Kdogtoo's group - full

Welcome,

Looks like you are well on your way. With that kind of running and swim base you may be ready for the Steelhead this fall.

Ken

Got room for another Westsider? 

Name:  Jeff

Location: I live in the Southside of Holland, MI, but spend a fair amount of time all over the rest of Michigan (parents near midland, in-laws in kzoo, friends all over Detroit, etc)

Family Status:  My wife actually is the one who's gotten me interested in doing tri's.  She's done sprints all over W. Michigan.  She's my main training partner.

07 race:  My first sprint was the Sanford & Sun Sprint up on Sanford Lake in August.  I finished in 1:30 and some change, but was disappointed that I still had gas left in the tank.  Oh well, now I know. 

08 races: Definitely the Sanford race again (my parents live 5 min from the course), possibly Grand Haven, Seahorse, Vicksburg, etc.  Probably some 5/10K's thrown in there too.

 Goals:  First & foremost is to recover from my Hockey injury a couple weeks ago.  I have a 2nd degree sprain of the inside of my right ankle.  It sucks.  My house isn't very convenient for crutching or hobbling.  Driving is a pain when your right ankle's tender. 

Once the ankle is back up to speed, I need to spend more time in the pool working on my swim.  That's definitely my weak link right now. 

 In the last year I've gotten hooked on the whole tri thing.  There's enough variety that I don't get bored doing any one thing.  My wife & I have a lot of fun training & racing together.  Also, my performance in the other sports I play (softball & hockey (pre-injury)) have really taken off. 

Welcome,

I live in Hamilton, so you can't be to far away. I was starting to wonder if there were any other BTers over here.

Ken

Welcome aboard Peter,

Looks like you have a goal in mind already for this coming year.  I would suggest that take a look at the training plans and that will help you decide which length to go for. Once you decide, download that plan and start using the logs so we can all "keep an eye" on you.

Welcome aboard Jason,

I was hoping to get someone from the other side of the lake to warn me when bad weather is coming.  Looks like you have a pretty good winter base so lets go from there.

Ken

Hey Dan

Looks like you'll be on a slightly different training schedule then the rest of us.  Welcome aboard.

Hey do you have space for one more?

I won't take up that much time....

I'm sure we can squeeze you in.

Ok folks,

Looks like we have a good mix in our group.  I have put links to each of you logs as well as to this thread in my "goals" section.  Let's see where this goes.

Train ON

Thanks!

This will be my first season of Triathlons.  I got into the sport as a challenge from a long time school buddy.

My goal in 2008 is to lose 25 pounds to my fighting weight of 200lbs.  This is where I need the most motivation.

I have been training pretty consistently since summer.  But now I am without a pool and I just got a trainer for my Bike (Woohooo, though they are rollers and scaring the hell out of me)

I only have two races scheduled this year so far.

I would like to work up to a Maarthon by the end of teh summer.

Anyway I need to go out and run now.  Scheduled 4.5 miles.

Hey Ken et. al.

I'm a runner coming out of a temporary "retirement" that was forced by a pretty crazy work schedule over the past couple of years.  Now I"m trying to find that balance between work and pleasure, finding time to get out for a run, bike, or even the occasional swim.  If there's still room in your group, I'd love to join.

 Thanks,

Allie 

Allie

I think we can manage one more. Welcome aboard.   Where are you from?

Ken

Say it ain't so...

Hoping you could squeeze in one more guy from the other side of the lake and add another tri donk to the group. If not I understand.

Alright your in. Ill add you to the list in my log tomorrow.

ken

Great!

Injury Update:

The ankle is recovering pretty well at this point. The crutches have been gone for a while, and I'm driving with little to no discomfort.  Of course, I'm frustrated at having not been able to do too much the last couple of weeks (notice the tumbleweeds going through my logs).  I'm still way too tender to start running again, but I've been walking on the treadmill (more for stretching/range of motion than anything) and plan on hitting the pool again next week as well as some light work on the exercise bike.  I need to find that fine line between pushing myself without overdoing it an re-aggrivating the sprain.  Especially since my wife & I have a ski trip out west planned for the end of January.

OK I give, what is this whole donkey thing ??????

I'm only a newly minted donk , so I'm probably not the best guy to answer but, as our lead donk (jszat) repsonded to my similiar question:

Well, best case is we hope you log consistently and inspire others, train and race with us at your leisure. Pretty laid back. We have gear but not mandatory. Just a fun group to try and keep things light really. Wide spectrum of abilities too so all are welcome.

Check out jszat's log and you will get a feel for the group, most located in SE WI

Ok

So what do your January goals look like? here are mine (as well as on my logs page)