Wednesday, November 14, 2007

These are my people..my heroes..my teammates.

I am just so proud to part of a team, The New Mexico Outlaws. We have some major talent brewing in these parts. These folks will also be my roommates at Ironman Couer d' Alene. Not bad company, I must say!

These are my heroes of the day:
One is Brian. When he started he was an overweight newbie and over the last few years has taken triathlon by storm. I remember the day I realized he was faster than me on the swim-say what? Brian is a really smart psychologist, very organized, very enthusiastic and sweet. He is married to GeekGirl, who is also a gem. So he is S. Baboo to all of us in blog world. Here is his latest Ironman adventure. He is also, by the way, getting thinner everyday:

http://clydeologist.blogspot.com/2007/11/course-that-makes-ironmen-cry-silverman.html

Then there is Maria. She started running a couple of years ago and biking last year and has obviously found her niche. She runs faster than anyone I have ever seen. After this short time in the sport, she is already gotten herself ranked 8th in the World in the 70.3 championships. Now Maria is a very humble, sweet tiny gal, who just makes you feel faster looking at her. I have hopes for getting faster just looking at her times. Here is her latest race:

http://outlawstriathlon.blogspot.com/2007/11/703-world-championship-2007.html

These are my training peeps!

3 comments:

the Dread Pirate Rackham said...

we are among inspiring people. ain't it cool?!

skoshi said...

The team is inspiring, in so many ways. Everyone has SO MUCH to offer individually, and as a collective.
Goals, forward thinking, positive reinforcement...
Thanks for the post.

momo said...

pretty cool, isn't it? you never know what you can do until you try and your partners are living proof of that. you're in great company.