Standing Ovation

I'm told that TRIgirl40 will be wearing a pink fur-lined skirt for her acceptance speech. Congratulations on your blog's award! We're proud of you!

Courage

"Life shrinks and expands in proportion to one's courage." Anais Nin

You've had it in the back of your mind or perhaps have even said once or twice, "I want to do a triathlon." Or perhaps you are a triathlete who needs a little guidance or a bit of camaraderie. Wherever you are on the triathlon spectrum, we have a place for you. Expand your life and find the courage that lies within you and come out to see what the TRIgirl movement is all about...

Our informational meeting for new and potential TRIgirls is scheduled for Sunday, January 13 at 6 p.m. at Maramarc Fitness.
Come one, come all!!!

Let TRIgirl Training help YOU meet your 2008 fitness goals!

We'll bring the party

Alright, Set-UpEvents. You hold the race and we'll bring the party.

After three hours of palm-sweating, wine drinking, cursing, threats, phone calls, emails and 10 pages of posts on the forum, White Lake, NC will now be the location of the first 1/2 Ironman of the TRIgirl 2008 season.

White Lake, NC, are you really ready for this crew????

Charlotte
Susie Q
Fave
Lynn
Shelly
Shawn
Karen
Margo
Cyndi
Jill
Sharon
Mary
Sandee
Deanna L
Deanna B
Kate G
Jackie
Debbie Jo
Kate B
Bethany
Molly W
Liz
Mollie S
Joan
Caroline P
Patty
MMF crew:
Rick E
Mark B
Jeff W
Brad
Tammy
Fred M

(Thanks to Cyndi for compiling this list!)

There is nothing like that registration confirmation email to get the motivation going. The race off in the distance becomes real, the training becomes purposeful, and the real fun begins!
May 3, 2008 will be a glorious day in the land of Pink.

A few favorites from 2007

The metaphor of life

Peaks and valleys, ebbs and flows, challenges, joys, hardships and successes. It is life and it is training. Perhaps the best metaphor for training is life itself, and that is why I apply the lessons I learn in my life to my training.

Each year I come up with a word that will help guide me in my life and in my training. One word. One simple word that can encompass so much. And this year I challenge you to come up with a single word to help to guide you in your life and your training. Put that word on a post-it note. Write the word in your planner. Look it up in the dictionary and define it. Live it.

I challenge you to find a word that will inspire you. A word that you can remember when those 1/2 mile repeats seem to be just too hard, or when life gets so busy that you forget to live. A simple word that will become your life-philosophy.

Here are a few ideas to get you started:

Go
Accomplish
Peace
Risk
Joy
Believe
Embrace
Be
Accept
Dream
Reinvent
Change
Balance
Commit
Trust
Happiness


I want to hear your ideas! Please do share by replying to this post.

Let the trash talking commence

The stakes are a little higher for the Monument Avenue teams this year!

TRIgirl teams of 5 will compete for some swag from our sponsor, SkirtSports.

Here's how it will work: I will assign teams of five TRIgirls and each team will have a team leader. After collecting data, the team leader will submit to me the combined predicted race time for her team. Each member of the team with the closest time to their prediction will win some goodies from Skirt Sports!!!

Register now for the Monument Avenue 10k and post on the forum so I can begin creating teams.

2008 Registration

is up and ready for you!!!!
Get a jump on those plans for 2008 and save your space in TRIgirl 2008 .