Does anyone else kind of wish they were doing the tri this year? I know, call me nuts, but I kind of liked the whole torture of it all. I keep getting the emails for the Echo Tri, and I read the personal challenges that they usually publish that everyone sends in. They really were inspiring. It is amazing what some people overcome. I can understand the thrill of finishing a tri-- because you actually prove to yourself that you can make it-- be the trial spiritual, physical, or mental. Here are some of the trials people overcome while training. Call me a sap, but I thought they were very inspirational.
3 years off since my last race
50 lb weight loss since Jan 1
A hatred of mass start triathlon swims
been clean for 2 years-did hard drugs and drank a lot of alcohol, triathlon and family helped me straighten up and achieve
Being a mother of children and a wife of a training Ironman
Broken leg 6 months ago
Chronic back pain
Entropy through aging!
Extreme Weight Loss and 10 Years of Inactivity Due to Desk Job.
Finding the time to train
Getting out of bed in the morning to work out.
Giving birth twice in last 3 years over age 40!
Had a still born baby in february, trained to loose pregnancy fat and to feel like something was in my controll, I just hope to cross the finish line.
I am currently attending UVSC and am a junior in Paralegal Studies. I recently obtained my Domestic Mediators certificate. Previously, I went through an extremely difficult divorce and custody litigation.
I am developmentally delayed, but I have conquered all kinds of other physical and mental challenges.
I broke my neck snowboarding last year. I fractured my c-1 vertebre and the base of my skull. It is still recovering, but the more I train the better I feel.
I had knee surgery last August
I have lost 15 pounds preparing for this event
I just did Ironman France 3 wks prior to the race.
In 2001 I broke my back snowboarding. I have been working out for this event ever since. My wife and I started running a biking together for rehibilitation. Through my training I convinced the Doctors not to fuse my back.
Inactivity
I've been at sea for eight months
I've lost 55 pounds!
Just had a baby in November
learned I can complete the IronmanCDA
Learned to Swim!
lost 50lbs, got divorced
my fat gut
My husband!
Never competed in any kind of event of this sort
Shoulder reconstruction surgery
stopped smoking
Training while going to grad school
Training with an infant and toddler
Weight Loss (Lost 35 pounds).
Weight loss, years of inactivity
Years of inactivity and lots of aching joints when I started preparing in January (-:
This is my first Olympic distance race since a stroke 5 years ago. I did several Tri's before the stroke, but have had to overcome some significant physical barriers to be ready to compete.
We're headed up to the lake! Best wishes to everyone racing!
Chris and John
TriUtah
19 comments:
Oh Man! I really really wish I was doing a tri this year too. It's twisted, yes. The spudman is coming up here in Burley and I'm sad I'm not doing it. I am FOR SURE in for Echo and the Spudman next year. Who's with me????
I am sad that I am not doing any tri's this year. I really miss the Echo tri and will miss the spudman. I am in for several tris next year.
I agree, the thrill of a tri is finishing one. I read the quotes and agreed with one. One of the reasons that I love tris is that I feel it gives back to me control over my body that I have lost with my epilepsy, or that epilepsy does not control me.
I love the friendship of people at tris and doing them with the family. We are all doing at least one together next year!!!
I'd do one again with all of ya. It's more fun with family, more motivating.
(I was going to be disapointed that my tri picture wasn't up, but then remember how ugly I looked while doing it...)
As a spectator of you good tri people, I have to say I admire you all doing them. Do I get credit for hanging out with good people? Meredith was disappointed you all weren't in Echo this year. She is doing it and I'm sure would do it with you all next year.
Missy! I don't have any pictures of you doing the tri or I would have posted one, believe me-- I would rather put you on the blog in Spandex rather than myself!!
If you all are going to do one next year, than I am too! (I have to agree with the trial of hating mass start triathlon swims....I think I was kicked in the gut about 50 times last year.
I agree with you Jared, doing one shows that you can really have some control over aspects in your life. For me it shows that I can truly control my mind if I have enough determination. I realized that if I really keep my mind set on finishing and not quitting, than I can deal with the physical pain of it all!!
(Missy or Mom, do you have any of the pictures of us from last year? If you do, can you send them?)
Mom you are an integral part of the echo triatholon tradition!
I am doing my triathalon throughout the different stages of my life. I swam a couple miles a week over the summers in high school. I biked 10 miles a day over the summer in Fairbanks, and now I run 6 miles everyday as a firefighter. Does that count? Am I cool? Does it matter that I only exercise for money? I don't wear spandex, but my contract says that I "should consider myself a professional athelete." Is this page only for amatures?
What? Do you really think that we are calling ourselves professionals? You guys can call your selves triathletes if you want, I think those events all certainly qualify. Anything that is a tri-event of self-torture over a period of time should be classified as "triathlon"! As for being considered "cool", I don't think normal people would classify us that way...more like "insane". Of course, Mike appears to be the only smart one-- he being labeled as "professional athlete" and actually getting paid for the torture!
Actually Mike, you are probably in good enough shape from your job and your previous experience with biking and swimming to properly kick our behinds if you were to do a triathlon. I don't expect you to ever be that crazy though!!
I vote Mike doesn't do a tri against us this year because he would kick my flabby but. Just kidding, about the vote you out thing, you would still kick my flabby but.
Monte Carlson runs more than I do in a week right now!
I don't know if I could kick anybody's butt. I am not competetive enough. I'll be honest, running hurts and I think it's boring. The fact that you can all do it with your own motivation is really admirable. Good job.
My hubbie agrees with you, Mike. He says the only running he ever did was chasing a ball and he doesn't like to do that anymore!
The longest I ever had to push my body at one tie was the Provo River 10 miler. Reading this and all od Suzie's blogs makes me feel like kind of a l-o-s-e-r (especially with the athletic background). Will someone babysit for me every day while I work out? How do you do it with kids? I only have one! James leaves so early in the morning--I'm not waking up at 5am to excercise, especially considering my night owlishness. But I do love the "pain" in that same weird way. I love to push myself and do something hard. I have never had any desire to run a marathon--10 miles was perfect--but I like the idea of a triathalon, the diversity and all. I bet the pioneers are having a good laugh. ("For some must bike and some must swim...")
Ha!! Abby-- you crack me up.
I'm in. I'm going online right now to check out the Echo and Spudman triathlons...it has seriously been a dream to do one. (When I said "right now", I actually meant after my ice-cream is gone and I've checked out the new "Cherry Pie" collection at gymboree.com. I have issues. But I will try to overcome the bothersome issues in time for next years triathlon series! :>)
Hey all that are interested...Abby gave me a triathlon book for my birthday and it has training programs for all lengths of triathlons and for all levels of "expertise."
So there is even a program for slow people like us!
WHo is going to design the family t-shirt and who is going to call the newspaper to get us in the community interest section?
Sweeeeet! I will design a T-Shirt. I really will do it if everyone else will-- is it all right if my courage only comes from peer pressure? Let's do it!! Amy I am so glad you are in!
I will wear your T-shirt design!
Will someone teach me how to swim so I can join you? Really... I would love to!
After the last couple of days in Wenatchee I realized how much I miss my cousins. We need to have another reunion soon. We also need to get Larry and Randy's families to blog with us. I was trying to convince them, but I think they could use more peer pressure from other cousins. I'm not too sure they were 100% convinced blogging was for them.
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