Waiting for Danskin Tri Registration

[KnottedYet]

I'm gonna focus on this: http://www.buduracing.com/events_detail.php?e=229
and on this: http://www.uswts.com/index.htm

and if I get into Danskin, I'll look at it as icing on the cake.

At least, that's what I'm trying to do.

.....click......click.......click

[teigyr]

Ok, I took the bull by the proverbial horns. I am SO bad at just being patient so I e-mailed them. If they didn't want e-mail, then they shouldn't put their e-mail address on the website, right? So this is what I got in response, this morning:

Date has not been set, within the next week or two is anticipated. Your name has been added to our Seattle mailing list to receive notification.

Danskin Women's Triathlon Series

So read into that, we only have around 2 more weeks of insanity

[KnottedYet]

Thanks for finding that out, you da babe!

I guess I can stop checking every hour now, eh?

[jesvetmed]

At least they responded to your email fairly quickly.. that is surprising. Way to go on the asking. I still don't like the answer, though!

[salsabike]

So I wonder if I also emailed them and asked politely about when they will register, would they add me to the notification list? Maybe I'll try, anyway. Ugh. It's hard to stop this insanity once started...

T., did you email Danskin or Timberline?

I feel like a totally nuts person about this.

[teigyr]

I e-mailed Danskin. I am also impressed at how quickly they responded Salsa, go ahead and e-mail 'em also. They don't know you know me and besides, they DID open it a day earlier than scheduled last year. I think we've got a right to have a fighting chance to get in this thing.

Thanks Knot! I think, though, we should be just as obsessive. What if we let our guard down and they opened it EARLY?!

Jesvetmed, I do work kind of quirky hours sometimes. This spring (actually from tomorrow until late May or so) I'll be working days with a few exceptions. I know what it's like though. For the longest time all I wanted was a chance to socialize with people who have normal lives It'd be like "so, you're having a BBQ...could you maybe have it on a Wednesday or Thursday so I could go?!!" Do you do ER work? Regardless, I am sure we can all find times to train together sometimes. There's no doubt in my mind

[jesvetmed]

Yep.. ER veterinarian. It's worth it though -- a week off a month all at once. And this is the second best week... 4 days in a row off. Almost none of it weekends, though! Yeah, haven't seen many of my friends in a long time! Funny how no one comes to the Wednesday night BBQ's!

I know I can find training time somewhere! So far it's working out.

[MM_QFC!]

fyi to all you TE triathletes: the Cascade Bicycle club's Bike Expo is scheduled for Sat/Sun, 3/8 and 3/9th and Sunday is being called 'special triathlon day', with presentations by Sally Edwards
Training for the Bike, by Sally Edwards
Sunday, March 9; 11:45

This 45 minute presentation is directed for all level of riders with a focus on women training to ride their best on the roads or in the races. Whether one is a first timer or seasoned cyclist, these are the tricks of the trade from a 30-year veteran, professional triathlete, and author. Learn about training, getting fitter and going further, and most of all, overcoming the barriers - speed or distance or fear - that hold you back.)

Sal is not only one of the founders of the sport of triathlon (and a Triathlon Hall of Fame inductee), but also, most of Sally's recent races have been performed in her role as the National Spokeswoman for the Danskin Triathlon Series. Sally has finished every Danskin Triathlon dead last, as the "Final Finisher," inspiring more than 200,000 other women to make it across the finish line in front of her.

There is also a presentation on swimming (10:30) and running (1:30), so it sounds like a great start for those of you planning your tri schedule...