Cult Leader Thread_Walker Strikes again..

[threadwalker]

I have most of my WW group excited and interested in entering a mini-triathalon. Yup... I did that. I was all bubbly and excited and told them that the "See Jane Tri" training group could take folks with no fitness background and train them to complete a sprint length Tri in 12 weeks. In 8 years, they've never had anyone NOT finish their goal-tri after joining the training group. After much discussion and oohing and ahhhing over that in my WW group, I pointed out that as it happens I found a mini-tri on-line that will be in Emeryville. 100 yd swim, 2.5 mi bike, 1.2 mi run. (link below) After telling them about that, they were all excited and I'm bringing in the paperwork to next weeks meeting.

Come to me my followers... we don't serve coolaide, we serve gatoraide.

hrj and I think that I'd be a rich cult leader if I didn't have this overwhelming drive to use my powers for good. sigh. Oh well. Being good has its uses, too. Although it sure would be nice to be RICH and be GOOD!

http://www.trifind.com/ca.html

Comments

[falzalot.livejournal.com]

good lord, woman, you are SCARY. :-> Most WW groups are pretty darn apathetic!

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

yeah... when I get passionate about something, I have a way of sucking people into my wake. I think of it as a "gift". Now if only I could make money at it... well, maybe I do. My enthusiasm for my job is clear to everyone because I know that when I do my job well, I save lives. So I'm driven to do my job well, which helps me keep my job. Voila!

Did you check out that mini-tri link? I mean seriously... you could totally do that.

[falzalot.livejournal.com]

sorry, your powers won't work on me. I can't swim, I don't run, and I gave my next-door neighbor my bike. :->

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

but you walk... and the Susan G Komen 5k in September is a 3.1 mile race that's perfectly FLAT and it serves as a fundraiser for breast cancer. I bet you could do that... I'm starting to pitch it now and it would be great if we could get a bunch of folks to show up to cheer each other on.

[falzalot.livejournal.com]

But do we have to do all that "oh, please sponsor me!" stuff? I'm permanently scarred from all my years doing band fundraisers & walkathons as a kid, and just the thought makes me start cringing.

Susan G Komen

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

You do not have to fundraise to participate. Of course it is encouraged in so far that they will track what you've raised through their website and provide e-tools for thanking people who make e-donations through you. But other than providing tools for doing it, there is no other push to fundraise.

I don't like asking people for money, so I won't hold out my hand for donations. However, when I tell people I'm doing it, they sometimes want the information so that they can contribuute. It's like this weird magic thing where suddenly they want to support it because it's a good cause and they happen to know someone in it. So that's my approach - I let people know I'm doing it and I leave it up to them to ask about donating if they are inspired.

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

p.s. you could borrow the neighbor's bike.. wink wink

[falzalot.livejournal.com]

Not without losing enough weight to ride it, first! Besides, there's still the swimming issue, and my absolute hatred of organized sporting events. :->

[thread-walker.livejournal.com]

I was only suggesting the bike for general fitness, not for triathalons... Wow, you are 4 steps ahead of me and attribute way too many motivations to me...well, this time anyway. lol. Truly - I was not trying to push you into a pool, only suggest a way to get you outside (when the weather clears) so you can enjoy some fitness and the beautiful outdoors.