2b14

5th

Bells 2 hearted is a great beer! Glad you could enjoy it, and hope after that list of goodness you drank plenty of water today.

Ran 3 miles at the local lake trail there are some pretty hilly areas which I like b/c it makes almost any race I run easy in comparison. Today though it seems as though my pace was off. I finished but wasn't happy with my time. I would also like to vent for just a second and ask for a little advise. The lake trail I run is a city [ark and the trail is paved. There are always walkers, dog walkers, strollers, hikers, bikers ect. Normally it hasn't been an issue, when I come up on someone going the other way they see me, I see them and I move to a side of the trial they move to the other. If we are going the same way i will announce "I'm on left/right" because most will start to look over their shoulder as I come up because they can hear me. I say "thank you" as I pass them especially if they moved to make sure they were not in my way. My last run a woman was walking her dog who was off in the woods to the left of the trial owner was almost center or trail. I went to the far right (going same direction) on the very edge of the trail. The dog ran from off the trail across her and jumped at me, I was mid stride which made me knee the dog. I'm not sure if it was attacking or trying to play but I was pretty angry about it. I may have yelled some no so nice things conveying my displeasure (which I now regret but it was my natural reaction). Then today there was a large group walking together I estimate 15 people taking up the whole trail. They could see me coming and I moved to the edge of the trail thinking they would make a lane.... nope. By the time i realized the guy was not going to move it was to late. Being that I am 6'5" 230 I ran thought it but could feel a pretty solid thud as i went by, it was the front person and the ones in the rear had made way. This time I held my tongue at least. Am I crazy for getting upset and feeling that they were not showing basic "share the trail" courtesy? End rant

I am having Oh' Dark Thirty as my new years beer. Brewed in Fayetteville N,C. Imperial Black IPA.

Originally posted by ashort33

Have room for a returning BT'er?   A good mentor group is just what I need to jump start my year!

Originally posted by kevinbe

Both scenarios would have upset me as well. The dog thing. Put your animal on a leash in a popular trail area if it cannot handle not running after others. I often p/u rocks on my runs and hold in hands. I've been chased by big dogs, and it's no fun. I will not become a casualty, at least w/o a fight, or at the least, a good stones throw at a charging animal. It's the pet owners responsibility.

If it were me, and I continued to have problems on this trail, I would begrudgingly pick another route, or time to run on trail.

That beer sounds wonderful.

Originally posted by b2b14

I hate to hurt the dog, it was the owners fault. Glad I'm not crazy for being p'd off though. I was really just those 2 people every other time has been great. So we will see. I typically only run there for my long runs on Mondays while most people are at work.

Originally posted by sandishr



Mostly I train alone. With the bike, when I was really working on it, mostly after work...I'd bike into work and then after work put in a solid hour/hour and a half training session. Lots of ladders. If I found the right group to train with I suppose I'd join in, but really for me training is a fairly individual experience, something I do to spend time on myself. Exercise is my primary way of stress relief/coping too, so I really NEED that time alone.

I think the hybrid will still get plenty of use. A lot of the trails I train on have speed limits and the main one can get crowded, so there's only so fast I can go alot. Plus I really do want to do a mtn bike race in September. I realized that in my intro I neglected to mention that the other part of my life is raising/owning/training/breeding sled dogs, and we spend a significant amount of time in Idaho where I do that. I wanted a multi-purpose bike that I could do some mountain biking with, and use on a variety of trails. I also train dogs individually with the bike...they pull it and learn commands...and the hybrid will be used for that. Plus--I got good and strong on it, so if it will help my race speed to train on the hybrid a lot, I'm all for it.

I'm just competitive enough that I want a nice light road bike that will allow me to place in my age group consistently....

:-)

Originally posted by justinfss

Hey Guys,

Wondering if there is room for me to get back into the BDAS? I am way off the wagon of Run,Swim, Bike…. still on the beer drinking wagon (just made my first batch of homebrew!) So as you can imagine, all beer and no exercise is not so great health wise!


NAME: Justin

STORY: I have always been overweight, and since becoming a desk jockey (Air Traffic Control) 10 years ago I have been gaining weight at a slow but steady weight. I was a member of the group previously and had some decent regular training going on. I even completed a sprint triathlon and placed 3rd overall ( I think there may have only been three males doing the race as a whole, with most people doing relays). Something has to happen to break me out of my weight gain and descent into certified slob status. I would also like to complete the Sprint in my hometown, and work towards an olympic distance in the fall.

FAMILY STATUS: My Wife is amazing, she brought our beauty of a daughter into this world two and a half years ago.

CURRENT TRAINING: nada, zippo, zilch……ughhh…

2014 RACES: I did a 5K road race with my wife, and I pushed my daughter, that was a pretty fun day.

RACES PLANNED FOR 15: Heart of Gold Sprint Tri in July, OLY distance in the fall.

BEER PREFERENCE: I used to be huge into the IPA's but I find something about them now to be hard on my stomach. Love Stouts, and am pretty much up to try anything.

WEIGHT LOSS: Has to Happen, stepped on the scale today for an office weight loss challenge. 256.3 pounds….. this is out of control and needs to start dropping!

So yeah, if you'd have me back folks, I'd love to be part of the team, I need your motivation and camaraderie!

Originally posted by justinfss

Hey Guys,

Wondering if there is room for me to get back into the BDAS? I am way off the wagon of Run,Swim, Bike…. still on the beer drinking wagon (just made my first batch of homebrew!) So as you can imagine, all beer and no exercise is not so great health wise!


NAME: Justin

STORY: I have always been overweight, and since becoming a desk jockey (Air Traffic Control) 10 years ago I have been gaining weight at a slow but steady weight. I was a member of the group previously and had some decent regular training going on. I even completed a sprint triathlon and placed 3rd overall ( I think there may have only been three males doing the race as a whole, with most people doing relays). Something has to happen to break me out of my weight gain and descent into certified slob status. I would also like to complete the Sprint in my hometown, and work towards an olympic distance in the fall.

FAMILY STATUS: My Wife is amazing, she brought our beauty of a daughter into this world two and a half years ago.

CURRENT TRAINING: nada, zippo, zilch……ughhh…

2014 RACES: I did a 5K road race with my wife, and I pushed my daughter, that was a pretty fun day.

RACES PLANNED FOR 15: Heart of Gold Sprint Tri in July, OLY distance in the fall.

BEER PREFERENCE: I used to be huge into the IPA's but I find something about them now to be hard on my stomach. Love Stouts, and am pretty much up to try anything.

WEIGHT LOSS: Has to Happen, stepped on the scale today for an office weight loss challenge. 256.3 pounds….. this is out of control and needs to start dropping!


So yeah, if you'd have me back folks, I'd love to be part of the team, I need your motivation and camaraderie!

Originally posted by Moonrocket



I had a stupid dog jump all over me yesterday when I was Nordic skiing. I had metal edge touring skis on and was really worried I was going to slice him. I told the owner he needed to be careful. I was glad I had left my dog at home. The dog ran up to me on a downhill and I had to come to an abrupt stop to avoid him- at that point the owner was no where even in sight. I like dogs and was pissed.

Today was alpine skiing with the family.

Anyone have any tips on starting up running again after a long time off? I do not love running and signed up for my first race the end of May which has a 4.8 mile run. Time to get started.