Slowtwitchers, my wife has decided to do a tri

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Which makes me kind of excited, I thought I’d post a little bit about her and her decision to do this. Please don’t let this devolve into a TnT sucks thread, if that’s your opinion just ignore this. Her family has been stricken very hard by cancer, and she wants to do something positive.

My wife just found out that her oldest brother may have a recurrence of his lung cancer…she is of course, pretty upset. She has recently signed up to do the Team in Training triathlon in Minneapolis in July. She wants to do the sprint distance and prove to herself that she can do this. She has NEVER competed in, or been involved in endurance sports, until she just started running a few months ago.

I feel very bad for her, she has lost her mom, when she was 15 to cancer, a brother who died the year we were married, and two other brothers, including the one above, who have suffered from cancer. Her one brother has had his entire left lung removed, and part of his right kidney secondary to SEPARATE lung and renal carcinomas. Her oldest brother, had a lung cancer two years ago treated with chemo and radiation, and may now be having a recurrence. Her father has also had cancer as well, and is now cancer free after treatment. Bottom line is CANCER SUCKS, and it has hit her family VERY hard.

If any of you are interested in making a tax free donation, I know that she would really appreciate it. She’s a little scared by the fundraising, and also nervous about whether or not she complete this, as she has never really been the athletic type. She played volleyball in HS, and likes to golf, but otherwise not really.

Here is the link for those interested.

www.active.com/donate/tntmn/tntmnMHalasy1

Thanks for reading this, and thanks for your consideration.

Mike

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Mike,

Sorry to hear about the circumstances, but good for Marla. I have nothing bad to say about Team in Training–I did TnT the year my uncle died from leukemia.

One word of advice: don’t enter the same race that she’s doing, just be a fan and support crew for that one. My wife did her first tri last year, one that I was also doing, and it would have been better for her if I wasn’t in race-day game face mode.

Jonathan
Revera linguam latinam vix cognovi.

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I second the condolences. Cancer sucks.

Now to the matters at hand: Don’t do the event, don’t coach her, don’t offer advice, if you train together stay just a little behind. On race day, cheer like a madman and plan a post-race celebration.
bc

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Good for her! And tell her, she CAN do this! (But as said above…no “coaching” from you please.)

clm

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Oh yeah, I’ve been trying to be rather blase about it, but it’s hard to contain my excitement. I’ve answered a few questions when she’s asked, but otherwise, I have been non involved. I’m not planning on racing LFT, which is the one she will do. I will be there with our daughter CHEERING like mad.

Two weeks later, I am doing my first HIM.