Getting to know folks in MO! (Page 2)

Welcome trifocus!  I agree that it helps and is fun to train with someone else, but if that's not possible at least with BT you can have virtual training partners. 

I live just outside of Springfield and have and also have an office in Osage Beach, so I'm in your neighborhood fairly often.  I went to the LBS in Lake Ozark a few weeks ago, good guys, and they gave me some good bike routes that are within an hour or so of Richland.  

I think we should start a challenge, say maybe Jan 1st Jan 2nd, with the folks on this thread and anyone else that may stumble in.  What do you say getsome, slovegreen, soozey?  Who did I miss?  Speak up.

Ooh a challenge. I need one. I'm taking the off season very seriously.

But really, if we wanted to do something earlier, that'd be cool too (tho I'm game for New years too!). Once this weekend hits, I'm looking to get some structure back into my workouts (I'm not calling it training right now). For me, I can't seem to drag my hiney to the weight room so I'd be up for a strength challege of some kind. Could be as easy as goal # of sessions per week or something. What I know is that this is something I always struggle with. We should probably wait some tho for the rest of you that are ending their season this weekend so you can have some down time.

Challenges are fun. So, keep me posted.

Great idea!  I am up for starting a challenge or support group... whatever you want to call it. I'd join in earlier than January for sure.  I just have to get nagging injuries out of the way first, then I'm ready to get back in shape.  I really think I lost a lot of fitness by the way I approached the season (race...recover...race....recover)  Kinda forgot the training part! hehehe.

I think I could be persuaded to add weight training to my regimen 1 or 2 times per week.  Just full-body stuff. Chin-ups, pull-ups, dips, squats and deadlifts would be plenty for me.  No need for isolation lifts until I start looking like Arnold.

~B

Welcom Josh.  You've found a great site.  Get your logs going and have fun.

By the way everyone else, I haven't forgotten about the challenge.  I'm taking Oct off from running and at least a couple of weeks off from the bike to hopefully relieve the ITBS.

Happy Friday!

Hey everyone.  Just wanted to let you know that I found a good challenge and joined in.  Would love to see everyone there.

Challenge forum:  I need a challenge (easy please)

Hi guys!  I'm back!  Married and all!

Hey Robert.  Hope you had a good ride.  I rode today as well, the weather was great here in Springfield.

Don't be a stranger.

Hello and welcome.

Well, I race "unaffiliated."  I have a hard time coordinating my schedule to take advantage of tri club events, etc.  But it sure is nice to have training partners out there who share your same goals.

Speak of... what races do you have in mind for the upcoming season? Between those of us on here from STL, I'll bet we've been there and done that!

See ya,

B

I had a great time at every race.  And I wrote up lots of details about each one, too. But most notably, I really enjoyed Wood River because of all the action on the course the whole time, and I thought that Lake Saint Louis was awesome. It was such a big production compared to the other races!

You can get a pretty good feel for the set-ups and nitty gritty details from my RR's and the pics in them.  Also, www.swimbikerunstlouis.com has a photo gallery for a lot of the local races.

 what do you have planned for this year?

~B