Getting to know you: Texas! (Page 2)

Welcome Jeanne, finding time to train is hard for a lot of people. What hours do you work? For me it is really not that tough because my wife is a triathlete also. If you are having a hard time making time to train, you have to remember one thing: quality. A lot of times you can rely on quality training even if you are not getting the quantity that you would like. Do you feel mentally prepared for the race? Are you confident that you can do the distances? Then don't worry about it, just have fun.

Stonebridge will be a fun race. There should be a good group of BT'ers there to meet and greet. Good luck in your training and we'll see you on race day! 

Name: Brandt
Age: 36
Hometown: Bedford, Texas (after being born in Chicago)
City\Town: Currently Brownsville; hope to be back in Bedford area VERY soon
Favorite Training Places: River Legacy Park Trails (bike); running and swimming have all been in very non-impressive locations in and around Brownsville
Triathlons Completed: Seven sprints, one oly, Ironman CDA
Current Goals:  Get my body composition in check, train smart for IMAZ '07

Well said

Name: Tommy
Age: 45
Hometown: Opelousas, LA
City\Town: Frisco, TX
Favorite Training Places: biking north of Frisco on back roads; anywhere the traffic is light.  Walking trails around the neighborhood.
Triathlons Completed: Buffalo Springs 70.3, CapTex, Ironhead Oly, Prairie Man, Las Vegas (New Mexico) Triathlon oly
Current Goals: Ironman Florida

Name:  John
Age:  38
Hometown:  Omaha, Texas
City\Town:  Allen, Texas
Favorite Training Places:  Swimming at Oak Point; Cycling at White Rock Lake, and around Allen, McKinney, Lucas; running around the neighborhood.
Triathlons Completed:  3 sprints, 1 oly, 1 adventure race
Current Goals:  Lose more arse, improve running base and speed, White Rock Half Mary.

Name: Amanda
Age: 25
Hometown: Dallas
City\Town: Dallas (moved back a month ago)
Favorite Training Places: swim: SMU Outdoor Pool!!  bike: White Rock Lake.  run:  what is that?
Triathlons Completed: 2005 - Rockwall sprint, LAC sprint
Current Goals: Stop reinjuring ankle every 10 days!  Active recovery for ankle injury (swim and a little bike), and then build base for bike/swim during off season, and start running again early 2007.

Even though I haven't been on the forum in a while I'll still like to keep up for when I do return to training!

Name: Sheri
Age: 39
Hometown:  Racine, Wisconsin
City\Town:  Austin
Favorite Training Places:  Any place that friends will meet me.  Hike & Bike trail, Jack Brown bike loop (it took awhile for me to enjoy it), many fun run courses.
Triathlons Completed:  Austin & Florida Danskin (4); DilloMan; CapTex Olympic (2); Spirit of Racine Half Ironman; IronStar Half Ironman (and many running races including 2 marathons)
Current Goals:  After giving birth to my 1st son sometime around Thanksgiving weekend I plan to get back to tri training!  (And I can't wait to get back to training!)  I have an Ironman penciled in for 2008.

Name:  Lisa
Age:  42
Hometown:  Houston, Texas
City\Town:  Katy, Texas
Favorite Training Places:  Swimming at LifeTime in CincoRanch and OWS at Twin Lakes in Alvin, TX; Cycling on the back roads of Katy and in Janice's 5:15am Spinning Class at LifeTime; running at the CincoRanch High School track and learning to run on the treadmill at the gym (to improve my speed).  I like bricks at Memorial Park with fellow BTers too!
Triathlons Completed:  5 sprints this year (my first year)
Current Goals:  Lose more weight, improve running speed and distance, improve my swim distance so I can do some Olys next year!

Name:  Mary
Age:  38
Hometown:  Mexia, Texas
City\Town:  League City, Texas
Favorite Training Places:   Jogging through my neighborhood when it's cool and quiet; Jogging around the track at the high school while the kids attend swim practice, where I compare myself with other runners and get an idea of how embarrassingly slow I am; Cycling on the upright at the Tiger Gym while listening to 80's rock on my mp3; Cycling through town, when I can actually manage the time during daylight hours; I haven't found a place to swim, yet, at least one that I can afford.
Triathlons Completed:  None yet.  Training for the '07 season.
Current Goals:  Complete the 5K at the school's Fall Carnival in October.  For the first time in my life, I refuse to be intimidated.