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"I've done a triathlon!!!" - The weakening of Tri I was sitting at Hooters with some friends and friends of theirs re-cently. I had done a race that morning, and my damn race num-ber hadn't completely disap-peared from my arms. One of the girls at the table asked about it and to my surprise says, "I've done a triathlon!!". I love hearing that! It just tickles me to meet ran-dom people who happen to be tri-

athletes. Its such a small popula-tion (or so it used to be...) She was from Tampa, so I asked which one she had done. I didn't recognize the name of the race and asked more about it. "Well, it was a 4 lap swim, a 2 mile bike, and a 1 mile run"....I can't control my expres-sions very well, so I imagine my face was saying something like.."!@^(()%#@@%^!!!!!!" (Pardon my French). Really though...? Come on... Seldom anymore do I get asked "What's a triathlon???" anymore,

Ive done a

Triathlon !!!

The Weakening of a

Tri

..Nicole Davis

because someone would have to be living under a rock to not know by now. It seems like everyone in their mother has com-pleted a triathlon - and I have two polar opposite views on it. I know you've seen em, folks...those people who are pushing 300 lbs (and you know I'm not talking about Clydes-dale), or those people with pink rhinestone iron-man hats, or designer sunglasses, etc. Don't get it twisted here, everyone deserves all of the re-spect, confidence and pride that comes with completing a triathlon. And it takes a lot of balls to make that decision to register, much less, show up on race day; RE-GARDLESS of circum-stance. They go back to work on Monday and tell everyone "I did a triathlon this weekend!", as their friends and coworkers' mouths gape at the thought of this. They must think, "Well, if THEY can do it..."...and so it grows.

Have you done a Ft. DeSoto race lately?? If I had a dollar for every first-timer, and a dollar for how many times I shouted "on your left" to peo-ple riding all over the road - I could have easily covered two ironman entries and bought another set of AOR wheels. I couldn't believe my eyes when I got Craig (my boy-friend) a USAT card last year for Christmas, the damn USAT # must have been about 8 or 9 numbers long. Soon enough it will have let-ters in it. I applaud people for getting out and becoming active or staying active,

Somehow I dont see El Fuego doing

A pool Triathlon..

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and flattered that they choose triathlons as their means to do it. If you complete a triathlon, you're a triathlete. Fact This is undeniable. (Except for pool tri's, I'm not buying all that balo-ney). However, I wonder if all of this makes triathlon look weak? For instance, my brother called me up asking the distance of an ironman, because his friend said "Psh, I can do an iron-man!"... well my friend, I invite you to collect those hypothetical

dollars from Ft. Desoto and regis-ter....have a ball...or maybe two...because you'll need em. Nicole Davis

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December 2010

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Drunk & Stumble

Bowling Party

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Datz Deli

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Dirty Duo

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Gasparilla Parade

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January

Tri CHUCK VS CORPORATE TRIATHLON GIANT A Triathlon Parody by El Fuego From time to time in your life there are defining moments. Moment where you are faced with a decision. A decision once made that is irreversible. Such was this kid of moment form Chuck. There he was hunched over his laptop. A virile thirty something athlete turned triath-lete. A once sort distance jogger who needed to lose twenty pounds, eventually started into a few road races and then a poor unfortunate soul who while channel surfing as mint often do came upon a yearly broadcast of Ironman Kona. You know the one I'm talking about. The show where some god forsaken athlete is dragging his or her bloodied carcass across a finish line. A sight so ghastly that most humane folks would have complied with pleas to just shoot him to put him out of misery. Thats when Chuck got the idea to do triathlons. That was two years ago. One sprint lead to another, Then he became obsessed moving quickly to Olympic distance, then 70.3 distance. Then it finally culminated in this insane moment. A moment of decision. Chuck just sat there mesmerized by the screen. There he was squared off with des-tiny. The pictures of Ironman Florida at Panama City, leading him to I am Athlete page. From inside his head the voice screamed louder and louder Just Do It! His finger began to twitch.

The show where some god forsaken athlete is dragging his or her bloodied carcass across a finish line.

Then it happened. Almost as if the finder rebelled against the mental bat-tleground of do it - dont do it. The curser pushed the BUY NOW Button. It was done. His shoulders dropped from their stressed arched position and he sighed. Such is the chain of events that would not only lead him to complete the ironman months later. It would lead him to the most unimaginable chal-lenge of his life. A challenge no triath-lete, ironman or not could imagine. Like any run of the mill cult level ob-sessed triathlete he would embark on a t land of attack at Panama city geared for success that would certainly make any triathlete envious. Even planners of Operation Desert Shield would be impressed by his level of detail to every aspect of his attack. He landed on the beach in the fall of 2010 and was just twenty minutes behind his projected time of 16:35:30. Yes, he had it planned down to the very second. I warned you he was obsessed. In the following days of physical re-couperation in which all the aches melded with all the mental exhilarations of his accomplishment his high with himself grew and grew. Now he began thinking this was time to do it. Come on, you know what I'm talking about here. He had been staring at them form nearly two years now. It was no longer whether I am going to do it . It was where. If you dont know where this is going then your are not a triahtlete and some friend of yours has sent you this article. While several body parts were rising to the top of the list . there was this inner voice once again shouting at him. Get over it your obsessive freak and just

get it done. Get it done now. have it done now or I will scream out put it on my fore-head! This lead to Atomic Tattoo Parlor. I really don't now why they call them par-lors. Its not like an ice cream parlor, a bordello parlor, or a funeral parlor. Ill have to Google that up. Maybe parlor will be a category on Jeopardy. Walking into a tat-too parlor is like a strange land in Disney-world. There are all these characters in there from the receptionist, I think tats what you would call them to the artists there. Yeah thats what they are, artists. Really they look like those kids you knew in high school that were Goth. You know they wore black all the time, I mean all the time, studs, leather and those sheer black stockings up to their forearms with their fingers sticking out. I always wondered what those kids did after high school. I thought they all went off to travel with the

Walking into a tattoo parlor is like a strange land in Disney-world.

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NICOLE

Monday Bob Sierra YMCA 6:30 PM

Thursday New Tampa YMCA 6:00 PM

CHRISTY

Monday Bob Sierra YMCA 5:15 AM

Wednesday Bob Sierra YMCA 6:00 PM

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renaissance festival folks. How wrong could I have been. They became regular folks, well kind of. Well thats when I got introduced to Spike. A fitting name actually as he had nu-merous spikes at first glance. Lets see there is one in his lip, eyebrow and chin. I could not count how man y he had in his ears. In any event he had an impressive portfolio of tattoos he had done. It had fire, skulls, de-mons, etc .. you know, the usual fare of tat-too artists. I'm kind of partial to classic sailor art with bare breasted women. More on that later privately. Just a guy thing I guess. Yeah Spike was they guy for me Chuck thought. The artistry, and of course he was not busy this afternoon. I showed him the tattoo I wanted. I could read right through his mind at that moment. Here was a guy hoping I could make his afternoon with money and stretch his artistry talent in a mesmerizing grand Mac daddy tattoo that would cover my entire shoulder down to my wrist. It was not to be as I would show him the coveted ironman tattoo. We discussed and concluded where, how big, how much

a n d c o m e back in n i n e t y minutes and we will do it. S o with time to kill

time Chuck did what any red blooded Ameri-can triathlete would do awaiting his real un-

changeable destiny. He went to Hooters, ordered wings, and a pitcher of beer with a buddy. And just to fortify his conviction and provide cheap anesthesia, this grand last supper was followed by three shots of tequila. With Mescal tequila he hardly noticed the bites on his skin and the drone of the machine dulled by hard rock from the mp3 jacked into his ears. He just sat there grinning from ear to ear making ri-diculous comments that kept anyone in earshot in stitches. All good mescal buzzes must come to and end and so did this one. Yeah, to wake up the next day with a new friend. Well at least this time Chuck knew her name. It was Iron-man, and she would stay with him for-ever. What Chuck did not know is that in time he would find out that his new tat had a life before him. That would be this tat had an insanely possessive suitor. In the months that passed he shared his story about her whenever asked. He relished it when folks would comment or ask about the tat. He was never at a loss for words. Would you be? A time did come when Chuck would

find it difficult to gather words and his

thoughts. It was Tuesday he picked up

the mail as usual. Sifting through it as

he made his way to his easy seat.

What's this he thought. Its not junk mail.

With four names in the corner, its obvi-

ously some legal firm. Certified. Usu-

ally when you got one of those its not

certified and it is some casting call ask-

ing if you want to be part of some group

legal action. But certified. Tension

builds. Getting closer to speechless.

Eyes slowly read. Its personally ad-

dressed and it opens with it personally to

Chuck the Triathlete. Its from her pos-

sessive suitor.

he had an impressive portfolio of tat-toos he had done. It had fire, skulls, demons, etc .. you know, the usual fare of tattoo artists.

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February

13 Chilly Willy Du Ft DeSoto

26 & 27 Gasparilla Distance Classic

March

5 USAT Draft Legal Tri Clermont

13 Miami International Olympic Ironman

19 San Juan Ironman 70.3

20 Gator Sprint & Olympic Sarasota,

discount to the Team Psych for the Gator half or Olym-

pic distance triathlon on March 20th in Sarasota,

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26 Great Clermont Tri Olympic 27 Long Course Duathlon National Championship Powerman Alabama

April

10 Nautica South Beach

10 Galveston Island TX Ironman 70.3

17 New Orleans Ironman 70.3

16 Escape From Ft DeSoto

16 Child of the Sun

Sun, Feb 13 Chilly Willy Duathlon Fort Desoto

Sun, March 20 Gator Half & Olympic Tri & Duathlon

Sat, April 16 Escape from Fort Desoto Sprint

Sun, May 1 St Anthonys Tri

Sun, May 22 Mad Beach Tri Madiera Beach

Sat, May 28 Crystal River Sprint 1

Sun, June 19 Heartland Triathlon Sebring

Sun, June 26 Morton Plant Mease Tri Sand Key

Sat, July 2 Crystal River Sprint 2

July 30 Top Gun Tri Ft Desoto Sprint

Sat, Sept 3 Crystal River Sprint 3

Oct 16 Longleaf triathlon.com

Sat, Oct 22 Suncoast Fort Desoto

Sun, Oct 23 Longboat Key Sprint -Olympic Tri

Calling all members to mark your calendar to volunteer to be a ride marshall at the Soldier Ride here in Tampa February 20th. Just like we do at YTS. Register to be a ride Marshall at: www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Register/Register.asp? Put TEAM PSYCH under company name.

Start Location: Macy's at the WestShore Mall 250 WestShore Plaza Tampa, FL 33609

Schedule of events: 6:30am Registration and Packet Pick-up Opens 7:45am Kick-off Celebration 8:00am Ride begins Post-ride Community Picnic

What Is Soldier Ride? Soldier Ride is a WWP initiative that provides rehabilitative cycling opportunities across the country to help wounded warriors restore their physical and emotional well--being. Its also a wonderful opportunity for the public to participate in a cycling event that honors the men and women of our military who sacrificed so much. Soldier Ride offers the public a chance to ride alongside as our warriors promote their positive mes-sage of recovery. The event raises funds for WWP programs and initiatives that ensure this generation of wounded warriors is the most successful, well--adjusted generation of wounded warriors in our nations his-tory. Feel the Honor . . . Show Your Support . . .Join the Ride! The men and women of the United States armed forces have responded with courage and resolve to the needs of our country. This is your opportunity to give while cycling alongside them!

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2005 Felt S22, (superlite) tri bike. It is a 50cm aluminum frame . The bike has car-bon forks, seat post and aerobars. The components are shimano. I just put on a new drive train. It has 650 Easton wheels, includes computer as well. I don't have accurate mileage, however it has been ridden & is in good condi-tion. 650 American Classic 58mm deep dish carbon fiber wheels. Contact Chris actld@msn.com

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I am selling a Broyhill Attic Heirlooms nightstand and dresser. The night stand alone cost $579. I have attached a picture of the nightstand, but mine is in white. Please let me know if anyone is interested. I think the dresser sells for $1,900. I will sell both for $700.00. Please forward to anyone you think might be interested, I really need to start emptying the house! My loss, your gain! tammy@eberbach.com

Roy Taylor

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Roy Taylor from Body Construction (on West Kennedy, near Westshore Mall) is selling a cou-ple of Lemond Bike Trainers for $250 each.

Flatwoods Bike Trail Bruce B. Downs Entrance Sunday 7:30 am

Triathlon is a Time Trial. This training is one of four types of bike rides we organize.

This will be several loops: consisting of a warm up, 3 mile time trials, 7 mile time trials,

every other mile fast spins, and perhaps group time trial rides. We will ride until our legs

fall off.

Bring plenty of fluid & fruit.

This ride accommodates all levels of riders. So Beginner riders come on out too! Fast

riders are handicapped with slower riders getting the jump. All will work to the finish line

together. The training is designed to work your fast twitch muscles, and push your lungs

and legs! We will leave the parking lot promptly at 7:30 and will proceed to the loop. If

late, wait at the rest stop at the loop.

This Sundays Ride is powered by Accel Gel. Samples available to all team members.

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Hey Team Psych Members Please send any ideas you have to me. About the team, activities, whatever. We value your input and will post it and will post it here. Just send to El Fuego at TeamPsychTri@aol.com Dear El Fuego, I think team members ought to be assigned suc-cessive numbers based on when they joined. Or maybe nicknames? What do you think ?

Volunteer at the Gasparilla Distance Classic

Go to the link below and sign up as a Team Psych member and volunteer with the GDCA to help put on this major event. This really lets them know what an awesome group of athletes we

are. I recommend you volunteer for packet pick-up.

Once on the link you will receive a message on their contacting you for your volunteer detail.

Please go to the following link to sign up with the Gasparilla Distance Classic: http://www.doitsports.com/volunteer/join-protected-group.tcl?event_id=147094

Saturday : JP giving out medals, Laura, Mark packet pickup