I second that. This forum is awesome! I lurked on the main forum for long time but rarely posted--regretting each time I did. Thanks for making this happen.

Yeah! I love it too! Dan was watching football over at Monty's when we asked him about it and I think he just wanted to get back to the game so he quickly said yes and got the heck out of there. Cathy, Kylie, and I went for a hike the next day and discussed how we thought the forum should be maintained and from that came a commitment to moderate the forum.

I look at the women's forum as a big party where all the women have congregated in one room to chat and enjoy each other's company. It happens all the time and it isn't a slight against men, it's an opportunity for women.

Cheers to all of the ladies who are posting and enjoying themselves!

me too me too!!! I would NEVER have posted for first time advice on main forum!!! but here felt safe to!!!

thank you!!!

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HAHAHA. I"m sure everytime he hears, "Daaaaannn....." he wants to run out the door with his hands over his ears.

We love you slowman!

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I feel the same way, I love it and don't even check the "other" forum anymore....unless I want to make fun of some self possessed tri geek with more money than talent who wants us to "review his bike postion" but is actually showing off his new P3 decked out in full Assos.

I've got to stop dinking so much wine while on the computer

NO! I LOVE posting on ST after a few glasses... man, I used to post some weird shit too... hee hee! Could usually get kittycat on board, and R10C and others pissed off lol ... fond memories of posting drunk. Actually, I think it is a tradition amongst ST chicks...

AP

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I'm drunk now! Well, not actually drunk... just tipsy. We had our monthly running club meeting at a winery then I went out to dinner and had a few more glasses.

I love the womens forum too. :-)

I think it's awesome that no one has posted here about tubular v clinchers or whether aero helmets help or anything about powercranks or any of the other hairsplitting-type things that the guys like to talk about...

if i never read another of these posts, it's OK with me.

the things being posted here are a lot more interesting to me.

amen!

I never posted to the other forum because whenever I stopped in I was pretty bored with the topics or didn't have anything to contribute. I heard about this through a friend and am very excited to have found an online community of both experienced athletes and those new to the sport. The saddle thread helped me pick out a new saddle and the wardrobe on had me laughing out loud. I swear we all keep Title 9, Atheta and Horny Toad in business!

Thanks ladies!

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"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce

I agree -- the Womens forum is awesome!

I've been a daily ST lurker and very infrequent poster for a number of years, but never felt quite comfortable posting (until tigerchik started this past November's swim challenge). I'll still probably lurk more than I post, but I love coming over here!

I'm quite amused at the backlash over this forum by a few of the "mens." I don't understand why they feel so threatened. But I definitely enjoy the company of those who benevolently join us over here.

It's great to have a forum where we can post and read about issues specific to women (or not specific to women) without becoming too "girly." Kudos to those of you who suggested this forum, and thanks to Slowman!

Oh, and to amt... "dink" away! ;-)

Wow!
I get tired of Slowtwitch and stop checking it for a while, and look at what happens!
I'm very happy to see the Womens!!

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You're all really hot and we need pictures to confirm that!! Oh, sorry, I've been hanging in the main forum too long. :)

Love The Womens!!!

LOL you crack me up... for a minute there I thought you were Francois haha. First time I met him I unfortunately was in a bikini. He's never let me live it down.

AP

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it's kind of neat to see who all the women are... hard to tell from screen names sometimes if someone's male or female.

I kind of like the new forum too. There is good stuff on here that I don't think we'd dare discuss on the main forum.

Then again I can't handle too much warm and fuzzy women's forum so I like the main forum too ;)

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Yes, Erika, that analogy is exactly what I was thinking when the "estrogen (EDIT: testosterone :-) ?) hit the fan" over formation of The Womens.

And I love Dreaming~Big's post about boys apparently needing to pee on everyone elses' possession as a way of explaining how inappropriate a suggestion was for (by a male) to have a female version of the Hottie Thread .

So, yeah, we can all yak about shoes and chlorine shampoos and training and damned periods, here in "the kitchen", then go wander back into "the living room" where the guys are and give 'em grief :-)

I do check both "rooms" daily tho.

"I love the Women's Forum"

technically, you are not grammatically correct unless you are grammatically incorrect. if you're going to capitalize it, it should be The Womens forum, that is, the women's forum is The Womens forum.

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