2019 IM Louisville Kick Off Thread
Welcome to your official 2019 race thread! This will be home for you and your fellow teammates who are competing (and have competed) to train, learn and share with one another.
You’ll find lots of historical information here in this forum, and you can search above or use the main forum page. But it’s just as important to add your information from this year -- your workouts, volume weekends, race plans, highs and lows...it’s all here.
Race Captain - We Need One
Ideally your event has a race captain to lead by sharing their training and generally being a really awesome, supportive person online. If you have one, their name is ^above^ … If not, you can request to become the Race Captain via email here (just remember to tell us the race you want to lead). You’ll get a free month of EN membership and some other cool stuff as our way of saying thanks.
We have a basic schedule to support the Race Captain, you can view it here and it’s not a ton of work. Even if you don’t have a race captain, you can all use that schedule to make sure You are connecting around the critical parts of your season.
Looking for Your Fellow Racers?
Sometimes the hardest part of getting the community around a race started is finding your fellow racers! You can do that via our Race Database (online here, password is WORKWORKS) where you can search by race name such as “Placid,” etc. Once you have a list of names, you can use the “@” sign to tag them here in this thread (so they are notified) or you can send them a private message via the Forums as well.
GroupMe Chat
If you are looking for your Race GroupMe, you can search our official GroupMe page online here. Can’t find the GroupMe because There isn’t one for your race? You can request we make one for you via email here.
Have Questions or Need Help?
No worries, we’re here to help! You can send us an email right here so we can help you out. Please be sure to reference your race forum and give as much detail as possible.
~ Brenda
Comments
Hey IM LOU racers ... who is out there? This is all I see on the RACE Database. There is no GroupMe for race week but could request one from @Brenda Ross
@Walker Johnson
@Rich Stanbaugh
@Christian Rabbat
@Sheila Leard
And just heard from @Bobby Patrick
@Sheila Leard group me has been live since the beginning of the year. Here you go https://groupme.com/join_group/37800155/7J2m0u
I just checked the list and I see Rich and your name but not Walker or Christians as repping EN.
Here is who is listed.
Kim Chaput
Gretchen Cassidy
Sheila Leard
David Mehl
Scott Renick
Garrrett Bowers
Jeffrey Cone
Bobby Patrick
Todd Shelton
Vankatesh Krishnamurthi
Rich Stanbaugh
Chris Zahlis
John Hay
Steven Chavez
Kevin Foote
Doron Preker
Thanks @Brenda Ross ... 🤣
@Brenda Ross I was asked about activity in the forum for this race. There are only four people in the Race database and only two races plans posted, but over 15 people racing!
Moving forward .. Will GroupMe replace forum activity? I thought the GroupMe was for race week.
@Sheila Leard we have both to open year round to allow people to communicate the way that works best for them. Some people are text people and live on their phones and others log onto EN on a regular basis and come into the forums. I think that @Coach Patrick could give you more clarification on this than I.