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Hi Luke,

I completed my first Ironman CDA and doing Ironman USA in 08.  Please help me get motivated to Train hard for 07!  By the way, Im 26 and MArried to a stud TRiathlete, and doing Lonestar (HIM). 

Thanks,

JEff

Hey Jeff, that is great! I will be doing the HIM at Lonestar too! Sounds like you definitely have more experience than I do but I can sure motivate! My wife got into tri's after being a swimmer her whole life. She swam for Auburn in college and so that is her strong suit in tri's. She and I differ a lot in triathlon because she is much more of a sprint racer and I love sprints, but I am really more interested in doing some longer course endurance racing.

Looking forward to a great season and getting to meet you in April! 

Howdy! Im joining this group too.

Im a 20 year old college student at Texas A&M whose gearing up for his second full year of tris.  I started doing them a little over a year ago as a way to get back in shape and lose weight.  Well since then Ive lost minimal weight (still at 245) but am in much better shape.  I cant wait to kick off the season with all the stuff Ive got planned including 2 HIMs, collegaite nationals, and starting to dominate the clydesdale division of my sprints thru the t2 (during the run all bets are off ). 

Anyways good luck to everybody this off season!

Well guys it looks like we have a full group! And the best part is that we have 4 out of 5 Texans! Sorry Jeff, we still love you even though you are not from the greatest state in the country!

First assignment (yeah thats right, I'm giving work on the first day of class!): lets get some goals laid out for training right now, and then some goals for the 2007 season.  Mine would be something like:

Training: Right now I need to finish moving into my house and get my focus back on training. I need to up my mileage and prepare for the Houston 1/2 mary. I want to have a long run the next 3 weeks of 8,9 and 10 miles respectively and then taper. Next week while I am off of work I am planning on at least 1 longish ride of 30-50 miles and some mtn bike rides in the woods (I miss that). I am also going to start getting back in the pool again so I can begin to prepare for the Lonestar 1/2 IM.

2007: I would like to have fun in the 1/2 IM and finish strong. I know that I am not fast at all but I would like to be in good enough shape to finish with a smile. After that I am just going to focus on the sprints and have a good time. I think I have decided that I am not going to race CapTex so I can jockstrap for my lovely wife. If Lonestar goes well I will throw around the idea of possibly doing the Playtri HIM or Ironstar HIM. I am also considering the new trioneoone race in the woodlands that is next november.

As of now this is my plan. Things might change some but not too much. I really look forward to encouraging each of you and hopefully we can all make big improvements in 2007. Also, anyone in the Houston area that wants to get together at any point to train, let me know. If you need help in the pool, I will recruit my wife (former collegiate swimmer/current part time swim coach) to do some coaching. If you have any questions about anything, post them here!

Post a pic if you have one so we can put a face to the name. The first is my wife and I in NYC on Thanksgiving in 04 and the next is Kylie and I very early in the AM before the Stonebridge Ranch Tri a few months ago. pic shamelessly stolen from Laurie (tri_it_cajun_style):

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STORY: I played college baseball (Im glad I didnt go to A&M jk ) When I got married I started this TRI thing and have loved every second. I completed Ironman CDA 06 12:39. This will be my 4th season!  http://www.veoh.com/videoDetails.html?v=e97779QnjfKkTe

 GOALS 07:  Have fun first off, but planed to do 2 or 3 HIM this season.  If I had a goal it would be to do a sub 5:00 HIM. LONESTAR HIM (last year 5:33 and bonked at mile 5 on run), St. Croix, Longhorn, 1o1 (TX)

TRAINING 07:  I need stay consistant with my swim, bike, and RUN.  My swim is not good at all!  My bike each year gets better, and run. Not SWIM it has been getting worse every year. 

ACCOUNTABLE: for daily updating my logs, make sure I am working hard towards my Triathlon goals.  Any advise on SWIMMING will be helpful. 

FAMILY:  just turned 26.  I have an awesome Wife "SARAH" she became an Ironman this year IMFL, no baby's, no dogs, we are young and love to travel.

'07 Goals: I would like to finish both of my HIMs in under 7 hours, not finish DFL at nationals, and begin placing in some of the smaller local sprints. I also want to start eating much better and train consistantly.

As for a bike shop in the Houston area I would recommend Bay Area Schwinn.  Its not NW but the owner is an ol 'ag who generally gives deals to other ags.  He sponsors the A&M tri team so if your not a former student then tell him you heard about the shop from someone on the A&M tri team and he may give you a good deal too.  Oh and they are not just schwinn dealers, they have everything except trek (my friends roomate just got a soloist from there).  

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now its reallytime to get serious .