Blogging with Tdisc

Bedlum in Pictou!

2010-07-28T12:29:00.003-03:00

"Three"-The Admiral when asked on a scale of 1-10 how excited he was to race.

We had no reason to think that this triathlon would be any different than the others. Wow! we're we ever wrong. Today's blog counts down the Top 5 moments of last weekend's Pictou County Triathlon.

5. Race to the boat- When the triathlon was over we didn't have much time before leaving for the boat. Due to a couple of circumstances that you will hear about later, it quickly became an every man for himself race to the boat. Kris and I(in my car) led for most with anne(driving her car with the admiral, trace, and cole) right on our heals. With 2k to go a van full of kids came up the outside at about 150km/h to finish just in front. As we got ushered onto the boat Kris looked back to see the pylon going in front of anne. "oh frig..the admiral isn't getting on." After a few moments the admiral was ushered onto the boat and the door went up. Sucks to have to play the Tdisc card but you do what you have to do.

4.Pat's Crash-Fellow Triathlete Pat Ellis went down going into corner 1 on the bike. We're not exactly sure on the details of the accident but we do know she was left with a broken nose and broken hand. It's a bad feeling when the ambulance goes flying by. We wish Pat a speedy recovery!

3.Admirals lost wallet-The main reason for the dash to the boat. Just as we were about to leave, a worn out admiral announced that his wallet was missing. Not sure where it was Trace got on the phone to the hotel. The search was now on at the Comfort inn. Looking for numbers to the hotel we decided to bring in Wayne from Emyvale. He was now calling back with numbers that we already had found. 10 minutes later the admiral reached into the back seat and pulled out is wallet.

2.TDP's Crash-I came out of the water with an ok swim. I knew I was middle of the pack which I expected. Knowing my bike is my strong point I came out of the transition really looking to make up some time. So as I climbed the first hill I decided to wait and take in some water on the way down the hill. I became a little too complacent and lost control at about 35km/h. I was sent tumbling across the shoulder and onto the side of the road. Covered in dirt and road rash I got up and looked over my bike. There were a few minor twists that I got straightened out then it was decision time. I remember one rider clearly telling me..."it's not far to go back." I had 2 choices...quit...or finish my 4th triathlon. I finished in 2h40m.

1. Admirals Dump- It's well known around Tdisc that the admiral never uses the bathroom. He just doesn't! When tdisckree sat into stall 1 and the admiral pulled into stall 2....he knew something wasn't right. "Is that you admiral?" TDK asked. "Yep...I'm not feeling good." The admiral replied. When TDK came out he wasn't long getting over to me...."holy frig...the admiral is in taking a dump. He must be some fricken sick!"

Tdk- 9th 2:26:42
Admiral 10th 2:28:44
TDP- 16th 2:39:43
Trace-17th 1:22:55

"What doesn't kill you only makes you stronger."

Burn out!

2010-07-22T20:24:00.002-03:00

"Let's train tonight...it's going to rain some day and we won't be able too."- Coach Tdisckree

Well....I took his advice and Burnt myself out! That rainy day was too long coming. It was yesterday that I sat down and could hardly get myself back up. I just felt tired and unmotivated. I struggled through the whole morning at work before climbing right under the covers at lunch time. I literally passed out in bed for an hour before getting up feeling much better and knowing exactly that I was suffering from burn out. I began to feel better as the afternoon wore on. That's when I decided that I needed an outdoor swim. Wowzers!

So i've attempted to go out to Rustico with some fellow triathletes for a couple weeks but was unable to until last night. Even though I was slightly burnt out I though "i'm a triathlete...it won't be too bad." We swam the first 750m resting at each buoy. That was no problem...as I was just a bit back. The next 750 was a different story. The boys put the hammer down with no stops. I was just givener trying to keep up. As my goggles began to leak I closed my left eye just as my right one began to fog up. Not only was I pulling to the left, but I couldn't even frickin see. Half sick from all the salt water the thoughts of retirement began to surface. I arrive at the dock to see coach tdisckree standing on the dock. "sorry, I knew u were back there but I had to try and survive myself." Tdisckree said while reaching out to give me a pull up onto the dock. I couldn't get up....my legs began to cramp, and my feet were cut from buoy 2 and I was low! Finally kree pulled me up by the back of my wetsuit while saying "get the frig up here."

After the swim we decided to go for a run. Having no supper...I searched kree's car for some kind of food. Spotted....box of timbits! Hammering down 4 timbits I followed the boys out on the run. Bad idea! As I reached the 1st climb I began to burp up surgar timbits and salt water. oh frig....what a nightmare! "aww frig...I can't puke in front of these guys...Jeez!" I thought as I reached the top. It wasn't until the halfway point that I began to get my legs. It was a pure battle. The coach and I climbed in the car and both took a deep breath before saying..."wow..good training run!" I often make the mistake of becoming too comfortable in training. This was what I needed!

I took the whole day off in preparation for the Pictou County Triathlon on Sunday. The lineup is as follows:

The Admiral (In)
Tdisckree (In)
TDP (In)
Tdisct(w) (In)
"C" Tdiscgreggy (out) (house)
Bull (out) (Home)

Slogan: "Anything can happen!"

Short bike and run tommorow night. Light run on Sat. Tri on Sunday!

TDP

"It's the journey that makes the destination worthwhile"

Tdisc Changes Lives!!

2010-07-13T12:49:00.005-03:00

(We're standing on the beach. In a pair a pair of tri shorts. That's it! The call has gone out...1 minute till the horn.)

Admiral: "did u ever think we'd see this day?" (looking down at his half see through tri shorts)
TDP: "Nope! Tdisc changes lives." (looking down at my skin tight spandex)

It's good to be back in the presence of Tdisc Nation! I want to thank all the fans for patiently sticking with me and my team throughout the break from the blog. I regret to inform you that Byron has stepped out of the way and has let bryan in. Following a major meltdown on the weekend, I decided to re-evaluate my life and the direction i've been going. My food addiction reached an alltime and my texting addiction led to sore thumbs. Following a run that felt like someone put ex lax in my coffee, I decided it was time to get back to my beloved Tdisc and our Fans.

Duncan Hadley Triathlon

Sratches: Tdiscgreggy "C" (Building a new house)
Coach TDK (Stag party)
Bull (Gone Home)

I sent a text to the admiral a week prior to the triathlon. "If you pull out then I will too." I got a quick and stern reply...."no...we're doing it!" That's why he's our big gun!
This time around we were much more relaxed. There were very little nerves from both of us leading up to the race. knowing that the admiral has us on a tight budget I was very skeptical about the idea of him booking the hotel. "The Prospect inn"...I need to say No more! The admiral who was disgusted by the dirty windows went straight to bed following our pregame meal at east sides. Myself....I decided to facebook and text. I was quite active on both which facinated the admiral. In a phone call to the coach, the admiral was quoted as saying "it's unbelievable...you really need to see him in action." Later that evening I recieved an email from the captain. "I just wanted to let you know that tdisc is very proud of you and the admiral to step up and enter in this tri without the whole team. You guys trained hard and your both very ready. Just relax and enjoy the race.
Good luck boys kick some friggen ass!"

We woke up bright and early in preparation for the tri. We went through the usual setup of our transition area. Things were pretty hectic and rumours were beginning to swirl about it being a no wetsuit race. As I walked by the registration lodge I read it for myself..."No Wetsuits." I just kept walking right on by to the bathroom...it had sped up the process of getting rid of my chicken parm.
When I got back to the transition area the admiral had already gotten the word. "what are we going to wear?" I asked. "We can't wear shirts." replied the admiral. I thought to myself awww jeez...I can't go down there just in my spandex. Sure enough the next thing I knew we were standing on the beach with nothing on but goggles and spandex. Frig sakes!

My strategy again this year was to get out right in the middle of the washing machine. since i'm not a straight swimmer it is best for me to get in the middle so if I go left or right I run into someone. Sure enough that's what happened...I swear two people tried to catapult off me around the first buoy. I felt like I was swimming well but you still have no idea where you are at when in the water. As I came out of the water I gave a quick yank on the tights to leave a little to the fans imagination. I looked at my watch and saw that I was 34min in the water. I was really disappointed but I knew that it's a long race so I needed to get over it quickly. My first loop on the bike wasn't great but I gradually found a groove. I knew I was making great time and way ahead of last years time. I finished the bike in 1h13m. For those who have never ran off the bike....it feels like your legs are a hundred pounds and you have no stride! I battled through run for the first 2 loops before I really found a grove and cruised the final 2 loops. I finished in 2h40m. The admiral who had a great race finished in 2h35m. The mental games that occur throughout the race is unbelievable. Your legs want to shut down and you just have to find a way to keep going. As much as I didn't want to do the race i'm glad that I did it. It's an extremely tough race and the feeling of accomplishment afterwards is awesome!

I was quite low all day yesterday and knew that I had to change something. I went to bed early in preparation of a tdisc morning run. With the admiral at home visiting the family the workouts tend to get canceled in the mornings. 6:00am I recieved a text from the coach..."canceled?" I layed in bed for a few minutes and then replied "nope!"
We went for a good long run which consisted of a route down around the waterfront. We wanted to check out the regis and kelly situation. It was great to see so many people out and about bright and early. It's been awhile since I recieved the runners high. As I was driving home I could feel that my morale had changed. I felt like I was on top of the world again. It's really hard to believe but Tdisc really does change lives. It was then that I decided to blog again. This blog was meant to encourage and that what i'm going to continue to do with it. My personal life has become quite busy but i've decided to blog on a weekly basis. Not sure on the exact days but I will blog at least once a week.

Tonight I was back at edfit! Feeling great I decided to bike in and then bike home. For those of you that have not tried outdoor edfit then I really encourage you to try it. It's a circuit workout!

A few housekeeping duties to take care of. Rumours are beginning to swirl that bull is officially done with Tdisc. We are working on getting confirmation from the bull himself. Also, all of us at Tdisc and bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com would like to wish Happy Birthday to blog follower Karine! Tdisc thanks you for your valued support!

Alright, I'm off to bed! Back in the pool in the morning.

TDP

“The only real failure in life is the failure to try.”

Back!

2010-05-17T18:45:00.003-03:00

It's been wayyyyy too long that i've been away from Tdisc nation. It's been a wild few months in Tdisc land. The season is upon us...with the relay only 2 weeks away panic has set in. What has changed.....Captain Tdiscgreggy is engaged. What hasn't changed....the admiral's want to be bagged morning after morning. Again, all credit goes to the admiral for getting us where we are today.

The bull has gone home in preparation for the season. We miss you bull....come back soon! As the slogan goes at tdisc...."He may not win the race, but he'll make the admiral win it!"

April 24th/10 is a day i'll never forget. I had reached the most mentally unstable point in my life. As I hit midweek in preparation for the 2nd race of the season I had made the decision that I would not be racing. The catch...I had not notified the team. I struggled the mornings leading up to look them in the eye knowing that I was going to bail on Saturday. On friday I skipped the team pregame run for what I called "some extra rest for the race." The thought of skipping the race pushed my food addiction to a whole knew level. With chicken fingers, licorice, and cold pizza in my stomach I tossed and turned as I set my alarm for 10am. I woke at 8 and never went back to sleep. I laid there in bed as the race began....Picturing the course...knowing where the boys were. I sat on the side of the bed...devastated that I hung my beloved tdisc out to dry. Bloated, tired, and bull low...I had hit rock bottem! The pain of a race was nothing to the pain I felt that morning. Never again...

All hitting pb's in the first race of the season Tdisc had reached a new level. Excitement is on the rise as we prepare for our second shot at the Red Island Relay. TDisc1 has decided to switch their rotation in hopes of dethroning tdisc1 of their silver medal. Two months ago the rumours began to swirl that the admiral was exploring options of a new partner, but just like last year they have brought it back together just in time.

That's enough for tonight....

TDP

"Successful people do what unsuccessful people don't dare."

Wednesday Mix-up

2010-03-31T12:33:00.002-03:00

"I'm just running like this."(in shorts and a tshirt)- A disgusted bull low over the decision to run outside.

I hate Wednesdays! It's one day that I dread every single week. Today I woke up to rain smashing off my window. Why do I do this was the first thing that crossed my mind and what the frig am I going to wear was the second. I quickly grabbed some stuff and made my way to the TTF.

Everyone had packed outdoor running gear except for the bull. "Why don't I get any emails?" Asked a bull kicking his track pants across the floor. It turned out to be a turning point in the rookie and the bull's relationship. In a time of need Vessey offered bull a sweater. Bull was still not happy with the decision but we went outside anyways. We took 3 steps out into the rain...took a quick vote and went back inside for the run. There was some Jawing going up the stairs but like all good teams do we put it behind us and moved on to the track.

Again....I hate Wednesdays! First km was alright...did fine on the stairs as well. Second km....I quit tdisc. On the stairs I decided to pull out of the Bunny hop. Third km....I rejoined Tdisc. Third set of stairs I quit texting. fourth km...I was back doing the bunny hop. Just another day in the life of Bryan. For those looking for inspiration....close your eyes. This all came after 18 months of training. Nope! it doesn't get any easier.

Top 5 topics in the lockerroom after:

5.Deaths in the sweat lodge.
4.The lemon juice bowel cleansing.
3.The Tdisc food challenge
2.Use of the Rocket
1.Texting

Tonight I make my long awaited return to Edfit. It's good to have ya back Vess!

Byron

"Follow your honest convictions, and stay strong."
-William Thackeray

Tdisc Mailbag

2010-03-31T12:30:00.001-03:00

Question from Matty T!

Matty T:Will there be Tdisc rankings this season (based on placings from all races) or is it solely a team effort? I'd like to be able to keep track of how each individual does...

Tdiscgreggy "c":Yes there will be tdisc rankings this year. All team members will send their race predictions for the team, to Coach Kree on Friday before all races.

Tdisc thanks you for your support.

A message from Kent MacPhee

2010-03-30T17:26:00.002-03:00

With Prerace predictions looming...the boys have begun to feel the pressure. Coach Tdisckree responded to the captains email with the following....
"My pre-race prediction –

I will be right with Kris Taylor till the end of the Source for Sports Building (on the way out.)

I will have him in my sights till the stop sign….I’m gonna corner hard to stay with him until the lights. Doubt it will happen.

Someone on Tdisc might do good. I won’t.

Thanks,

Kent MacPhee (Bryan’s brother)"

Just a reminder of the new fan poll in the right hand corner. Be sure to place your vote before it's too late. Also, if you have any questions for Tdisc...I encourage you to ask in the comment section of the post and I'll have your question answered ASAP!

A message from the Captain

2010-03-29T13:35:00.002-03:00

Scratches:Josh Vessey (Monday morning Flu)

A couple house keeping items to deal with first. Umm...just like to wish Roberta Dowling Happy Birthday. Roberta has been a major supporter of the blog and Bryan. From all of us at Tdisc and bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com...have a great day!

Also, Congratulations to the Macdonald Flames for winning the The crapaud rec tournament! When we were down going into the third and who gave the pep talk....none other then our own Captain Tdiscgreggy!

The Monday morning cleansing went really well. We went for a nice short run and hit the showers early. Shortly after... the Captain sent a memo to the team.
"Happy Monday!

Good morning team, just wanted to say it was great to have the team back in good spirits today. I think Bull was low to start the run but with the chatter of Tdisc he was in great spirits leaving the TTF anxious to mold young minds.
This is a big week for the team with only 5 sleeps before the first race together as the "Big Five" and Vessey on tryout. I would like to see a couple podium finishes but it is only the first race, so we are still all working out the kinks.

Vessey on tryout had a great week ever since the tri last weekend, never missing a day. The whole team was disappointed when we received the news that he had caught a mysterious illness. There are critics that are rumoring that he is just burnt out, after a full week. The team is giving him the benefit of the doubt and expect nothing less than him to bounce back tomorrow in the pool.

I am really excited for a short run on Friday followed by a team breaky at Maids.

Big week ahead, can't wait til tomorrow

Captain"

Coaches Week in Review

2010-03-26T12:20:00.000-03:00

Coaches Comments on the week that was:

“I was happy with the production from the group this week. Monday was a pivotal day for our group, being without the Admiral on a Monday was tough. The day could have went south quick when talks of Maids came up in the changing room prior to the run. It was good the boys punched the clock on a good week.”

“Want to make mention of a guy on our team that just won’t quit. Josh Vessey was junk in the early going of this tryout agreement but has been a significant member of the group this week. He got the illustrious team pull-overs that no one else was able to seal the deal on. He has provided the entire team with good shampoo and body wash every workout. He also made it to every workout this week and put in a solid effort. He also made a commitment to triathlon this week when he bought a wetsuit. Real happy with what I saw from him this week…Good to have him back.”

On the week ahead:

“Gonna be good to have a race week. It usually scares me into a decent diet so that will help. The team is ready for a challenge. Even the Admiral is ready to race…he told me this morning when he was talking about his new shoes “ Can’t wait to let these puppies eat !! “ It’s gonna be a long season for Tdisc this year, but it’ll be good to get the feet wet in competition.”

Coach Tdisckree

Malone Calls it Quits

2010-03-25T12:20:00.002-03:00

"Hold his Jacket Vessey." -coach Tdisckree refering to the Malone situation.

Last night I was a little late eating and it was curry. It's sooo good but frig it just shoots your stomach. I had trouble getting to sleep and found myself friggen around on Facebook. It did that for a bit then tried to go to sleep. Next thing I knew I was recieving a text. Frig! it's time to get up and Kree probably wants a ride. Wrong! It was 3:25am and it was Jason Malone. "Officially done till April 1st. Until then I can't be fully committed to the team. Once April rolls around i'll be ready to learn what it takes."

It's disappointing to see this happen again. We really didn't think he was going to be like Timmy and Domi. Come on Malone!

Today it was a bit of rough swim. Thank goodness the coach bagged us at the end. We finished with 10-100's on 2:00. I really lacked motivation but stuck with it and completed it.

I'd also like to give a shout out to Reta Holland. She was a long time member of the adversaries before finally jumping ship and becoming a part of Tdisc Nation.

Tomorrow we prepare for the DQ Run. Just over one week away.

Byron

“Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.” -Oscar wilde

Hi....I'm Byron!

2010-03-24T12:28:00.003-03:00

Scratches: Jason Malone (Waiting to buy a new pair of shoes.)

"Pye...my mom just started reading the blog....can you please blog again?" -Bull

The above quote is one of the main reasons as to why I am blogging again. Bryan had questions about this team and in the end decided to step back, but lately I have come to realize that Tdisc is a family. The whole Birthday weekend was enough for me to buy back into this phenominal team. I'm glad to be back in control again...and bringing the news to Tdisc Nation. Today I am going to count down the top 10 things the fans have missed over the past 2 weeks.

10. "It's good to have you back Vess."-Tdisc
For a few weeks Vessey would show up and then disappear for awhile. Every time we would welcome him back with the above statement." This led to the Eyeopener heard around the world. I'm happy to announce that the clock has started again...he has not missed a day since the indoor tri. Good to have you back Vess!

9. Jason Malone was put on the clock by tdisc. After week one...the expectations were high for Malone. The novelty quickly wore off and the dog day ate him up. He showed up here and there before the tri and Retired the day after.

8. Tdisc Represents! Tdisc comes 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 7th at the Andrew's Sport Conditioning Indoor Triathlon 2010.

7. Tdisc Merchandise. Vessey has taken the bull by the horns and ordered team jackets that will arrive this week. It was a move that was greatly apprectiated by the team. Team dress code for races will be....team jacket, shirt and tie, and cargo shorts.

6. My Birthday! hmmm....26th year has been something else...Came in like a lamb....went out like a lion!

5. Admirals Feet! They are now under control. We are waiting on an official statement from the admiral but from what we here they are no longer eating his socks.

4. TDK irritates Fisher with blowout movement prior to Tdisc run." Day to Day.

TDK had this to say: " It literally felt like a cork coming out. It was loud too which I think scared the Admiral who was sitting on a chair in his usual spot just outside stall #2. By the time I realized what happend it was too late. I think it's just a slight rip so it shouldn't take too long to heal. I should be good to go tomorrow. As for the Admiral, I think he's changing stalls."

3. Tdk and Bull win The Maritime plank hold test. At a conditioning course held over the weekend...the boys outlasted a strong field to take the title.

2. Domi's boy! Nearly caused heart failure within Tdisc. If it wasn't for Byron...Domi was going to be knocked off!

1. Byron!!! enough said.

It's great to be back folks. If you have any questions for Tdisc than please comment at the bottem of the wall post and it will be answered in the next blog. Please leave your name. Thanks!

Glad to be back,
Byron

"Only the weak attempts to accomplish what he knows he can already achieve." - Stella Juarez

Tdisc Breakfast

2010-03-12T22:04:00.001-04:00

Hey Boys, enjoyed the company this morning for breakfast. Its always nice to share good conversation with the boys. Have a good day. The fallowing is the schedule for this season.

Notes from this mornings meeting.

Pull Over or Jackets - Vessy/Kree - Nike

Quote " If your not going to win the race, make the winner break the record"

Logo - TDisc

Up coming events

April 3rd - DQ 10 km
April 24th - Sporting intentions 10km
May 19th - Red Island Relay - Run, Bike, Boat.
July 4th - Freddy Beach Tri
July 17th - Souris Multi Sport Relay - Single
July 25th - Pictou County - YMCA Tri
July 31st - Prince Edward Island - By the Bay Tri
August 15th - Parlee Beach Tri
October 20th - 42km

All the best on the break,
BULL

Josh will be sending along proofs of the team pull-overs / jackets.

Boy’s I talked to Admiral about the budget on these after the breakfast today. I was quite surprised to hear that he’s opening up the pocket book this year.

He said he’s taking a different approach this year. The theme will be “ SPEND IT LIKE YA STOLE IT !”

With that in mind… Vessey go after the UA and NIKE.

TDK

Captain Struggles as the Dog days continue

2010-03-09T12:13:00.002-04:00

Scratches: Jason Malone(Flu like symptoms)
Josh Vessey (Car broke down)

As I sit here I'm dry heaving at the thought of the racing season being just around the corner. We have 11 days till our first minor race of the season. I'm not looking to peak right yet but with it being in our own back yard I want to have a good showing. I'm a little nervous for that reason! I've increased my swims, began spinning, and refocused myself for the run. We're still laying seeds, but beginning to plan for harvesting.

After the swim the captain released a statement on his website....www.TheCaptain.com.

"Today's swim for me was the worst of the 2010 year, I splashed around for a solid 45 mins. I could never find my stride, and felt tired the entire swim. The wall of Negativity was calling my name, but I would not listen and continued to swim. I continued to stay positive just chalked it up to a bad swim day and Thursday will be better.
It was great to have the pool not very busy and have the big five there hacking it out in the pool. The dog days are not over yet, and tdisc gets better everyday.

I am getting nervous about the indoor tri, because so many people know that we train, and I get thumped by a nobody than I will not be happy. This time last year I had a idea what is it like to run a 10k, but not race. I have no idea what to expect from a triathlon and even though I knew it was going to be extremely hard, it surpassed what I expected.
This year I am in better shape, I feel stronger, and am more confident in the pool. My biking has a long way to go, any will be my main focus as soon as the snow is gone.
Can't wait for tomorrow

Captain"

Our goal has always been to promote our lifestyle and the sport we've come to love. It took awhile....but you don't have to look to far now to see we are making headway.

The rumors of the dog days being over are starting to surface. With an extra hour of sunlight beginning on the weekend it is expected that Tdisc will call a news conference, where The Admiral will officially call an end to the Dog Days of '09-'10.

Back to a busy week,
TDP

"Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running."
-Bill Watterson

Malone Cramps on day 3

2010-03-03T10:10:00.004-04:00

Scratches:Josh Vessey(no car)

This week has been a major statement week for Tdisc. Right from the drop of the hat on Monday we've pushed ourselves to the extreme through hump day. Today we arrived at the TTF in fairly good spirits. Noticeably absent was Josh Vessey. At 6:15am Josh had a phone conversation with the admiral. According to the admiral it went a bit like this...

Jv-"Can't make it...don't have a car."
Admiral-"ok"
Jv-"Are you mad at me?"
No-"No...but you're going to have to explain this to the bull."

....Vessey was quite shaken over the whole situation...unsure how the convo was left off.

The 6 of us piled into the much cooler cari pool and did our usual warmup. We then prepared for our cardio set. The coach was in the middle barking out orders and everyone was listening. The bull had to study so he just swam. At one point I looked up and the bull was spliting the D going right down the middle of the lane. Everyone seemed to swim well. As I was finishing up I went to turn at the other end when I heard...."he's pulling a vessey." I looked up to see malone holding on to the diving board, grabbing his leg and wincing in pain. He had officially experienced a pool cramp.

As we were leaving the pool area the media caught up with Malone. "Jason, can you talk a little bit about your first 3 days with Tdisc?" Jason nodded. "First off, I want to start by saying that I'm thrilled to be training with the TDisc family. Coming off a tough loss last night in triple overtime only to get home at 1 am, I struggled out of bed. But the TDisc core group pushed me into swim mode in the locker room. "I don't want to swim today" is exactly how the Admiral put it. Thanks for the motivation Breezer!
Im not going to lie, its been a battle thus far. The excitement of agreeing to the 100 day tryout officially wore of this morning, as I had to jump out of the pool with what is known as the 'Vessey cramp'. The pain I experienced reminded me of how far I have to go to even consider myself a part of this illustrious crew. TDiscGreggy has been there for me though, pushing me at the right times and keeping me motivated.
Hopefully things continue to move in the right direction. Im really looking forward to the upcoming road trip to the sweat lodge, as well as sleeping tonight. Thanks"

I think I speak for the team when I say it's been an honor to have Jason with us this week. He's given Tdisc the push we need coming out of the dog days.

They also caught up with the coach who had this to say...
"Been real pleased with how the team has responded in the pool the last two mornings. Good to see Jason Malone putting in a good effort. All the boys are buying in and making themselves better every day. There has been very little time spent hanging off the "wall of negativity."

"Just wanted to pass along a big "good luck" to Bull on his upcoming exams. Here at TDISC we value education, and Bull has been very diligent with his studies this semester. Let's hope all that hard work pays off Thursday."

Other housekeeping matters:

Admiral has been diagnosed with a severe case of "Admirals Feet" - this is not in any way related to "Admiral Hamstrings."

Jason Malone has been diagnosed with a grade 3 blister. However, he doesnt' plan to miss any training.

Josh Vessey's car confusion will no longer be an issue - from now on he will be picked up by the Axe guy."

Ever think about doing a tri? Well....here's something you might want to check out.

Just wanted to let you know that we will be hosting an Indoor Triathlon March 20, 2010. There will be two divisions : Competitive and Tri-A-Tri.
The participants will be divided into heats of 8 people and start 30 minutes apart.

Everyone is welcome to attend. The first 30 participants registered recieve a free t-shirt. All participants will recieve 1 free ed-fit as well as post-race snacks, and have an opportunity to win draw prizes.

Here are some of the details.

Andrews Sport Conditioning
Indoor Triathlon
Saturday, March 20

Registration – 9:00am – 10:00am

Cost - $ 40
$30 – Ed-Fit Members, UPEI Students

Competitive Division

Swim –750 meter timed swim – CARI POOL
Bike – 30 min “race simulation” spin class**(UPEI Sport Centre Keiser Bikes
Run – 5k timed run - UPEI Track

Tri-A-Tri Division

Swim – Cari Pool – 15 min swim (at your pace)
Bike – 30 minute spin class** (UPEI Sport Centre Keiser Spin Bikes)
Run – 3K (at your own pace) UPEI Track
• NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

** Spin classes led by certified instructor, and former Ironman Lake Placid participant Tracey Gairns-Brioux.

To register or to find out more about this exciting event contact:

Kris MacPhee – kris@hockeygrowth.com
Johnathan Doiron – 894-9600
Tracey Gairns-Brioux – 566-9082

It was great to be back at spin last night. Tdisct(w) put us through a great class. It's been a long while since i've broke a sweat like that. Can't wait for next week.

Through hump day,
TDP

“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” Carl Sagan

Live from the TTF

2010-03-01T12:41:00.005-04:00

(It's 8pm et. The cameras are set up in the TTF lounge. With curtains all around the reporters move looking for a better position. By the entrance to the bathrooms a podium stands with 4 chairs in front containing the 4 members of Tdisc and 2 seats behind them containing Josh Vessey and Jason Malone.)

(TDP enters and addresses Tdisc Nation.)

Good Evening,

Thanks for coming. I'd first like to thank my teamates for the support that they've given to me over this past week and a half.(The admiral checks his watch.) I'm like everyone else...I have to follow the rules. I thought I could text and eat whatever I wanted, but I can't! I understand that i've made mistakes and I appologize to my team for putting them through this. (bull patterson is now asleep with a book in his hand.) I'm deeply sorry! I have gotten help and I'm ready with my teamates support to tackle this all over again. I'm not sure how often or when but I will blog again. This is my problem....NOT my teams. So Please....leave them ALONE. Thank-you!

(TDP looks up at the reporters and begins to blog live.)

Scratches: Tdiscgreggy(Too Unorganized)

I woke up feeling great. After getting the realization email from the captain last week that said we are less than 2 weeks away from our first running race and 90 days away from the RIR. It's a wake up call that the season is just around the corner. We've been all over the map lately and it's time to focus in on the goal.

Last night the team recieved a text from the captain..."hockey...done. volleyball...done. working weekends....done. Tdisc....Just getting started!" Everyone on the team understands that time is now our enemy.

I recieved a text from the captain and then recieved a text from kree saying that someone else has stepped forward and acknowledged that they would too like a better lifestyle. When I woke up I could hear the sheets of rain smashing off the window..so I texted the coach "some nasty morning." He replied "plan for the worst." Shortly after I recieved another text...this time from the captain "Not going to make it, didn't get home till after midnight. Too unorganized. Sorry boys." It was disappointing and with the end of the olympics and the weather...I was low going to the TTF. I was quickly snapped out of it when I entered the changing room and bull looked at me and said..."You're low!" Then I looked and saw Jason Malone who had arrived for his first day. My mood had changed...again.

I went with the bull and Malone, and Vessey and the admiral teamed with the coach. We did 30 min bike sprints and then met at the track to run 3k. Chicken wings give bull gas so the running order went as follows. The admiral on the left and the bull on the right. The coach was behind the admiral, and I was behind the coach. Followed by Vessey and then Malone behind him. There was a big gap behind the bull for obvious reasons. We did everything we could to drop Malone today...the pace was outrageous. I had both shoe laces undone but kept running because if I stopped then I was a lap down. It worked as a great cleansing from the hockey party the night before.

I'm now going to have the bull come up and address the Jason Malone situation. Bull?

(Bull steps to the podium)

"Dear Tdisc Nation,

I'm extremely excited about the up and coming weeks. Jason Malone has agreed to terms on the Tdisc 100 day tryout. He has come aboard not knowing what he is getting himself into but there was a strong preformance in spin and then the stiff run this morning.

Time will only tell if he will last the grueling 100 day tryout.

Does Jason Malone have the stones to stick with Tdisc?

Good to have you back TDP

TDBull"

(Bull hugs TDP and then the whole team.)

Thanks bull! It's an exciting time for Tdisc. I look forward to riding shotgun in this journey towards a better life. Good luck Malone!

Just a reminder of the Tdisc sweat lodge that is quickly approaching. For those who haven't gotten your waiver in, can u please get that in soon. If you don't know what a sweat lodge is then check out http://www.welcomehome.org/rob/sweat/sweat.html. It is gaurenteed to be a blog for the ages.

Something the fans don't know. Ummm....the admiral is battling a bad case of dry feet.(everyone looks at the admiral who is sitting with shorts and high socks on.) He moisturizes his feet and then puts socks on to keep the moisture in. The admiral has been quoted as saying "They're (bleep) putting holes in my socks" and "They're a (bleep) mess!" Stay tuned for the admirals segment titled 5 ways to deal with dry feet.

Thank you all for coming.

Live from the TTF,
TTP

"Life is just a chance to grow a soul." - A. Powell Davies

National Inquirer releases photos

2010-03-01T12:16:00.002-04:00

The National Inquirer has released photos of tdisc which include the first TDP sighting since his retirement last week. The photo's are as follows...

1. 4:30am A big black truck pulled over on the highway(with it's hood up) and a yellow car in behind it. The doors are open and bull patterson is hopping in the back with Captain Tdiscgreggy. Admiral is driving and the coach is shotgun. Josh Vessey and Jason Malone are in the process of getting in the trunk.

2. 6:00am A yellow car(containing Tdisc) driving through a guarded entrance that is clearly marked above...."Dr. Drew- Board Certified in Internal and Addiction Medicine."

3. 6:05am Tdisc standing in a line at Dr. Drew's office. The door is open and TDP is going through the Tdisc high five line while Tiger woods and Dr. Drew look on from inside.

4. 6:40am A yellow car pulling up to the front doors of the TTF. The admiral driving, the coach shotgun, bull rear window, Tdp rear middle, The captain rear left, Josh Vessey and Jason Malone peaking out the trunk keyhole.

Tdisc has called a press conference for later this evening at the ttf. It is expected that TDP will address a select number of media with no questions. Live blog to follow the press conference.

The Day After!

2010-02-22T12:15:00.001-04:00

Dear Tdisc Nation,

I want to thank you all for the support that I have received while being author of the blog. Unfortunately my time is up. From all of us here at bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com, thanks for reading.

TDP

The associated press is reporting that Bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com IS FOR SALE!

The end of an Era

2010-02-21T19:25:00.003-04:00

Dear Tdisc Nation,

I regret to inform you that as of Sunday, Feb. 21/10 I will be stepping down as author of the blog. Please understand that this was not a decision that was easy for me to make. Tdisc Nation always had and always will have a place in my heart.

Some people will ask me...how did u know it was time? All I can say to that is...You just know! The hours that I have put into those 317 posts were some of the happiest hours of my life. When the blog was formed on Jan. 1/09 I never thought I'd see this day. It was formed as a way of recording, but quickly changed to become a way of inspiring. If one person was inspired through this blog than I have done my job.

I'm the greatest blogger of all time! 18000+ hits earned me rookie of the year in 2009. The stats speak for themselves. All good things must come to an end. I look forward to what's next.

With Great respect for Tdisc Nation,
Bryan

“Retirement - Because you've given so much of yourself to the company that you don't have anything left we can use.”- Larry Kersten

Breaking News!

2010-02-18T16:42:00.002-04:00

Tsn.ca is reporting that they have a copy of a leaked team memo that was sent out by coach Tdisckree. Tdisc has confirmed that the details below are correct and that an investigation is underway in order to find out how this got to the public.

Dear Team,

Just a reminder that tomorrow we will be having the second annual TDISC Team Picture.

This year the photo will be taken at the TTF.

The TDISC calendar photos will not be taken tomorrow though.

The following will be calendar shots -

January - Pic of Pye and the Captain hanging off the "wall of negativity"

February - Bull Patterson action shot (running in snowstorm)

March - TDK running toward Men's washroom sign.

April - Captain addressing the troops at the TTF.

May - Vessey action shot (red isle relay) - throwing up in the ditch while bull takes the wrist band off his arm.

June - Pye at INDIGO book signing - holding up his published book titled " TDISC-the trials and tribulations of becoming a triathlete."

July - Admiral and TDK posing poolside in YINGFA swimwear.

August - Bull ( in a cow pen wearing cowboy hat, jeans, plaid shirt, cowboy boots ...slogan below reads..
" When fighting a bull you dont' get to stop when you get tired, you stop when the bull gets tired."

September - Team action shot drafting off each other on the bikes
(photo taken by cubag in car beside us)

October - Team action shot - All members bursting out of the gate of the PEI Marathon ( In the lead and then pulling back as soon as picture is taken)

November - Captain ( on a motorcycle wearing leather head to toe. ) slogan below reads:
" TDISC - the ride of your life"

December - Pack of 200 Santas running down university avenue with Police and Firetruck escort marking the 2nd annual TDISC SANTA CLAUSE RUN.

TDK

Come onnnnnn Weekend!

2010-02-18T14:24:00.002-04:00

Scratches: The admiral(Parenting)
Josh Vessey (Too late at the jug)

It's been a really long week for me. Even with the storm days I've still battled to get where I am this week. Today I arrived at the pool with a full car load. My first stop was bull's house. His truck has no lights. After doing that I went 5 minutes down the road and picked up the coach. There was no fear of us being late today.

After getting to the changing room on time I sat and stared at the floor for an extended period of time. Then I posed on the pool deck with goggles on for a few minutes trying to think of ways to get out of swimming today. I suggested the hot tub but they didn't bite on it. In I went. We had a great swim today for all. Bull worked on his cardio and after the swim said "I think I'm ready." The coach, the captain, and I did a warm-up followed by 10 100's. I felt great!

Yesterdays cancellation of Tdisc practice went through all the needed requirements. Bull started the process with a text to me at 6:05am. Then after no response went to the coach by making a phone call at 6:08am. Then I got a call from the bull at 6:10am. The coach then called me and said he was waiting on the official word from the admiral. 6:15 we get confirmation from the admiral that it is called off. 6:16am I text the captain. 6:17am the captain calls the admiral to makes sure. 6:18am Vessey is notified. 6:20 Everyone is back to bed.

Tonight it's edfit. Tomorrow it's bike and weights.

TDP

"The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do."

-Orison Swett Marden

The emotional roller coaster known as the dog days.

2010-02-16T12:21:00.002-04:00

"I'm Tired today."- A sleep deprived Admiral
"Are you still low?"- Captain Tdiscgreggy(referring to my Bryan moments over the weekend)
"I don't feel like i'm getting any better in the pool."- Josh Vessey

Physically I was training at a high level over the weekend...but mentally it was crushing blow leading into another week of the dog days. Some boys took Monday off but the admiral decided to go for a short run. The bull who arrived at 6:45 ran on his own while the admiral and I opted for a later start.

I went to bed last night knowing that I had to pick up bull who was having truck problems. After seeing Jake kick off Gia(What an idiot!) I set my alarm a bit earlier and hit the hay. I woke up feeling great. We arrived early for the 7am swim time. That's when my emotions went bad again. Here's a run down of my mood changes over the morning:
7:00- It's great to be here today...can't wait to swim.
7:05- Frig I don't want to get in the pool. Why do I do this?
7:10- I'm swimming great and decide to push a bit harder.
7:15- I'm hanging off the rope and have decided to quit the blog after getting passed while kicking.
7:20- Start an endurance set with the captain. I decide i'm going to blog after all.
7:25- Miss counted.....contemplating just doing some skullies.
7:45- Finish the endurance set. Have the swimmer's high. I'm on top of the world!
7:55- Sitting in the lockerroom, struggling to find the motivation to shower.
7:56- Decide to quit facebook!
8:05- Check facebook...consider changing my status. Scanned my whole homepage.
8:30- Had too much for breakfast. I'm bloated...consider skipping edfit.
8:45- Decide to go on a strict diet...and think about what to blog about.
8:50- Walk by the candy dish....unphased!
10:00- Sit in to 2 bisquits and a pound of fresh bacon for coffee break. Bloated again....decide to quit texting and the blog.
10:30- Send the coach a text. Ready to put a drive on in the training. Quit facebook again.
11:00- Hurt my back...i'm ready for a job change.
12:00- Blogging...while sending a text, with another page open...which is 3 profile's deep in facebook, and have my food addiction under control.

Just another day.....

Just a reminder of the fan poll that is in the top right hand corner. As of right now it will be the bull speaking directly to Tdisc nation on Friday. Tonight it's edfit....tomorrow it's Sprints.

High again,
TDP

"Don't let your high's get too high and your low's get too low."

Finally....Friday!

2010-02-12T10:44:00.002-04:00

Again I was up way past my triathlete bedtime. Workouts in the morning and workouts at night, combined with late night activity is usually the recipe for disaster. I don't know how I'm holding it together today. It's just shows how far I have come emotionally from where I was last year. Last year Bryan would have showed up and went low and probably released a negative statement on the blog. Not this year!

When I went to bed last night I thought to myself. Friday is usually never that hard. I can do bike sprints without totally killing myself and I don't mind heavy legs. Well...today was a totally different story. The coach had a workout designed for 30min on the bike. Coach ran one group while the bull ran our group. It was much harder than I thought it was going to be. After we finished we met downstairs by the rink, where we did 16 sets of stairs from bottom to top. It hurt! I just do everything I can to try and keep pace...these guys are machines. Vessey summed it up best when he answered to where the coach was? "He's sitting in a chair at the top...he thinks he's gonna puke." A usual light day turned into a Friday Bagger. Tdisc planted another seed!

We haven't done a lot of long runs lately, so tomorrow we are hoping to get back into the routine of Saturday long runs.

Looking forward to a rest day,
TDP

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
-Winston Churchill

Plant the seed

2010-02-11T12:31:00.002-04:00

Scratches: The admiral(Parenting)
Bull Patterson(Night with Youssi)

I've been completely exhausted after my long day on Tuesday. Although I didn't have trouble getting up this morning, I found that my body was really tired. I just had trouble getting going. For Example: Arrived at 6:55. Entered the changing room at 7:04. Left the changing room at 7:10. Sat on the pool deck with goggles on till 7:14. Began swimming at 7:18. This should take 5 minutes. The not so good part about it....The rest of the team followed suit.

For being tired I swam well today. I started with a warm up and then did 1250m consecutively. Finished with a cool down. It is disappointing for the team not to have the admiral and bull in the lineup this morning. It is also disappointing for fellow triathletes swimming beside. One triathlete mentioned that he swims better when he has the admiral there racing against him. Pushs everyone else in the pool.

We stopped by the hottub for a few minutes following the swim. It was there that the coach gave Vessey an inspirational pep talk. "You see Vessey. You planted a seed today. You continue to work hard and plant seeds, because in July you harvest those seeds and all that hard work planting pays off." Stated Coach Tdk. Vessey and the Coach high fived right there. Vessey now understood why he was pushing himself in February.

Tonight it's edfit...tomorrow it's bike sprints and weights.

Keep on Keepin' on,
TDP

"Life on a farm is a school of patience; you can't hurry the crops or make an ox in two days." -Henry Alain

Starting over!

2010-02-09T12:44:00.002-04:00

Today was a new day for Josh Vessey. In a phone conversation that I had with him after the announcement of the vote he said "I understand...thanks for the support." He arrived on time even though he got stuck in the driveway. The saviour.....setting the alarm clock 15 minutes early. That's what the stipulations were made for.

I was worried upon my entry into the water today but quickly found a groove. I found a way to hammer out 1500m. I was really impressed with the way I swam but I'm still not where I need to be in the water. Since it was a full house in the pool today I didn't get the chance to swim with the boys. From what I heard there was a bit of racing going on...the admiral was defending his title in the 50m freestyle.

It's great to be back with Tdisc and into the triathlete routine. Tonight it's edfit...tomorrow it's bike sprints and weights.

TDP

“You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.”
- Christopher Columbus

Vessey Survives!

2010-02-08T20:10:00.002-04:00

By a vote of 3-2, Vessey narrowly survives. With a vote of 2-2 the admiral deliberated for a half an hour then made his decision. He released this statement..."As the tie break vote, I vote Josh Vessey to remain with Tdisc.
Upon Stipulations:

1) 100 day count goes back to zero
2) has no authority what so ever to cancel a workout
3) must set his alarm 10 mins earlier
4) needs to come up with better excusess than the ones he used.
5) volunteers to be Kree's personel lint brush
6) He and bull get drunk together and get back on the same page for the Red Isle."

The Admiral

Members Vote

2010-02-08T12:50:00.001-04:00

For Immediate Release:

It is with great regret I inform you that tonight at 7pm there will be a secret ballot vote to determine the status of Josh Vessey. Over the past number of days, his future with TDISC has been in question. As coach of the team, I must bring this issue to a head. On Monday Feb. 1 Josh Vessey orchestrated a series of events and text messages that led to the cancellation of a workout. He "decieved and tricked" the Admiral - something that is never taken lightly. On Wednesday, Feb. 3, Josh Vessey missed a workout due to a power outage that knocked his alarm clock out. After further investigation (Tdisc called Jason Flick at Maritime Electric), the report was untrue and in fact he slept in. Today, Feb 8, Josh Vessey missed the entire TDISC workout.
During the run, the fate of Josh Vessey was discussed at great length amongst the members. It was agreed that something needed to be done.

In recognition of these past events, I TDISCKREE call for a secret ballot vote. All five members will cast a ballot at 7pm AST tonight - Feb 8. The following will be the procedure:

At 7pm all members of TDISC will text the Admiral with their vote. It will either read:

"VESSEY STAYS"
or
"VESSEY IS OUT"

Admiral will recieve the texts. IF it is a tie, then he will cast the deciding ballot. If he doesn't feel that he has sufficient information, Vessey may be called to Testify at the Admirals house. In this event, all members will also attend as well as the CRM in order to keep a record of the minutes.

Admiral will then release the count to TDISCPYE. Vessey's fate will be revealed on the blog at 730 AST.

Regrettfully,

TDK

I'm Back!

2010-02-08T12:23:00.002-04:00

"I shoveled fast this morning so I would be on time...then people show up late." -Admiral (ticked)

"He's *&#@*$@ Gone!"- Bull

I must say...I'm glad to be back bringing the daily events to Tdisc nation. I had a great vacation. As a triathlete...sometimes we need rest, and that I did. Other then a bad case of Tdisckree bowls, I feel great. I'm ready to face the dog days head on.

I'm extremely upset with what has happened to my dearest Tdisc while I was gone. It's no secret that the blog holds guys accountable and from what i've heard, there was no accountability while I was gone. That all changes this week. Today's run was a statement run. In the words of the admiral "it was a good ol' fashion Tdisc run." The conditions were terrible!

The biggest news is definatly the fate of Josh Vessey. As talked about below...he missed a big run. I will admit that I was ready to follow the bull and can him right then. When I came up the stairs to the TTF following the run, my mindset changed. I saw a vacant workout bag by the locked door with a bag of bagels sitting next to it. Shortly there after Vessey came walking in....low as a snake. He handed everyone a bagel with strawberry jam. They made a mistake at tim's and only put 5 in so he didn't have one. The bull was not being swayed at all and made no bones about it that he wants vessey gone. A short dispute started and ended then surfaced again in by the showers. Something had to be done!

Tonight will be the first time Tdisc has gone to a secret ballot in order to reveal someone's fate. I see a bit of myself in Vessey. Until I got paired with the admiral for the Red Isle and began fearing for my life, I was late and quitting and just getting smashed by the dog days. For me I was able to get it back on track, he needs to do the same. My ballot tonight will not be a secret. I've voting for Vessey to stay. I had a meeting with him this morning and I believe he can commit 110% to Tdisc. Before leaving I wished him good luck...and all he could say was "I'm nervous."

Tdisc isn't for everyone. That's why we have the 100 day trial. We'll see tonight if Josh Vessey survives to see another day with Tdisc. As of right now I'd say that the vote sits at 1-1. I don't think the bull can be swayed.

Till later tonight,
TDP

“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.”- John Quincy Adams

Vacation mode

2010-01-27T12:23:00.002-04:00

I sent the text to the boys early this morning letting them know that I would not be at the workout this morning. With two workouts yesterday and a late hockey game I had nothing left to give this morning and decided that it would be best to get some rest before leaving for my trip tomorrow. I'm going to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. I'm really looking forward to relaxing and letting my body rest. It's been a tough routine that i've been in since christmas. The team has been working hard and will continue to workout hard.

I will not be blogging from the DR. The next week will be known as blog if you want week. Tdisc members will have the oportunity to keep the fans updated by entering a blog here and there.

Till sometime next week,
TDP

"Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind." ~Seneca

Get hammered by the dog days

2010-01-25T12:13:00.002-04:00

Today was extremely tough. After the weekend, getting up for a run in -10 weather is really tough. As a team we ran quite well. Although I hung on for most of the run I felt pretty well. We did the usual down broadway past KRock run. You know it's winter running when you have to keep wiping your eyelids in order to see.

Last night a few texts went back and fourth with Josh Vessey. He was not pleased with the decision to be put on probation. I explained it the best I could. It's an honor to be a part of Tdisc and we just felt like he was slightly taking advantage of his tryout agreement. The captain gave him a private pep talk this morning. Rumour has it that he told him to shake it off and be ready to go. According to the fan poll things don't look good for the rookie.

Tonight is ed-fit and tomorrow we are back in the pool.

It's a very special day today. 30 years ago our big gun came into the world. On behalf of Tdisc and all of us at bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com happy birthday Admiral.

TDP

" I always prefer to believe in the best of everybody - it saves so much trouble."- Rudyard Kipling

Josh Vessey put on Probation

2010-01-22T11:38:00.002-04:00

Scratches: Josh Vessey (Ankle)

Bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com has confirmed that Tdisc has put Josh Vessey on Probation. Basically what this means is that he has been given his final warning. One more missed day and he's back to 100 days again. Be sure to check out the new poll in the right hand column....Will Josh Vessey get cut?

Friday is finally here...it's been another long week. We did bike sprints this morning followed by a bull power abs workout. Spirits were pretty high considering that we had to put someone on probation today. Bull is Josh Vessey's mentor and all he had to say today was "I'm really disappointed."

Tomorrow has become optional. For most it will be a run and ed-fit.

Also, it's the big 2-7 for Tdiscbull. Happy Birthday bull from all of us here at bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com.

TDP

"Seize the opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind." ~Bulgarian Proverb

What Tdisc means to me by The Captain

2010-01-21T12:17:00.002-04:00

Todays Scratches: The admiral (Parenting)
Tdiscpye (H1N1 Vaccine)

Yesterday was a day full of shots. I got one in each shoulder. Thinking nothing of it I just continued on with my regular routine. So I went to bed like usual...Great time...just a little after 10. 2 a.m rolls around and i'm feeling really sore in my right shoulder. So I got up and moved it around...I could hardly lift my arm above my shoulder. First thought "I can't swim." Frig! so as I was laying there in my bed I started going through my swimming stroke....couldn't do it. So I text the coach to let him know. 6 am rolls around and still nothing from the coach. So I call...still nothing. Not wanting to leave the boys hanging I sat on the side of my bed and waited for a response. Finally I touched base with the coach aroun 6:20am, back to bed I went.

Yesterday was a nightmare on the legs. This years camp has really kicked into a tougher gear. Yesterday we did some tough sprints followed byEverything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein legs, legs, and more legs at the ttf.

Tdisc means a lot to us. Today I have the honour of presenting to the fans an article written by our Captain that featured in yesterday's Toronto Sun.

Last September, I joined a group called Team Discovery. I joined because it seemed like a good way to get in shape and have some fun with some great athletes through the tough winter months. I never really knew if we would race or do a triathlon, but I was going along for the ride.

As time went on and training stayed constant, we seen guys come and go but the big four always stuck it out. I admit if I was not living with the Admiral I would not be on this team. If I was behind schedule in waking up, (happened a lot) Admiral would pop his head in and say you coming to Greggy? and I would respond yep and off we would go. I know that there was a lot of this going on at the MacPhee household because the Coach and blog master shared a home.

When this team started, I was working, going to school, coaching and had a pretty demanding social life. Last year before Tdisc I never thought I would wake up at 6:00am and exercise? that soon changed, I NEVER thought I would go to bed before 10:00pm??? that soon changed, I never thought that a workout would become more important than a night out partying, very quickly changed.

For me 2010 is a big year. I have changed my sleeping habits, social life, diet, (big time) and put everything towards fitness. Tdisc has been a major impact on my life, I eat healthier, exercise twice a day, rarely drink or go to the bars, and always feel I can push myself more. I am looking forward to seeing the outcome of all my hard work when it comes to the triathlon season. This is the year I get to see the benefits of my sacrifices.

Tdisc really does change lives.....

Captain Tdiscgreggy

Tonight it's Ed-Fit. Tomorrow we are back to more legs.

Just like to welcome a new addition to Tdisc nation...Josh Whiteway. On behalf of Tdisc and bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com we say thank you for following our Journey.

TDP

"Everything should be as simple as it is, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein

Coaches Mid-month Report

2010-01-20T13:05:00.000-04:00

The following was posted on Coach TDISCKREE's twitter account on Tuesday morning.

" As coach of the team, I am pleased with how things are going so far this month. Everyone is working hard and being on time. We've pushed the envelope in terms of our workouts but TDISC is not approaching 2010 like any other year. This is the year TDISC get's off the porch and plays with the big dogs. I look forward to embracing the dog days and gaining momentum into the Bluephin 5k."

On each member :

Vessey - "Love how he's bought in from the get-go. Some people say that the fear of failure is greater motivation then the prize of victory. This guy is fighting for survival everyday and gaining a lot of respect from the other 5 of us."

Pye -" We haven't seen the extreme highs and lows we are used to from this guy. Me and the captain granted him a week off in late Jan to go to a wedding in the Dominican because he's worked hard this fall and winter. He'll come back energized."

Bull -"When I caught him sleeping in the middle of the day at the TTF this week I realized this guy is giving TDISC everything he's got. Bull has gone from being the rookie to being a good mentor for Vessey. It's good to see."

Admiral -" When I heard he sprinted the telephone polls last thursday on his own...I first thought he was nuts, then I laughed, then I said to myself " thats why he's our big gun." he's eating the dog days for breakfast this time around."

Captain - " When we chose Tdiscgreggy as captain we knew we'd need a good leader to get this team through the dog days of winter. He's been on time and motivational at all workouts...it's been impressive."

Coach - " I am feeling good about my performance so far. My bowels have been in check and I haven't even thought of retirement yet. I am more focused and relaxed this time around."

Coaches Monthly Theme - "If you don't work like a dog you'll stink like a skunk." TDK

Keep on Keepin on

2010-01-18T12:42:00.002-04:00

Today was a dog day! Everyone had the same opinion about today, that it was extremely hard to get going this morning. As hard as it was the team still put in a good morning. We ran for 40 minutes finishing hard on the backstretch.

The rookie(josh vessey) continues his quest to be the 6th member of tdisc. It's no secret that last time we as a team wanted him to fail. This time it's a different story. The rookie is being mentored along the way. Saturday night around midnight he was spotted outside The Jug getting advice from Bull "1ke"(pronounced ike) Patterson. This morning he was given advice from the coach on how to run with runners trots. It's a long journey but so far he proven that he's a different guy this time around.

This week the schedule has been tinkered with. We will switch our swim days to Tuesday and Thursday. It's going to be a tough week for Tdisc. The highlight of the week will come when we celebrate the birth of the big gun on Friday.

TDP

"Pain is the body’s way of ridding itself of weakness."

300th blog post

2010-01-13T19:20:00.002-04:00

300 posts! It just seems like yesterday that I was storm stayed and coming up with this friggen thing. This week has been a bad week for the blog. Operation SFA has been taking up all my blogging time. With a workout in the morning and either Yoga, Ed fit, or hockey in the evenings, my down time has been rest.

It was a tough week for Tdisc. We put in some hard mornings at the TTF. Tuesday the whole team did a bike and leg workout. Fire an ed fit and a hockey game on top of that and it's a full day. On wednesday we hit the pool. We swam pretty hard for close to an hour. Everyone kind of did there own thing. Tdisckree battled a bad wing and kicked for most and the admiral had a beef with his stamina so he ripped off a large amount of consecutive laps. Thursday morning we did arguably the toughest sprint workout ever on the track. I don't often find myself bent over gasping for wind but on that day was. Other than Bull nearly taking out an 80 year old man everything went well. The admiral was a game day scratch due to parenting, but admitted later that he ran around the block at home sprinting the poles after he finished work. Thursday night I was back at ed fit for the second time this week. It has really been catching on and last night it drew a record crowd of 23.

I woke up this morning to a text that said "I don't have a ride, see you at yoga."-Josh vessey. My first reaction was "that frigger is pulling the shoot." I tossed and turned for a few minutes thinking of excuses not to go. I came up with a lot but knew the admiral was going to be sitting there waiting so I got up and took off for the pool. Tdg(work), TDK(upper body) and Josh Vessey (no ride) were all scratches from the swim. The swim class has turned into a real bagger every friday morning. Today was no different.

Tonight was my third trip to yoga. Tdg, Tdk, and Josh Vessey also came with me to give it a try. I'm becoming much more comfortable with my breathing and some of the positions. My hip flexors and hips are extremely tight. Tonight by times I thought they were going to pop. It's great!

Tomorrow it's a long run in the morning and then Ed.fit. Rest day on Sunday.

Also just like to wish our captain...Tdiscgreggy a very Happy Birthday. He turns 27 Tomorrow.

TDP

"Before you've practiced, the theory is useless. After you've practiced, the theory is obvious." -David Williams

Josh Vessey speaks

2010-01-11T19:47:00.003-04:00

Tdisc believes in second chances. When Mr. Vessey opted out of his tryout agreement it was almost like a slap in the face to Tdisc. Well I think I speak on behalf of the team when I say that we were shocked when he decided to give it another go. We could see from the start that he was a more mature Josh Vessey. We decided to start the clock again. With 7 full days in he addressed the media just outside the TTF.

Josh Vessey:First off all, a big thanks to all the members of the team for accpeting me back on for a try out agreement. I'm a new man this time around and am determined to make the most of this glorious opportunity. Having done this once before has better prepared me for what to expect and I am much more mentally focused to tackle this grueling winter training with team TDISC.

I realize that there is much doubt surrounding my return to TDISC and the idea of me making through the vigorous 100 day tryout. But I am going to let that negativity roll right off me because I am feeling great being reunited (bright and early, every morning) with the team and I know they have my back. I couldn't be happier with the team support that I've been receiving and being as it has become the one and only Bull Patterson's job to coach and mentor me through the try out, I'm basically set for success.

I know it won't be easy, but would i want it to be? Absolutely not. That's not what TDISC is all about.. it's about dedication, perseverance, teamwork, and punctuality (right, Admiral?).

Thanks again for the opportunity to be apart of something this special. Second chances don't happen everyday, better take advantage of this one.

-"Time to nut up or shut up."

We had a good run this morning. It's hard to believe that it is almost the middle of January and we are still running outside. Although it was quite cold, the conditions ideal for running. The captain and I hit up yoga again tonight. I feel like I had a better night. I was more familiar with the positions. I really look forward to going again on Friday. Tomorrow it's bike and weights followed by Ed Fit in the evening. Op. SFA is in it's second week. Feeling great!

TDP

"Opportunity is just success looking for a place to happen." -Greg Hickman

Friday morning bagger

2010-01-09T12:45:00.004-04:00

It's common knowledge now that when you swim on Friday morning you are going to be completely gassed. There were times when I literaly thought that I was going to drowned. The funniest part of the swim was when I was doing my warmup and I looked up to see Vessey out of the water and stretching his hamstrings on the diving board. It's even funnier to see him up there with phelps tights that are too tight and often show half of his crack. I have to give him full credit for sticking it out for the whole class. When I got out my body was totally exhausted and I probably could have eaten the back end out of skunk I was so hungry. The showers were a little different then usual...it was basically body care products 101. I now know a lot about face creams.

Operation SFA has got me back to where I was before christmas. I'm sore but I feel great going into an off day. Today the team ran but with hockey the Captain and I had to scratch. My off day will be today and tomorrow will be a run.

Anyone interested in joining tdisc(w) please contact Tdisc as soon as possible. There is some serious interest that may lead to a start date as early as this Monday.

Looking forward to an off day,
TDP

”We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. ”
- Aristotle

Dropped......again!

2010-01-07T12:22:00.003-04:00

"I'm going to prove them wrong." -Josh Vessey (talking about the results so far in the fan poll.) p.s he's still there.

It was good to have that big break at christmas to rest the body, but getting back to where I was before has been tough. My food addiction flared and over the holidays I gained 9lbs. As a team we gained 46lbs. For me it was extremely disappointing. I didn't really notice it until ed fitness on Tuesday night. I felt really heavy throughout the whole workout. It was at that point that I decided opertation SFA had to come into effect. SFA simply stands for Stop Friggen Around. So i'm working hard on my food addiction as well as 1 yoga and 2 ed fitness classes on top of the usual tdisc workouts. Operation SFA is in it's 3rd day.

As I walked in the TTF this morning I looked up at the tv to see the movie Rick and Dick Hoyt playing. It was put on by the coach to motivate the boys as it was gettting late in a tough week. We sat for a few minutes then the admiral piped up "alright let's go." As I was going upstairs to the track I could feel the affects of operation SFA. As we began our first set around the track I knew I was going to struggle through it. So we did 6 laps of the track then 5 sets of stairs 5 times. As I hit the 3rd set I was dropped by the group. It's always disappointing to get left behind but with a year under my belt I understood that good runners have to keep getting better as well. This is what I needed...this is what got me better last year...and this is what's going to get me better this year. After we finished that we separated into 4 corners and sprinted from corner to corner. It was a tough workout...something Tdisc really needed.

On Wednesday we had a good hard 45 minute swim. I was in a lane with the admiral and the coach and basically just tried to stay on their heals. It was great!

Tonight i'm back at Ed Fitness. Tomorrow it's swim class.

Keep on Keepin on,
TDP

"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
- Beverly Sills

Tdp and Tdg try yoga

2010-01-05T12:34:00.003-04:00

It's no secret within tdisc that my flexibility isn't where it needs to be. I've often talked about doing something about it but it just never seemed to happen. Well yesterday the text came in from the captain. "yoga tonight at 5:30." I quickly responded back with "not a chance." A few more texts followed and next thing I knew I was in the car and on my way in to yoga. I was clean terrified. It was a very comfortable setting, and I found a way to kinda hide at the back. For the first little bit I couldn't look over at the captain without laughing. All I could think of was wow if only my grandfather knew about this. It has always been preached in the MacPhee family that men don't do yoga, men work! The captain was doing some kind of fancy breathing that kept making me laugh, but I would quickly refocus as I began to feel my groins tear. Oh frig, then the crazy positions started. My worst fear had come true. I was lying on my stomach reaching back trying to grab my feet. Unfortunately my hands and feet weren't coming together. Next thing I knew the teacher is reefing on my feet trying make the connection. My back was cracking and it felt like I was going to pop a blood vessel in my head. Then I hear..."just relax and let your body feel the stretch." I almost snickered as my head was about to explode. Then my hands slipped...my feet catapulted back at such a speed that if I was near the wall they would have went right through it. I became much more relaxed after that because I pretty well figured I couldn't get any worse. Believe it or not I actually really enjoyed the class. I can see it becoming very helpful for my triathlon training. Unfortunately for me I had to start somewhere.

I was quite tired getting up for the workout this morning. The yoga took more out of me then I thought it would. We started off on the bikes and yes Vessey made it to day 2. We also had the pleasure of working side by side with pei's own...ordinary joe's. Some found it a little tough to stay focused with the admiral only a few feet away rag dolling the bike pedals. Tdiscbull put us through about a half an hour of sprints then we went into a weights set. Our focus in the second half is going to be on our legs. Today we did three different leg sets with abs in between. We paired up today and Tdiscbull was matched with Josh Vessey. He has been giving the daunting task of mentoring Vessey along this journey. The coach then gave the bull a little incentive. Pointing at Vessey tdisckree announced "if he makes it 100 days, you're an assistant captain."

Tonight it's back to Ed. Fitness. The greatest circuit workout on earth. For more info on it just contact the blog.

Till next time,
TDP

"My god given talent is my ability to stick with training longer than anybody else."
-Herschel Walker

It's not a resolution- It's a lifestyle.

2010-01-04T12:07:00.002-04:00

As I packed my bag last night and prepared my running gear for this mornings workout I couldn't help but feel a little excited. I set my alarm for 6:18...due to the pending weather conditions I gave myself 2 extra minutes. That move paid off as I arrived at the TTF just as the admiral pulled in. We walked in together and like usual as I approached the door I slowed up to make sure the admiral got to walk in first. "Vessey...what are u doing here?" a surprised admiral asked. As I turned the corner I spotted him. "I'm back boys." said Josh Vessey half pleading to the Admiral. After we got over the initial shock...we said "good to have you back Vessey." Rule 22 in the Tdisc handbook clearly states that we cannot deny anyone this lifestyle. The clock has started again. Be sure to check out the new fan poll in the right hand column. How long with Vessey make it this time?

It was great to be back with the team. The conditions weren't great for an outdoor run but everyone was pull of pee and vinegar so we went outside. We went for about 40 minutes and then finished with a lengthy stretch. It was very icy but we didn't have any injuries other than a few severe cases of the runners trots. Shortly after the run TDK released a short statement. "I'm pretty pleased with what I saw today. I was real surprised to see Vessey at the TTF this morning - this just might be the time he makes it 100 days. Everyone seemed to be tired but in good spirits. It's good to have a unit of 6 heading into the 2010 season. In an attempt to keep all six guys safe I am appointing a safety comitee within TDISC - Tdiscadmiral will be the chair and Josh Vessey will work as his side-kick. they will look into ways that will make the runs a little safer for each member (ie. reflective vests, monitoring running/weather conditions."

I'd also like to reveal January's theme that was brought forward by TDISCBULL :

"IT'S NOT A RESOLUTION - IT'S A LIFESTYLE."

Nice job on that one Bull.

TDK "

We held a team meeting on Saturday night in which we discussed the next few months. It was decided that Tdisc had to up the pace. Longer morning workouts had to be in store. It is the year of the triathlon orrrrr the 70.3? Yes you read it right. Tdisc has made a new goal. On August 29th we will compete in a Half Ironman. It will be double what we did last year. More details and team goals to come.

It's good to be back,
TDP

"You don't need to be a fantastic hero to do certain things - to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals." -Edmund Hillary

The blog turns 1!

2010-01-01T20:19:00.002-04:00

I just don't know what to say tonight. I'm low! I've sickened myself on food and have hardly worked out at all. I need a night to regroup before I bring my thoughts to the blog.

Big news is coming folks...

Tdisc mid season grades

2009-12-28T17:31:00.004-04:00

Courtesy of Tsn.ca

Bull Patterson: B- Bull entered his tryout agreement on fire. Within a week he had a hill named after him(Bull Hill) and was pegged as the favorite going into the island marathon. Bull continued to impress...making great strides in the pool and even made a bold statement and purchased a bike from our major sponsor(Smooth Cycle). For personal reasons Bull was forced to withdraw from the Island Marathon. It was then that he began to show signs that he was entering his first ever dog days. The pressure of trying to become a world class triathlete while working a job and going to school had caught up to the bull. The bull got Burnt out! The good news is that he stuck with the team. On Dec.12th in front of Tdisc nation...Bull was innaugurated into Tdisc. He has gone home for christmas to get rejuvenated for the stretch run. Before he left he made it clear to the team that he was going to be better in the second half. We know he's going to be good....but just how good? Coach Tdisckree summed him up best when he said "if he can see you than he'll catch ya."

Captain Tdiscgreggy: B+ The captain let everyone know early on that he wasn't fooling around this year. There would be no excuses...he was going to do what he needed to do to get better. As a team we felt that the captain was ready to move out from under the admirals wing. How would the captain handle getting up without the burnt english muffin alarm clock. The captain handled it well...only being late a few times. The captain is rumoured to have set up his bike on the trainer at home and does a few rides in the evenings. He has also joined the ever growing Ed. Fitness class. Like TDB he has also begun to show signs that he is entering the dog days. Tdisc will need the captain to continue to lead by example in the second half if they are to have any chance at surviving.

The Admiral: A- The admiral made a statement to start the season with a high placing at the Island Marathon. When the bull put the hammer down...it was the admiral that had to respond. We expected him to drop at bull hill...but he didn't! Then came along the next one. He took a week off and then came back to the team. Everyone said he couldn't do it....but he has. He shows up regularly for morning workouts...not always overly talkative, but he still comes and puts in a good workout. We've even been able to reason with him on a few occasions. His go hard attitude has tamed down a bit, but he still remains aggressive in the pool. Next Friday he will put his 18-0 record on the line in swim class when he lines up in the 50m 1 arm freestyle. He's our big gun and everything is pointing towards greatness in the second half. If it doesn't cost to much...he'll podium in June.

Coach Tdisckree: c- TDK couldn't keep his momentum following the island marathon. It wasn't long into training camp when rumblings began about the dismissal of him as coach. His attitude and work ethic were poor. He struggled with the dog days which often led to excuse filled texts that led to the absense of him at workouts. He was once quoted as saying "I don't think i've ran in a month boys." His attendance at workouts was far and few between. He has come leaps and bounds but still hasn't proven that he can control his bowls when the race is on the line. We know what he can bring the team and expect him to bounce back in the second half. He is the mastermind of Tdisc and holds the team record for the best finish in a triathlon. A successful season for tdisc rests on the shoulders of the coach.

Tdiscpye: B- The author of the blog started the year on a high note by setting a new personal best in the Island Marathon. He didn't slow down there...he joined ed. fitness while still working out with Tdisc. To the world it looked like tdp was on his way up in Tdisc, but the team knew that he wasn't handling life in the public eye very well. Tdisc knew that at any point in time the blog could be in search of an author. Food and texting have got the better of him in the first half. He has shown signs of being able to beat these addictions, but not on a consistent basis. Without change...don't expect the blog to make it out of January.

CRM John "Cubag" Cusack: B+ The CRM was thrown right into the fire with his duties in the 1st annual Tdisc Santa Claus run. He immediatly had the team on KRock. The team then went a week without hearing from him and almost canned the newly appointed CRM. On Dec. 22nd Cubag proved his worth when he got Tdisc on the front page of the guardian. What's next for the CRM?

Bob MacKenzie

The return of Bryan

2009-12-27T18:36:00.003-04:00

With the holiday's coming to an end, and the thought of going back to work tomorrow...Bryan has tried to rear his ugly head. All I have done is eat and sleep for 4 consecutive days. If it's healthy then I don't want it. It's not good. I went to blog earlier today and Bryan convinced me to go have a sleep instead. My feeling right now is that he is back.

I've talked and heard a lot about yoga lately. I know my flexability needs some attention but I just haven't gotten around to it. Well yesterday I thought it was time to square off with my flexibility. So I got on youtube and found a yoga session for beginners. So I closed my bedroom door and set the computer up in front of a vacant area where I would perform my yoga. So I press play and the lady tells me to sit indian style. I don't think i've sat indian style since elementry school. It all went down hill from there. So if you can picture it...i'm on the floor in my room trying to get my feet up on my knees in the indian style position...almost on my back...nearly popping blood vessels in my head from the stress...just reafing on my legs. I swear my hips at some points felt like they were going to pop. Anyways...it was a wake up call. This is something that needs to be dealt with immediately.

Just a reminder that on Jan. 1st I will be unveiling the first ever Tdisc Year In Review. Also this week I will be releasing the mid season grades for the team.

Till next time,
TDP

"What next?"

Tdisc's 12 days of Christmas

2009-12-24T13:45:00.002-04:00

On the first day of Christmas,
my Tdisc sent to me
Help with my food addiction.

On the second day of Christmas,
my Tdisc sent to me
Two cans of shaving cream,
And help with my food addiction.

On the third day of Christmas,
my tdisc sent to me
Three pairs of Ying fa's,
Two cans of shaving cream,
And help with my food addiction.

On the fourth day of Christmas,
my tdisc sent to me
Four tubs of vaseline,
Three pairs of yingfas,
Two cans of shaving cream,
And help with my food addiction .

On the fifth day of Christmas,
my tdisc sent to me
Five.....fit santas,
Four tubs of vaseline,
Three pairs of yingfas,
Two cans of shaving cream,
And help with my food addiction.

On the sixth day of Christmas,
my tdisc sent to me
Six bottles of 2-1 bodywash,
Five ......fit santas,
Four tubs of vaseline,
Three pairs of yingfas,
Two cans of shaving cream,
And help with my food addiction.

On the seventh day of Christmas,
my tdisc sent to me
Seven track thumpings,
Six bottles of 2-1 bodywash,
Five .......fit santas,
Four tubs of vaseline,
Three pairs of yingfas,
Two cans of shaving cream,
And help with my food addiction.

On the eighth day of Christmas,
my tdisc sent to me
Eight days of listening,
Seven track thumpings,
Six bottles of 2-1 bodywash,
Five........fit santas,
Four tubs of vaseline,
Three pairs of yingfas,
Two cans of shaving cream,
And help with my food addiction.

On the ninth day of Christmas,
my tdisc sent to me
Nine used towels,
Eight days of listening,
Seven track thumpings,
Six bottles of 2-1 bodywash,
Five.......fit santas,
Four tubs of vaseline,
Three pairs of yingfas,
Two cans of shaving cream,
And help with my food addiction.

On the tenth day of Christmas,
my tdisc sent to me
Ten pack of swims,
Nine used towels,
Eight days of listening,
Seven track thumpings,
Six bottles of 2-1 bodywash ,
Five........fit santas,
Four tubs of vaseline,
Three pairs of yingfas,
Two cans of shaving cream,
And help with my food addiction.

On the eleventh day of Christmas,
my tdisc sent to me
Eleven rexall flossers,
Ten pack of swims,
Nine used towels,
Eight days of listening,
Seven track thumpings,
Six bottles of 2-1 bodywash,
Five......fit santas,
Four tubs of vaseline,
Three pairs of yingfas,
Two cans of shaving cream,
And help with my food addiction.

On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my tdisc sent to me
Twelve months of blogging,
Eleven rexall flossers,
Ten pack of swims,
Nine used towels,
Eight days of listening,
Seven track thumpings,
Six bottles of 2-1 bodywash,
Five.................fit santas,
Four tubs of vaseline,
Three pairs of yingfas,
Two cans of shaving cream,
And .....help...with....my...food addiction!

Just like to give a shoutout to a fan of the blog....Alex Godfrey. Merry christmas from Tdisc!

Holiday update

2009-12-22T12:20:00.002-04:00

On Saturday we went for our last team run of the '09 season. The admiral, Tdisct(w), and the next one flew to Ontario that evening. It's been quiet without the whole team around. This morning Tdisckree had to work, so the captain and I went for a short run. I plan to take a few days off over the holiday's to rest my body. I still plan on doing the odd swim and run. It was a tough first half but it was also quite relaxed around the TTF. Come Jan. 1st/10 the panic button will probably get pushed. WE will be in the year of the triathlon. We will begin to swim more, hit the legs harder, and increase the running. 2010 is going to be a big year for Tdisc.

My blogs have been sporadic and will continue to be until the new year. There will be a special blog on January 1st to celebrate the 1st anniversary of the blog. It's hard to believe that it's been one year.

From Tdisc and all of us here at bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Eat what you want....in moderation!

Till next time,
TDP

"Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!" -Santa Claus

Tdisc Breakfast

2009-12-18T12:12:00.003-04:00

In a surprise move the big gun called a team breakfast. Instead of doing our usual Friday swimming class, we all met at Smitty's for a team breakfast. It was a way for the boys just to sit back and chat before going into the christmas break. Here is a copy of the mornings meeting courtesy of the team coach.

"Just wanted to put in writing the minutes of the meeting this morning. I thought the meeting was very good and we accomplished a lot. This is a great organization that we are a part of and I look forward to the promising 2010 that this organization is going to experience.

Here are a few things that I just wanted to Clarify.

1. There will be an "Admiral's breakfast" once per month. The day is always determined by the Admiral.
2. All fans/supporters/family members of TDISC will now be known as TDISC NATION.
3. Team members only item.
4. Team members only item.

Thanks,
Merry Christmas.

TDK - Head Coach"

Tomorrow we have a long run scheduled. This will be the last official team workout of '09. For anyone who is keeping track...my food addiction has taken a turn for the worst. I'm on damage control. Just trying to survive the holiday's.

Till next time,
TDP

"Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened." - Dr Seuss

Captain talks about giving

2009-12-17T12:33:00.001-04:00

Last night we delivered our gifts to the ten families that we have chosen to help. I never even really thought about what it would be like until I was at the first house with the admiral. It hit home fast when we were handing over the card filled with gift cards.
One of my favorite things about Christmas is watching people open their gifts from me, it always makes me feel good inside. I have never experienced such a genuine thanks, as much as last night. After last night I am inspired to raise and help that much more. The people we gave to last night, we not only waiting for us, but very excited to see us. It was a amazing experience.
As great as it was to see the thanks, the state of these houses and families was very hard to see. One house we went to, the mother was not in the right state of mind, with three little girls there. This was a huge eye opener and for a while the car was quiet after a few of these houses. We were all just thinking how rough these children have it.
I will more than ever be grateful for EVERYTHING I have this Christmas, and a true heartfelt thank you to all of you that have made it possible.

Tdisc truly changes lives

Captain

Preparation

2009-12-15T20:59:00.002-04:00

The last couple days have been tough trying to decide how to spend the money in a way that we are going to get the most mileage out of it. Without going into much detail, we were given some good advice from people who know what they're talking about. They were able to point us in a direction that would best suit the families. We came up with a package that would able them to buy gifts as well as food. How much in each gift card depended on the size of the family.

Through much help the admiral was able to compile a list of families that needed it most. The families have been notified that we will be coming and will be expecting us tomorrow evening.

For me this experience has been an eye opener. You really don't understand how hard it is for some people this time of year. Some of the stories that I've heard are really hard to believe. I've never thought about not having heat for christmas....or having nothing to eat. We just take so much for granted.

Again thank to all who have so generously given to help a few families at christmas. This just goes to show that by even giving 20 bucks each we can make a difference. We will be delivering the packages tomorrow night on behalf of the Tdisc and it's fans. It's pretty exciting stuff.

Today we went for a run minus bull patterson. Bull has gone home for christmas. We wish bull safe travels and a merry christmas.

On behalf of Tdisc and Bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com i'd just like to wish Alex Bain a happy 22nd birthday.

Till next time,
TDP

"The greatest mistake is to do nothing because you can only do a little."
-- Sydney Smith

Tdisc's Big Night!

2009-12-13T13:41:00.005-04:00

This blog is brought to you by: Smooth Cycle (The official bike shop of Tdisc)

Thanks to www.therunman.blogspot.com/ you have the opporutinity to see pictures of Tdisc at the 1st annual Tdisc Santa Claus run.

I'm pleased to announce that donations are still continuing to roll in. Therefore we will not be releasing the final number until tomorrow evening.

We had a great evening last night. All 5 tdisc members dawned Santa Suits and completed a 5k run around Charlottetown in the sub zero temperatures. For myself I never thought that the belly and hair were going to play that much of a factor in the run. I'm a gagger as it is so when the hair got in my mouth I found myself keiled over dry heaving. It was ok though...I hardly missed a stride. Thanks to Greg, my suit stayed in tact throughout the race. Afterwards we spent some time with fellow roadrunners over some chilli. On behalf of Tdisc, again we thank the roadrunners for allowing us to be a part of their race. Thank you for the donations and your kind hospitality. It really added to the whole experience. The people who came to cheer us on and support us however they could...Thank you! Your efforts did not go unnoticed. To our CRM....Great Job on your first event. This is just the first of many. This run would not have been possible without the Santa suits. To those who generously allowed us to use them...Thank You! KRock....Thank you so much for the great plugs. Endless amounts of people told me about them. You are the official Radio Station of Tdisc.

$3400+ speaks for itself. None of this is possible if people aren't willing to give to your cause. To all the donators....We can't thank you enough. It's really truly unbelievable the amount of money that was so generously given. We know of 10 families who are really struggling to get just 1 gift for their kids at christmas. Well thanks to you guys....they have the opportunity to get something for their kids this year.

To Tdisc: We've always said that you have to be a little off your rocker to do what we do day in and day out. The day we thought about running 5k in santa suits for charity and thinking that we were going to get some money...had to be the most far fetched thing that we've ever came up with. Wow! Can you believe it?
I'm extremely blessed to be surrounded by these guys. When we hit our goal of $2000 it was like...."ok...let's get 3000." Like our slogan says "Why Not?"

It was a very special night for tdisc for 2 reasons. 1. of course the 1st annual Tdisc Santa Claus run. 2. We had the opportunity to welcome a fifth member to the team. Below are the minutes of Bull Patterson's innauguration Night.

I TDISCADMIRAL do anoint you BULL PATTERSON the second big gun of
TDISC.
On behalf of Tdisc I accept you into this distinguished group. In this
I entrust that you will be loyal to the team, put the team endeavors in
front of your own, read the blog daily which may include public ridicule
from the author TDISCPYE, follow your captain TDISCGREGGY, listen to
your instructions from the coach TDISCKREE, train through pain and
injuries, and last and most importantly ….. BE ON TIME…..(twist head)
BULL, BE ON TIME…or you’ll be a STEER !!

TDISCADMIRAL : I now ask the fans of Tdisc to raise a hand toward Bull
Patterson and repeat these words.
“ We fans of Tdisc vow to support and encourage BULL PATTERSON. We
now recognize BULL PATTERSON as the fifth member of TDISC.”

TDISCADMIRAL : BULL – Repeat after me.
“ I Josh Bull Patterson accept the distinguished honor of becoming a
member of TDISC. I vow to uphold the following creeds:

Protect the Admiral against all competitors or unruly fans.
Read the blog daily.
Be on time!
Don’t be late for training sessions.

ADMIRAL: Ladies and Gentleman I give you the newest member of TDISC,
and from this day forward he shall be known as ….. TDISCBULL

Till next time,
TDP

"Once you choose hope, anything's possible."

- Christopher Reeve

Big Day!

2009-12-12T12:42:00.001-04:00

The excitement is building! The money is coming and it's absolutely mind boggling that the total has increased to what it is now. The Race tonight will Start at the armories downtown. The route has yet to be determined. Anyone looking for a picture with the santa's then just stop by the armories. After the race will be after party at the admiral's. We will be innaugurating the bull as well as announcing the total number raised in the 1st annual Tdisc Santa Claus run. Anyone looking for directions just call me at 394-4894. All donators are invited!

tdiscpye "why not?"

The calm before the storm

2009-12-11T12:18:00.003-04:00

We are on the eve of Arguably the biggest day in Tdisc history. We are right now sitting at around $2200. We want to do up a $300 package per family. So as of now we have enought to do 7-8 families. We talked about it as team and we have decided to raise our goal to 10 families. From this point on the amount will not increase on the blog. A grand total will be posted on Sunday. We will be arriving at the armories for the race around 5:15....the more support there the better. Following the race will be the after party. All Tdisc fans are invited to this special evening. It's going to be exciting when we release the final number and when we welcome another person into Tdisc. I can't release many details on this other then it will be the admiral innaugurating the bull.

Today I woke up to gail force winds. I immediately thought to myself..."why did we agree to run this morning?" So we arrived a little late...well buddled up for an outdoors run. I couldn't think of any other way to warm up for the Santa run then a stiff 5k on ice with a -15 windchill. The big news on the run was the whereabouts of Bull Patterson. I'm not going to go into details on this but I have a message for the bull. This is your free pass bull...next time you get roasted. The run was brutal. You know it's really windy when the boys have the heads tilted into the wind.

As promised...Today is Flasback Friday! Well here it is...It is Feb. 18th/09. Tdisc had reached a boiling point in the dog days. Tdiscpye and the admiral were not getting along. Something had to be done....Enjoy!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Tdisc Press Conference
Tdisc Training Facility - Feb. 18/09
(Table is set up at the front with 4 microphones. From left it's Tdiscpye, Tdiscadmiral, Tdiscgreggy, and Tdisckree. Everyone else is mingling around out in front of Tdisc.)

7:00:01 P.M.- (The author of the blog...Tdiscpye) Friends, family, reporters, fellow triathletes, prime minister Stephen Harper. Thank you all for coming today...we appreciate the support we have gotten over the past 160 days of training. We've had many ups and downs through the process but none bigger than what happened on monday. When you live your life in the public eye, sometimes you feel a lot of pressure. (Captain Tdiscgreggy reaches over and puts his arm around The admiral.) This man took the weight of Tdisc on his shoulders for as long as he could before finally he snapped. Things were said and actions were shown by members of Tdisc which eventually led to the Tdisc shakeup. (Tdiscpye reaches over and puts his arm around the admiral) Apologies were given and apologies were accepted. We have overcome our differences to continue our push to Fredericton '09. In the process a proposal was put on the table for the Red Island Relay. I'll now hand it over to Tdisckree to explain the details of the proposal.

(Tdisckree) Good afternoon, In the wake of Monday's blowup I came up with a proposal for the Red Island Relay.TDISKREE and TDISCGREGGY VS. TDISCADMIRAL and TDISCPYE.

take it or leave it......

I think the teams need to be across family and household lines. Also, this will force tdiscadmiral and tdispye to get along better. the two biggest names in tdisc will be forced together. This leaves each team with a good runner and good biker.
TDISC has been getting stale lately and really looking for blogging material...this announcement will send the fans and media into a frenzy and clear the uncertainty that awaits us in 100 days in Brudenell.
Looking forward to hearing back from the Pye-Admiral camp.
I'll now hand it over to the Captain of the team for his spin on things.

(Captain Tdiscgreggy) I think this proposal is a positive thing, because of a number of reasons….
TDISCKREE born 1980 TDISCADMIRAL born 1980
TDISCGREGGY born 1983 = 54 TDISCPYE born 1983 =54
Strong Biker, Strong Runner. Strong Biker, Strong Runner
Neither team lives together, so no sneaking out together to get a workout in. Everything will stay honest.
This will also force each other to continue and be strong, because now if that one person backs off it will let down another. Friendly competition makes the end result faster, because now you are not running and biking for yourself, but also another team member.

(Tdiscadmiral) BOY'S IT'S ON!!!!!!When two emotionally charged individuals come together everyone elsebetter get the hell out of the way. I will help my new partner battle his food addiction and he will helpme battle my rage problem. We will be on call for each other 24hours aday. I have now decided to invest in a cell phone. I will only betaking calls from my new partner tdiscPye. I wish all participants the best of luck in the Red Island Relay. Watchfor us on the podium.

(Tdiscpye) I agree with the admiral. I don't think there will be any doubt we'll be good. I extremely excited to work with John...he's one guy I know i'll never have to kick him in the rear...i'll just have to keep pulling him back. With him now getting a new cellphone we will be in touch and immediatly we'll start crunching numbers. I have a time in my head for the admiral...I just have to convince him that it is reachable. I'm excited for what's to come...it'll be one heck of a ride. So the field is set...Tdisc #1 will be the favored Tdisckree and Tdiscgreggy. Tdisc #2 will be the admiral and myself. I will now hand it over to Tdiscgreggy to close out this press conference.

(Captain Tdiscgreggy) This week in the life of T.Disc is a prime example of the trials and tribulations we go through to become triathletes T.Disc has grown from these experiences to become more than a team, but a family. In the face of real adversity the joking stops and the outcome is a stronger, closer unit, some even venture to say a band of brothers.
This week was also special because we selected our partners for the Red Island Relay. This was a positive because it separated us into partners in which were strong in one leg and weak in another. This was a move to take our training to the next level, by forcing us to work on our weaker activity.
This was a great week overall for T.Disc because we have had a day’s rest and released all tension in the air and moved forward. Great effort by everyone today, and can’t wait for tomorrow! Thanks for coming.

Today was a good day for Tdisc. We had a great weights session and swim. Everyone was very positive and supportive of one another. Bike and run tommorow....no spin.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

“Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction”

Just another Thursday

2009-12-10T12:38:00.004-04:00

Scratches: Bull Patterson (concussion) Day-to-day

We recieved word that bull is feeling better and will be ready to go on Saturday. It's great news for Tdisc.

We did our usual thursday morning sprint workout on the bikes. Biked for about 40 mins, did some abs, and then stretched. It was a very quiet day at the TTF this morning. Pretty much all the talk was about the upcoming weekend. Our CRM sent out a memo last night to the team and it looks like everything is still on track.

Not much to blog about today. Donations continue to come in. Tomorrow is flashback Friday. I assure you that it will be a must read.

Till next time,
TDP

"To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success."
-Henry Ford

Hump day.....Again!

2009-12-09T19:00:00.002-04:00

Scratches: Bull Patterson (concussion) Day-to-day

Whenever i'm training with Tdisc the weeks just seem to fly by. It's Monday and then next thing you know it's hump day. For me, today was one of those day's where you know it's hump day and you're doing everything that you can to get over the hump. Last night I was up wayyyy past my tdisc bedtime which led to an exhausted TDP this morning. I battled from start to finish today, however I did find a way to swim well. I luckily drew the same lane as the big gun. When you swim with the admiral you are always motivated to swim hard. When you're swimming you can sometimes sense him coming behind. It's like when you're in the ocean and it's all dark underneath and u sense something....you start to panic....you begin to kick like a madman....your arms are getting caught in the water because you're flailing so hard. When you're finished...you feel like you have survived.

This past week has been very exciting regarding the 1st annual Tdisc Santa Claus Run. We have been recieving emails, phone calls, and even face to face conversations asking how they can go about supporting the run. The support so far has been absolutely remarkable. I'm completely blown away! For me the only problem I have is that when I get too high my food addiction flares. For example: Today I was recieving emails and texts about donations and I didn't even realize I was double fisting the box of chocolates that was sitting by the computer. As I went to get my phone and send a text I found myself elbow deep into a bag of party mix that only had pretzels left...I don't even like pretzels! Anyways....I can deal with the food addiction....keep the donations coming!

A special thanks to Colin MacKay at KRock. I never heard the plug but from what I hear it was awesome. Thank you so much from all of us here at Tdisc.

Thanks to all who have donated so far....it's you the people that are making this a success. We're just 5 guys running in Santa Suits. Say what you want though...it's going to be friggen funny. We have momentum....let's keep the ball rolling.

I'll leave you with a something to think about. It's beginning to get dark out...the streets of downtown Charlottetown are quiet. The temperature drops and the gun goes off. In the distance you notice a large group of runners and at the front.....5 Santas!

Till next time,
TDP

“If at first, the idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it” -Albert Einstein

Tdisc holds short press conference

2009-12-08T12:14:00.002-04:00

Before I get to the minutes of last night's press conference i'll talk a little about this mornings run. The word went out yesterday morning that bull patterson had been diagnosed with a concusion that he recieved over the weekend. Yesterday evening the bad news had been confirmed. Details of injury have not been released.

We arrived at the TTF this morning in preparation for our first snow covered sidewalk run of the season, without our coach and our big rookie. So the admiral, captain, and I started our run down towards the trail when we spotted something quite noticeable in the distance. If you ever saw bull patterson driving before then you know exactly what we're talking about. It was large and black....with the lights flickering and the horn honking....It was Bull! Out of the truck jumped bull...."jeez boys...I knew it was going to be close." "Bull where are your mitts?" asked the admiral. "I don't have any admiral." replied bull. "Here I brought an extra pair" the admiral said while handing the mitts to bull. "Bull...should u be running with a concusion?" the captain asked. "I have to run...we have a big run on saturday." The bull replied. He took the tdisc approach to injuries...run the injuries out of you. The run went well....we ran for about 40 minutes and then finished off the workout with a short stretch.

Last night Tdisc scheduled a news conference to introduce John Cusack as Tdisc community relations manager. It was scheduled for 5pm in the TTF lounge. With Tdisc members lounging in the chairs and reporters gathered around pushing...trying to get a better view, I took to the mic to introduce the man of the hour.

TDP: "Good evening. Thank you to all who were able to attend this press conference. We don't have a lot of time...so i'll get right to it. Due to the big week ahead we will not be taking any questions. I speak on behalf of all tdisc when I say that we are ecstatic to be bringing on a man of this caliber. Ladies and Gentleman the stagmaster himself....John Q-bag Cusack!"

CRM: "TDisc, and all supporters,
I, John Q-bag Cusack, consider myself very lucky to be given the opportunity to join the TDisc team. To take part in such an organization is truly a blessing, but to be named Community Relations Manager is more than I could ever ask for. I look forward to working with athletes of this calibur and know that everyday working with Tdisc is something to be treasured. I can only hope I don't fall short of expectations. I was nervous when the vote took place but I think the nacho dip I supplied for the diaper party put me over the top.
All the best Saturday boys!!
Q-bag"

"This guy will put us on the map !" -Coach Tdisckree

This is very exciting news. However, I have better news to talk about. We have now reached $1850 in the Tdisc Santa run. Folks...this something special. We are now making daily trips to the mailbox to recieve donations from away. I encourage you to be a part of this. The suits have arrived and we are all ready to run on Saturday. 5 days left to donate!

Till next time,
TDP

"You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."

-Kahlil Gibran

Coach addresses the team

2009-12-07T12:54:00.003-04:00

Scratches:Bull Patterson (gf sick)

It was a slow morning for tdisc. We had a short swim followed by a quick hottub. And for those who are wondering...tdisc is really cranky on monday's. Especially the big gun...he doesn't like Monday's and after the weekend...today was no different. For the record my diet has changed to nacho dips and chocolate. After this mornings swim coach tdisckree publically addressed the team.
Good Morning Tdisc,

You may have noticed that I have attached the newest addition to the Tdisc family to this email. The big four have voted unanimously to hire on John "Cubag" Cusack as Community Relations Manager of TDISC. This title may change very soon to "General Manager" but we'd like to work him in slowly. Welcome to the Team Cubag !

As coach, I wanted to bring to everyones attention the importance of the week ahead and outline a few things we need to accomplish this week. I am sure Cubag will jump on these and give us each some individual direction, but lets make sure we take care of the following things.

1. Get Santa Suits - We race on Saturday.
2. Private- team only
3. Continue training - This is my big concern right now. We can't have Santa's walking in a 5k ...hahahhhah. or puking ! I am scared boys...I've been eating junk and that suit is gonna be friggin hot and heavy. Let's make sure we train well and can all finish the 5k respectively.
4. private- team only
5. private- team only
6. private- team only
7. Party details - Trace assign stuff to us that we'll need to pick up or make. I will take care of all the entertainment - Trust me, it is gonna be good. The christmas carols/trivia/skits/special music/and speeches will be good.

TDK
keep on keepin on !

Tomorrow we have a long run. Back to the slippery sidewalk running.

Till next time,
TDP

"Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error."
-Marcus Tullius Cicero

Breaking News!

2009-12-05T11:09:00.002-04:00

Courtesty of Tsn.ca:

At a surprise diaper party for the admiral last night...Coach Tdisckree and Captain Tdiscgreggy were spotted having a tight lipped meeting with John Cusack over by the meatballs. A few minutes went by and then they called in the admiral and Tdiscpye. This usually means that there is about to be a vote. It is widely speculated that John Cusack has been voted into Tdisc. Job title and details of the deal to follow.

Flashback Friday!

2009-12-04T16:16:00.003-04:00

At 4:52am this text came through..."Staying home sorry." It was from our big gun the admiral. When you're sending texts at that time of the morning....you're not working out. When the alarm went off I was quick to pull the plug on this mornings swim. I had a tough ed fitness class last night and a game of hockey at noon today. It's the off season...I felt like I could use the rest this morning. Our captain and coach also took the morning off but our prized rookie the bull decided to go work on his stroke.

As promised for the month of December, I will be having what is known as "Flashback Friday's." Well this week I've gone all the way back to January 30th/09. It was a Friday, the dog days were in full force...Tdisckree and I were quitting once a week. I was on a train going southbound. I had major soreness in a lot of areas. 3 days prior Tdisc laid the biggest single thumping on a teamate since Tdiscgreggy got left behind on the bike back in september of '08. That's when I finally said frig this and began to make the push for Fredericton. Tdiscgreggy was really feeling it at this point and just the day before had called out Spin class instructor Tdisct(w). The admiral was hampered with teeth problems and Tdisckree was ready to say "frig this" with tdisc. This was the end of an emotional roller coaster of a week...Enjoy!

Tdisc on edge leading into the weekend
I woke up this morning after having probably one of the best sleeps i've had in weeks. I left in great time giving me a chance to relax on the way in. As I was getting changed in the TTF lockerroom the other members of the big 4 came trickling in. I knew it wasn't good when Tdiscgreggy came in ahead of the admiral. Next thing ya know the admiral comes pacing through the doors...without saying hello he goes...."What". I knew we were in for a long one...but what I didn't know was that a meltdown in the pool was in store for a light friday workout.

Today we decided to add sprints to our half an hour jog. We'd sprint a half lap then jog...then sprint a lap...then jog. It was pretty tough but I felt like it was a good change. When we finished Tdisckree and I decided it was best we take 5 minutes and stretch...but Tdiscgreggy and the admiral decided to skip the stretch and head right to the pool.
when we were heading to the pool Tdisckree said "you watch...the admiral has a bad attitude and he's late...he'll be just pounding out the laps." Much to our surprise the admiral was perched up in what used to be known as Tdiscgreggy corner....friggin with his goggles. So we jumped in and started doing some drills. I felt good swimming today but i'll admit that I was a little thrown off having a person on each side of me wizzing by me like twice a lap. As I was taking a couple of breaths all I could hear was a loud vulger tirade coming out of Tdiscgreggy corner. It was the admiral...here is what I caught. "This is the last #&@%*$@ time I stop swimming for a week. I'm @#$&@$# brutal today." At 7:45 Tdiscadmiral exited the pool...hurling the pull buoy out into the middle of the aqua aerobics. Tdiscadmiral's swim today could easily be compared to the one back in October when Tdisckree was cutting him off at the spa. As for the rest of the team we had a pretty good swim. We got some great tips from a fellow triathlete Scott. By the way Tdisc thanks you for that Scott. We all exited the pool at around the same time with spirits pretty high....with lots of talk about this summers circuit.

Tommorow shapes up to be a good one. Tdisc may be looking to make another statement.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great? " -Jimmy Johnson

Early christmas gift

2009-12-03T12:33:00.002-04:00

As we road the stationary bike it was suggested that we do a gift swap within the team. It was quickly shut down by the admiral(head of the budget). In a short statement the admiral said "no." It was then that the big gift came via our rookie. "I'm giving Tdisc 2 weeks of me being happy for christmas." Great gift from bull. I also gave out an early christmas gift. I'm going to give flashback friday's on blog. I will search through the blog archives and repost some of the greatest blogs of all time.

We had a great bike workout today with bull running us through an endurance set. We finished off the workout with a short weights workout. It's back to edfit tonight.

Just a reminder that there is only 9 days left to donate to the 1st annual Tdisc Santa Claus run.

Till next time,
TDP

"I was told over and over again that I would never be successful, that I was not going to be competitive and the technique was simply not going to work. All I could do was shrug and say 'We'll just have to see'." --Dick Fosbury (won an Olympic gold medal at the 1968 Mexico City Games after he invented a revolutionary high-jump technique.)

The dog days!

2009-12-02T12:21:00.003-04:00

I battled Bryan all last night....it's quite clear to me now that i've officially entered the dog days. I went to bed way too late and got up seeking some motivation to swim. For the first time in awhile I laid in bed and looked at the ceiling for a few minutes before getting up. Finally I rolled out of bed and threw on my trunks and left for the pool.

I entered the changing room to see the boys standing around waiting to go in for the swim. The admiral who was waiting impatiently finally got up and said "Time for those kids to get out of the pool" and stormed down the hallway. I entered a few minutes behind the rest...they were already going hard. I really battled it this morning...I often heard yells coming from the other lanes in the form of "get off the wall...get off the wall." I eventually settled into a rhythem and ripped off about 1200-1500m. We even through in a few scullie's at the end.

It's been a tough few days getting back into the routine from the weekend. I've been emotionally eating. Today I chocked on a pistacio shell and for some reason thought it would help if I ate a lot. Not the case...I just ended up sickening myself. My diet hasn't been that bad....I just need to get it fine tuned again.

Tomorrow we bike and do weights. Tomorrow night i'm back to ed fitness, followed by a swim friday morning. Should be a good end to the week.

Also, we are looking for an update from Central Canada. Katy Kat we haven't heard from you in awhile.

Till next time,
TDP

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do. -John Wooden

Bryan is back!

2009-11-30T17:34:00.002-04:00

I had a great weekend away with the Holland College women's hockey team. I really had no idea what to expect going into this weekend. I had coached women once beore and swore i'd never coach women again. When asked by the captain if I would help out I immediately said no but changed my mind and said yes the next day. It was definately different but overall I really enjoyed it. We had lots of laughs. I'll never forget the first convo I had when I got on the bus. I turned around and asked the girl behind us..."who is our goalie?" "Aww...Pecker." she responded. "Pecker?" I asked. "Ya her name is Miranda but everyone knows her as pecker." I couldn't help but laugh.

Last night I had great intentions of getting up and going for a swim...even though the team was taking the morning off. However, when the alarm went off there was no thought at all about working out...just shut it off immediately and went back to sleep. When the alarm went off the next time I knew things just weren't right. Within the next hour I began showing symptoms. By 10 am it was official....Bryan was back! Here's a list of the symptoms in no particular order.
1. Food addiction flares
2. Feeling like quiting things
3. Doesn't phase me that I missed a workout
4. Don't feel like talking
5. Extreme highs and lows

I had my food addiction well under control going into the weekend. I hadn't eaten bread in over a month. Wow did that ever change. As I just finished eating my 3rd piece of garlic bread the captain asked "want half of this?" referring to another piece of garlic bread. With no hesitation I responded..."sure." It was a disaster!

I look forward to getting back with the team tomorrow. We have a big week ahead of us. Just a reminder there is only 12 days till the 1st annual Tdisc santa claus run. Anyone wanting to donate then please contact one of the Tdisc members. Thank you!

Till next time,
TDP

"Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege."
-John D. Rockefeller Jr.

The Coach Responds! Captain has his back.

2009-11-26T17:41:00.002-04:00

Prepared Statement:

" As the first, longest serving, and winningest coach in TDISC history I am angered by the voters of the latest poll. However, this is one situation where the tail won't wag the dog. I will be staying on for the duration of my contract and under no circumstances will I hand the reigns over to anyone unless it is Simon Whitfield...and in that case I would stay on as Associate coach. I built this team from the ground up. I named a captain (TDiscgreggy) who has been a good leader for this group. Me and Tdiscgreggy are on the same page, therefore the leadership is strong on Tdisc. Tdisc is simply entering the portion of the season known as " the dog days of winter." The initial weeks of the "dog days" can sometimes be draining physically, and even devastating mentally. I plan to push through these days and field a successful entry in the 2010 Atlantic Canada Triathlon Season.

"As for me getting fired...I can't be fired. I have a lifetime contract and I'm not going anywhere !!!! "

TDK - Head Coach

Shortly after the captain released a statement:

As captain of this team, I am 100% behind our coach. I stand with every decision he makes. Enough said.

Captain

All business....

2009-11-26T12:41:00.003-04:00

As we pedalled away on the stationary bikes I couldn't help but notice that there was no talking. For minutes on end things were very quiet. We did bike sprints and whatnot for 40 minutes and then finished with a short circuit.

Tdisc hasn't been the same the last few days. Our coach has lost the team....and hides from the media. However, that's not the big problem. The major problem is with the blog. As author of the blog I think I have lost my team and a number of key blog readers. Today's turmoil has made my food addiction flare for the first time in over a month. I just went back for more meatloaf. Now I sickened myself on it. This can't happen...I have decided to take a few days to think about whether or not it is best that I step down.

Enjoy your weekend....

TDP

"Even before Watergate and his resignation, Nixon had inspired conflicting and passionate emotions."
Stephen Ambrose

Breaking News!

2009-11-25T12:31:00.002-04:00

The first ever athlete of the month goes to......................Bull Patterson!

"He's put in a good month"-Coach tdisckree

"I read back a few blogs...he's been getting it lately. He deserves the AOM."-The admiral

About once a year someone takes a real good rippin in the blog. Lately it's been bull patterson. The team has been sputtering and someone had to take the blame and unfortunately it was the rookie. His attitude hasn't been great...but he's still consistently put in good workouts. Heck...at this point in my rookie season I had quit 5 times and if I had the blog I would have retired from that a couple times. It's the dog days...keep up the good work bull.

The problems with Tdisc have come straight from the top. Coach Tdisckree has been terrible. There is no doubt about it that he tried to undermine the team this morning. He attacked the rookie in the form taking his goggles. It created a bit of a stir at the start swim. At one point he even suggested that we just go to straight to the hot tub. The admiral quickly put an end to that. I had trouble swimming at the start...the negativity really gets to me. At one point I remember being perched up in the corner of the pool thinking...what has gone wrong with tdisc? I didn't have to look to far to get my answer. Tdisckree was coming down the lane with his head out of the water..."what...I can't see." I slid back into the pool and thought to myself..."Oh captain...where are you?"

I actually swam pretty well at the end of the swim today. Tomorrow we are biking followed by a weights circuit.

Today's swim has sparked another tdisc fan poll. Be sure to check it out in the right hand column.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"There are 86,400 seconds in a day. It's up to you to decide what to do with them." -- Jim Valvano

Back to work!

2009-11-24T12:23:00.003-04:00

Scratches:Tdisckree(work)

"The admiral is taking the morning off...do u want to do the same?" -Coach Tdisckree via a text at 6:05am.

My reply to the question was a quick yes. I have put a very good push on lately and decided that an extra day off wouldn't hurt at all. Now that I have my eating under control I don't feel as bad on days off. I actually felt great on Monday and was ready to go on the run this morning.

We went for about a 40 minute jog this morning. It was very uneventful. We spent most of the run just catching up on what happened over the weekend. We followed up the with a quick abs workout put on by bull patterson.

Just a reminder about the fan poll in the right hand column. If u have not yet voted then be sure to do that before it runs out. Also if you have not yet signed the guest book then we would appreciate if you would take the time to fill that out. Thanks!

Tomorrow we are back to the pool.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"A ship in the harbor is safe. But that's not what ships are built for." -Anonymous

Long week!

2009-11-21T15:00:00.002-04:00

Scratches:Tdisckree (Monctonian)
Tdiscgreggy (wrist)

I knew the moment that I woke up this morning that I was going to struggle on the run. It was a long week and I don't think the 1500m of kicking in the pool yesterday helped at all. I dressed really warm this morning thinking that it was colder then it was. Big mistake...I realized that about halfway into the run.

Bull, the admiral, and I set out on about a 14k run. About 500 m into the run bull asked a very good question. "Whose idea was it to run 14k?" I was really hoping my chi running would kick in but it didn't. I battled from start to finish. By times I even contemplated walking. Bull Patterson was much more calm today but he was still quite worried about the time. We ended up cutting a bit off but not very much. I at one point had the jacket wide open...gloves in my pocket, and hat in my back pocket. As we finished everything was all calm until all of a sudden the admiral started yelling expletives and grabbing for his left shoulder. "Quick patty here...massage it...quick." awwww...roared the admiral as patty went to work on his shoulder. It was something to see. The admiral had an unexpected cramp in his shoulder as we finished the run.

Tomorrow is a much needed rest day.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time."

Lou Holtz

What's up with The Bull?

2009-11-20T08:22:00.003-04:00

Scratches: Tdisckree (didn't want to be tired for his trip to Moncton)
Tdiscgreggy (Wrist)

Every Friday morning we join a triathlon swim class. I know that going every time i'm going to be completely gassed at the end. Today we started with flippers and did 1500m of freestyle and kicking. It was so much kicking that my feet were beginning to cramp up. When we finished that, we did some explosive work then finished with a few drills. For the third straight day bull patterson came to the workout with a bad attitude. Tdisckree borrowed his goggles the other day and then didn't show for the workout...so bull had no goggles. For some reason he attacked me and the admiral over it. "Let's just run boys" said bull patterson with a bad attitude. He was ready to pull the shoot on the swim. "I haven't swam all week...i'm swimming" said the big gun while putting his foot down. Bull's attitude slightly changed when he put on the flippers for the first time...it was like christmas morning. "These things are awesome" bull announced to the lane while kicking with all his might. The chaos that was going on during that few minutes was something else. I made one and only one trip down with no goggles. There was so much water in my face that I may as well have just swam with my head in the water. I'm sure if we did this for most of the class they would have had to postpone aquafit.

There was no time for the tub today so we just went straight to the showers. I knew there was going to be conflict with bull over tomorrow's start time so I mentioned it to the admiral before hand."Want to start at 9." I asked. "sure" replied the admiral. So as we finished showering we mentioned the run tomorrow. "9am run time bull." "boys let's go early" replied bull. The admiral gave in a bit and said "fine 8:30." "Fine...I don't need to run." replied a bull with a bad attitude. So we attacked his attitude for a few minutes and said we'll see you here at 8:30am.

Saturday's are our long run days. We will plan to run somewhere in the range of 13-14k.

bull's latest snapping has sparked a new fan poll. Be sure to check it out and vote. It's in the right hand column. Thanks!

Till next time,
TDP

"Whether I fail or succeed shall be no man's doing but my own. I am the force; I can clear any obstacle before me or I can be lost in the maze. My choice; my responsibility; win or lose, only I hold the keys to my destiny." ---Elain Maxwell

Bull knows best!

2009-11-19T12:34:00.002-04:00

Scratches:None

"No boys....it's all that make up that they put on for the camera." -Bull paterson trying to convince the rest of the group that carrie underwood isn't good looking.

Today we went for a brisk 6k run. The captain was a little tardy so he was left behind. It's never fun leaving a teamate but it clearly states in the constitution that you must be on time. We all ran well. I was a little tired but that has become the norm for me during the middle of the week.

As we arrived back at the TTF we were met at the door by our captain who joined in for the weights circuit. Instead of doing the weights I decided to stretch for the remainder of the workout. Bull has been on edge lately and again today he showed up to the workout edgy. He first bumped the admiral on the way down the stairs for the run, then he tried to tell us that Carrie Underwood wasn't good looking and Brad paisley shouldn't be a country singer. That drew a negative response from the team. His next comment struck deep into the admiral's heart which almost led to a fist fight. "Tyra Banks has fake hair." stated Bull. "No way...she's on for like 4 hours a day." replied a ticked off admiral trying to get up out of the TRX. Cooler heads prevailed and they worked it out between themselves.

Tonight it is back to Ed. fitness followed by swim class tomorrow morning.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"The key is that I control my life: my life doesn't control me."

Over the hump!

2009-11-18T19:48:00.002-04:00

Scratches: Bull Patterson (Truck)
Tdiscgreggy (upper body)

We planned on biking for a half an hour then swimming for a half an hour. As we got halfway through we decided that we would just continue on the bike for the remainder. We haven't spent much time on the bike discipline lately. It felt great today to have a good hard ride. Captain Tdiscgreggy was absent due to his injured wrist. Bull Patterson's truck wouldn't start this morning so he made the dreaded phone call to the admiral announcing his scratch from this mornings workout. "Do u want me to pick u up bull?" asked the admiral. "No nevermind" replied a mentally worn out rookie. The dog days are beginning to set in.

Again this week I weighed in 4 lbs lighter then the previous week. A major reason for that has been my new diet and the addition of 2 ed. fitness classes a week. Tonight I was back to ed. fitness. It's now something that I look forward to each week.

Tomorrow it is tdisc in the morning and ed fitness at night. Keep on keepin on!

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind." ~Author Unknown

Missing belt pushes bull to the brink

2009-11-17T11:39:00.003-04:00

Scrathes:Tdisckree (work)

Over time you learn to almost the exact minute how much time that is needed to get ready and arrive at the ttf. For myself it is 25 minutes. That includes bag packed and clothes by the side of my bed the night before. I have a point and i'll get to it in a minute.

We all sat in the lounge awaiting the arrival of our prized rookie. "He's never late...I'll go check with kree and see if he heard from bull." The admiral said as he paced the lounge. Finally 5 minutes late bull patterson came walking through the door. Not saying a word to him we proceeded to go outside for a run. "It's freezing out...we should be inside." Complained a bull that never complains. "you show up late and now your complaining about running outside." Barked the admiral. We knew something was up and we didn't find out until we hit the trail. "I spent 15 minutes looking for my belt this morning." mentioned a disgusted bp. "Bull you need to pack the night before." replied the captain. "He'll learn" added the added the admiral. Everthing was ok until late in the run when the admiral accidentally bumped into bull. Bull nearly exploded on the big gun, but cooler heads prevailed. We didn't bother mentioning at that point that he was fined for being late. Bull was still on edge as he entered the changing room where he had a beef with the coach. Details of that squable cannot be released to the public.

On the flip side...we had a good run today. Personally I ran well. Again I practiced my chi running technique. It definatly needs work but it's helped me run a bit easier already. We went for an 8k jog then stretched for a bit. The weather was fairly nasty...raining off and on with a heavy wind.

Tomorrow we bike and swim. We are almost halfway to our goal for the 1st annual Tdisc Santa Claus run. Tdisc thanks you for your donation. If you have not donated yet and want to then just get in touch with a Tdisc member and we will find a way to make it happen.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

“I like these cold, gray winter days. Days like these let you savor a bad mood.”

Admiral scratches 45 min before workout

2009-11-16T18:46:00.002-04:00

Scratches: Admiral (fatigue)
Tdiscgreggy (Upper body)

Shortly after 6 my cell phone began to beep. It was a text from the admiral saying that he was just too tired and was going to stay home. As I sat up on the side of my bed with my cell in hand...the bad thoughts began to go through my head. How good would it feel to set the alarm 2 hours later and roll over. Finally I decided it just wasn't worth the hassle so I got up and took off for the pool.

When I arrived I mentioned to the boys that the admiral would not be attending the swim. "Just tell me next time. All I need is a phone call and it'll be canceled." Replied a half disgusted tdisckree. Meanwhile he is standing there with the shallowest pair of goggles that I have ever seen strapped tightly to his head. Bull patterson was just sitting on the bench pointing and laughing "I told u man they were tight." "Look my eyelashes are scraping against the front." Tdisckree complained. Tdisckree had forgot his goggles and was left with the decision of swimming with water in his eyes or buying a pair. Thanks to Scott...Tdisckree swam with a pair that looked like they had no rubber around them.

As much as none wanted to swim...we actually swam pretty well. We worked on our stroke for a majority of the time and then did some sprint 50's to get the heartrate up. At one point tdisckree looked up at me with one eye full of waterl..."ever swim with one eye?" tdisckree asked. I chuckled and continued on with the swim.

Tomorrow we are back running together as a full team.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"There are only two options regarding commitment, You're either in or your out. There's no such thing as life in between."

Anonymous

Chi Running

2009-11-14T14:24:00.002-04:00

I ran into an island marathoner not too long ago and he suggested that I read a book called "Chi Running." He's now putting up some really fast times and he's going to Boston for the second time. So I decided to take his advice and began to read the book. It's a revolutionary approach to effortless, injury-free running. Most of us tend to power through runs with our legs. This book teaches you to lean and use your core which makes your running much more efficient. So I have been reading the book for a few days now and today was the first day in which I tried to use the chi style. My style up until now has been the "get your legs going, arms swinging, and finish as fast as u can." Bull, the admiral, and I were the only ones able to go for the run this morning. We set out for an early 11k run. I was concerned about how sore my legs had been from the week so I was really hoping for this Chi running to work. Throughout the whole run I was focusing on my posture and the mid foot strike, as well keeping my pelvis out. It was confusing and I often kept falling back into my old hunched posture. By the end of the run I didn't have to think about it as much and i'm not just saying this but it was much more effortless on the legs. I didn't find that I was any faster....It just didn't seem to hurt as much. My legs felt great and I seemed to breath much more easily.

Needless to say the run went well...I stretched for a long period of time following the run. I've worked more on my flexibility lately and it's been paying off. Tomorrow is a much needed day off for the boys.

Just a reminder that there is only 28 days left to donate to the 1st annual Tdisc Santa Claus Run. The total continues to rise. We are quickly approaching the support needed to supply 3 families in need.

till next time,
Tdiscpye

"Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much. Success is measured by what we have done to prepare for competition." ---John Smith

The admiral gets promoted

2009-11-13T12:30:00.002-04:00

Friday is usually a day where we get to sleep in and start our workout at 7. Not this morning. There is a new swimming class that has started up for triathletes. Unfortunatly it starts at 6:30. So last night I talked to Tdisckree and Bull about it and we decided that we would give it a try this morning and go from there. Well...when I was leaving the gym I heard that dreaded sentence "You call and let the admiral know." When I called the admiral he was in the middle of changing a diaper...Shortly there after I informed him of the the schedule change. I took my profanity laced scolding like a man and moved on to prepare for the mornings swim.

The swim class this morning was awesome. We did roughly around 2k of up tempo swimming and kicking. At one point we were doing 100m sprints while breathing every 5th stroke. For those of you who have trouble breathing every 3rd stroke I really encourage you to try this. For those of you who don't swim...well stick you head under water until you feel like you can't do it anymore....wait a couple of seconds then breath. It was so uncomfortable but it was great for my breathing.

It was about halfway through the class when we got moved from 5 lanes to 3. That was when the coach pointed at the admiral "you...over with the big boys." It was a proud day for Tdisc.

Just a reminder...We are still accepting donations. No donation is too small....no donation is too big. P.S don't be surprised if you're watching compass some night and you see 5 santa's giving the weather.

Also...Tdisc is proud to announce that as of Nov. 15th we will be moving the headquarters back to where it all began 195 Blue Heron Lane.

Tomorrow we set out on a long run.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

“Frustration is the first step towards improvement. I have no incentive to improve if I’m content with what I can do and if I’m completely satisfied with my pace, distance, and form as a runner. It’s only when I face frustration and use it to fuel my dedication that I feel myself moving forwards.”

- John “The Penguin” Bingham

Parade talk

2009-11-12T15:40:00.003-04:00

As I arrived at the TTF this morning I noticed that the admiral wasn't all that talkative. I soon found out why. Usually pacing ready to get things going....a very tired admiral sat in his usual chair beside the sink with his head down. "rough night admiral?" "I was up every hour" responded the admiral. "I'm tired today" he added. Any other guy on this team is home in bed after that...everyone is waiting for him to hit the wall...it hasn't happened yet.

We set out to do intervals today but as we got started we just decided to go for a 40 minute jog. We decided to go easy on the intervals until we move inside. I again felt sluggish on the run following ed. fitness. I was quite sore...so the jog was very much needed in order to loosen up a bit. The run talk was 100% about the christmas parade. Coach Tdisckree assigned Bull patterson and Captain Tdiscgreggy co-chairman of the tdisc float. I can't release details at this point in time but I'm assuming it may be a lot like the team jersey's.

Tonight I have ed. fitness again. Tomorrow as a team we are in the pool.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

“Quitting is worse than dying. When you quit you still have to live with it.” -Unknown

Remembrance Day!

2009-11-11T20:08:00.003-04:00

We were able to get up and go enjoy a nice workout this morning thanks to those men and woman who fought so we could have this freedom. Today was a time to remember them. Thanks to all veterans and the men and woman who are currently serving our country.

We decided to sleep in this morning and meet at the TTF at 7:30 sharp. My new Livestrong biking shorts drew quite a chuckle from the boys. I must say it was pretty funny. For those of you who watched WWF wrestling growing up...it is kinda like the outfit Mr. Perfect used to wear. "Put a shirt on...there is kids coming up her in a few minutes." Tdisckree barked as he was leaving the changing room.

We did about 30 minutes of bike sprints...run by bull patterson. Then he put us through about 15 minutes of tough core. It was a short workout but a tough one.

In an effort to drop some excess weight I went to ed. fitness again tonight. 30 minutes into the workout I have sweat dripping off the peak of my hat. I really enjoy it...it's something we kind of neglect with Tdisc.

Tomorrow we are outside running intervals....it's hump day!

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"Those things which are precious are saved only by sacrifice." ~ David Kenyon Webster

Missed blog

2009-11-10T12:20:00.003-04:00

When we made up the schedule for the upcoming season we decided that mondays would be an optional day. You were still required to get the workout in, but you could do it on your own time. Well Monday morning I decided that i'd take the option of sleeping in and do my workout during the evening. It's always a good idea at the time but when you finally get up you kick yourself for missing the workout. Halfway through the morning I recieved a text that said..."that doesn't happen again...no optional days for you." As it turned out I didn't miss much...the boys declined to swim and soaked in hot tub for the whole workout. Captain Tdiscgreggy(wrist) was also absent from the workout. Since I missed the swim I decided to go for a run with tdisckree after work.

Since I ran last night I was a little tired during this mornings run. We went for about 35 minutes at a moderate pace. We finished the workout off with a 20 minute weight circuit, stretched for a bit then hit the showers. The captain continues to run while having a cast on his arm...but the swims are done for awhile. The admiral who says he can go on 4.5 hours sleep said Cole slept for 2 hours straight which gave him all the sleep he needed to be ready for this mornings workout. Bull Patterson is all caught up on his yardwork after having the weekend off. Tdisckree was scratched from this mornings workout due to the ordinary joe's training session.

My food addiction has caused me to go to an extreme diet in order to conquer it. Lately my eating has been bang on. Combine that with the 2 extra ed fit classes I lost 4 lbs last week.

We received this email from the blog first thing this morning.

"Anonymous has left a new comment on your post "Motivation by RookFlick":

Have read this many times and still come back to it every now and then to put things in perspective. Thank you for sharing this."

Tdisc thanks this anonymous blogger for their comment. We greatly appreciate the feedback.

Just a reminder that there is only 1 month left till the Tdisc Santa Claus Run. Any donation is greatly appreciated and will be used to help families in need at christmas.

Also if you are a reader of the blog then please sign the guestbook located in the right column. Thanks! We would like to give a special shoutout to our Tdisc spokesman in Central Canada...Katy Kat.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand." - Vince Lombardi

Optional day

2009-11-07T14:02:00.002-04:00

We took a vote in the middle of the week and decided to make today an optional day. It's been a busy time with the baby coming and bull patterson was behind on the leaves so tdisckree and I decided to go for a run on our own. Today was the first day that I ran in my full winter running attire. I felt quite comfortable throughout...except for that one area that tends to get colder than the rest. Tdisckree and I went for 12k down through victoria park and up through the bs.

After the workout we went over to the market for breakfast and ran into 1 former tdisc member(rookflick) and a former person on tryout(Josh vessey). Josh vessey thinks he may give it another shot once soccer is finished. It will have to go before the team...no gaurentees that he will be accepted back. Rookflick will be welcomed back with open arms. We haven't talked about this with rookflick...but we were approached by his family this morning and they've decided to send him back to tdisc. "He needs to go back with Tdisc."(rookflick's mother-In-Law refering to his bad attitude.) I've always said it...Tdisc is a lifestyle. People need tdisc and tdisc needs people.

Tomorrow is a much needed day of rest. We start back on Monday. Big news about the next generation...Cole David Brioux is home in his own bed.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"There are no gains without pains"

Tdisc pushes on

2009-11-06T12:18:00.002-04:00

In fear of a fine I recieved a call from the admiral late last night letting me know that he wouldn't be there in the morning. At 5:20am this morning Captain Tdiscgreggy texted me to let me know that he had a doctor's appt. and wouldn't be able to make it as well. Tdisc had already approved the leave and neither really had to notify us but they did...so there wouldn't be any misunderstanding. We appreciated the gesture and proceeded with a small squad.

Last night I went to Ed fitness again. I haven't sweat that much since I ran the half back in the middle of October. It was a great circuit put on by bull, and coach Tdisckree. I'm really looking forward to doing it again next week.

This morning I woke up quite sore. I was really glad that we had a swim scheduled and not a run. Everything went smoothly in the morning and I arrived at the pool just before 7. As I was chatting with the boys in the changing room I opened my bag to get ready...No friggen trunks! I have no idea how I could possibly forget them but I did. "What are you going to do?" asked Bull. Before I could answer tdisckree replied "he won't go home...he'll just have to buy a new pair." He was right...so I had to go out to the front desk and purchase a new pair. "What size?" the lady at the front desk asked. Knowing I don't exactly have a swimmers body I replied with the usual answer that often brings on a snicker "the biggest you have." They were great trunks but $49 was an expensive swim.

The swim went well today. We went through an endurance workout that we recieved from our friends at swimplan.com. In total we did 1700m that took us roughly around 45 minutes. It was the hardest workout that I have done in the pool since the one we did on wednesday. Bull Patterson was doing everything he could to keep up and for someone new to swimming he was doing very well.

Tomorrow we have a 12k run followed by a much needed day off on Saturday.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"Triathlon, from the outside looking in you can't understand it, and from the inside looking out you can't explain it."

The next one has arrived!

2009-11-05T16:41:00.002-04:00

Cole David Brioux was born early this afternoon. The next generation of Tdisc is under way. The whole Tdisc family would like to extend Congratulations to Tdisct(w) and the Admiral.

This morning we were forced to run shorthanded. For obvious reasons the admiral was scratched and Tdisckree(exam) was also a late scratch. Tdiscgreggy, bull, and I did 5k with stairs after every k. I found it quite tough and stumbled a few times on the stairs leaving with only a banged up fingernail. We finished with a stretch and then made an early exit from the TTF.

Last night I decided to try Ed. fitness at the TTF. It was great, although it left me quite sore during this mornings run. I`m kind of a sucker for punishment and will give it a go again tonight. For anyone thinking of joining a class, I highly encourage this. Tomorrow we are back in the pool for a long endurance swim.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

``Think big, believe big, act big, and the results will be big.``

Admiral demands discounts

2009-11-04T12:22:00.002-04:00

Captain Tdiscgreggy entered 5 minutes late and walked right over to the admiral who was sitting on his bike and handed him a dollar. "Thank You" said the admiral. He was the second person to get fined in the first week of training.

We began today's workout on the bikes. Coach Tdisckree put us through some tough sprints. I didn't think I was going to get a good workout in on the stationary bike but much to my surprise I was gassed after 30 min. We had a short stretch then made our way down to the pool. Tdisckree and I each swiped our swim card to get in...and tdiscgreggy decided to purchase a card. The admiral handed the girl at the front $3 and walked in. When he got in the changing room we pointed out that when you purchase a ten pack of swims u get a deal and get in for 3.60 a swim. Hence the puzzled look on the staff members face when she recieved the admiral's payment.

We paired off in two lanes and went through another swim plan courtesy of our friends at swimplan.com. It consisted of 1500m which had 10-100's in the middle. It was extrememly tough. "That was the hardest think that i've done in awhile" the captain said following his swim.

Again today we were without our prize rookie Bull Patterson. Tdisc has announced that Bull Patterson is Day to Day with the H1N1 virus. Tdisc has strict orders that Bull doesn't come within a block of the admiral.

Still waiting on the next one. Tdisct(w) and the admiral are expecting the arrival any day now.

Tonight I'll be giving Ed. Fitness a try. It will be something a little different from the usual training. Tomorrow we are back to the running.

If anyone is wondering how they can support the first annual tdisc santa claus run then you can contact me and I will figure out a way to do so.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"The vision of a champion is a guy who is bent over, gasping for breath, dripping in sweat, when no one is watching."

Where's Bull?

2009-11-03T12:26:00.002-04:00

I always know i'm early when I hit the lights and NR road and meet the yellow car(the admiral). Today was one of those days. As I arrived at the TTF I had to look twice as I noticed the captain pulling in the parking lot in front of me. He is really taking this $1 fine for being late seriously. In case you have not heard...Tdisc has decided to fine team members $1 if they are late. This will go into a pot that will be used for a team party at the end of the year. Tdisckree(work) was unable to come on the run...and Bull was yet to arrive. So we waited....and waited...issued the fine then had to leave. It was a low point having to leave a teammate behind but we thought bull never misses...something must have happened. Our run went very well. We ran for about 40 minutes at a moderate speed. Other then a few minutes cramps I for the most part felt great.

Much of the shower talk today concerned the one and only bull patterson. Shortly after this mornings workout the coach issued a statement regarding the rookie.

"I did recieve a text this morning from Bull Patterson. Sometimes my texts come in delayed. I recieved it at about 830 but the time it was sent was at 612am.

However, there is more serious news...Bull Patterson did arrive at TTF around 930 am. He was visibly sick. As coach of the team I am taking precautionary measures - Bull Patterson will go under quarantine for two days to ensure he doesn't have a swine flu. He stated that he had a violent case of "runners trots". Considering that runners trots aren't a sympton of the H1N1, then I believe the cause of his illness is food poisoning from a bad batch of "cottage cheese."

A further announcement will come at days end."

TDK - Coach and Health Officer of TDISC

The donations have begun to come in. If you'd like to help out in any way then please let one the tdisc members know or send a comment through the blog. Your help is greatly appreciated.

In a side note I'd like to welcome Anne Marie to the blog. She is the last member of the "adversaries" to cave in and begin reading the blog. I'm glad we can now put that barrier behind us and move forward.

Tomorrow tdisc hits the bike then followed by a swim.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"You make a living by what you get. You make a life by what you give."
- Winston Churchill

"Backs Dry"

2009-11-02T12:35:00.002-04:00

I must say that it is great to be back. I have missed my daily routine of training with the boys and forwarding the daily events on to the people. We kick started the 2009/2010 training with a 1700m swim. I came with a swim plan courtesy of our friends at swimplan.com. It went well. We stuck to the plan up until the end when we were given the tip to keep our backs dry. In other words we were swimming deep in the water rather than swimming on the top of the water. We appreciate the advice and proceeded to do a few drills that helped us with that. The only low point of the morning came when I showed up 2 minutes late and the admiral verbally assaulted me and threatened me with a fine. I knew I was in the wrong and apologized and began swimming.

Today I felt great getting up. My body feels rested and ready to begin the journey all over again. My food addiction has been totally under control over the past week except for an hour or two on Halloween. Tonight I bike on my own and run as a team tomorrow.

Bull Patterson's healthy choice of the Day: Dish of cottage Cheese

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"Some dream of great accomplishments, others stay awake and do them."

Captain Responds

2009-10-28T18:19:00.000-03:00

Good day team

I am pretty jacked up about our new schedule for the upcoming months. I
am not going to lie I have enjoyed the extra rest this week with the
extra hour of sleep. But I am still looking forward to getting back at
it next week. I have been doing some thinking over the past week, and I
am really looking forward to this season. I found last year I was just
in it to get in shape and finish a triathlon. It was the hardest thing I
have ever done but with such a busy summer I never got to reflect on it.
Then the marathon came along and I pushed myself to new levels in
training, and this was still not the outcome I was happy with.
I was very honored to be the Captain of tdisc, but this may have been a
cop out in how hard I pushed myself. This is going to change starting
next week, I feel I am at the top of my game right now and it will only
get better. I no longer will train to "finish" or "compete" I train to
win. In doing this I plan to push myself to keep up with the admiral and
bull for as long as possible, and I feel these two men will take me
places where my goals will be accomplished.
I have received some positive news in the past weeks that I may not
even require surgery on my wrist at all! This has been a lingering
injury in my life that I have always had in my mind, in which would set
me back. I will find out next Friday whether I will even be getting it.
The doctor is very puzzled in how my wrist could have been fractured for
3 or 4 years without healing but in the last year and a half they have
grown together, and the blood flow has grown stronger to the bones in my
wrist. All I could think when he was telling me this, (tdisc really does
change lives). If this goes well there is nothing holding me back.

Watch out, these guys are for real!

Captain

2009-10-28T16:43:00.001-03:00

Greetings Team,

I hope you have enjoyed your two weeks of rest and recovery and look forward to the first phase of our training for the 2010 Season. This year's theme is " Why Not?". However, there will be several other phrases that will become commonplace around the TTF such as

Success is found on the extra mile !

Own the podium !

Do you believe ? (Official slogan of Tdisc and Canada Olympic Team 2010)

A farting horse is a working horse !

As coach of this team I look forward to the year ahead. I hope you will all arrive on time and in good spirits at our first workout. There will be no fitness testing this year but there will be individual meetings on a monthly basis.

Attached you will find a monthly calendar for November. This will be the "Base 1" Phase of our program and will last till December 19. Please post your schedule on the fridge and be cognisent of the start times. I will go over the schedule at the first workout.

I look forward to seeing you all on November 1st.

TDK
"Keep on keeping on."

Welcome Back!

2009-10-27T20:06:00.002-03:00

"Pye it's your turn to get your profile on the Wii." "No that's ok" I replied to the room full of people.(half that I didn't know) In the end they coaxed me into getting it done. For those of you who don't know what it is...It's a video game that makes a look a like of you then plays doctor Oz and tells you your body mass index and how old your body is. I cruised right on through the facial features and whatnot. I must say it's a rather humbling experience. So It came time for me to step on the wii. I did a few balance things and it took my weight and whatnot and then came the results. "40" and "obese". "Great i'm an obese triathlete with a 40 year olds body." I didn't take it well and nearly came to blows with the wii. "Pye it's not proven to be totally accurate" Someone suggested. Cooler heads prevailed and we flicked on the hockey game.

"Are we stopping macdonald's?" tdiskree asked. "ya" I replied. A couple exits later I asked "Are we really stopping at Macdonald's?" "Ya" Tdiskree replied. A few minutes pass by and then tdisckree asks "Do we really need MacDonalds?" "No" I suggested. We pulled in to Tim Horton's....for a donut! That stop led to a deep discussion on our food addiction. We came to the conclusion that something has to be done about our eating habits. We train like dogs and eat like junk. It was then that the food addiction challenge was introduced. Details to follow.

In the words of Morrie Schwartz `Today is the first day of the rest of our lives.`
I can`t look back...I can only look forward. Today I locked eyes with 4 mini kitkat bars and after a minute stare down I said `not today food addiction...not today` and left the room. I`ve been junk free now for nearly 24 hours.

Tdisc doesn`t resume full team training until Nov. 1 but i`ve been ordered by the team to go back to work right away. I will ease back into things slowly. Tomorrow I have a swim planned out that should take about an hour. I haven`t heard from the team but I assume things have been going well. The admiral and tdisct(w) are expecting any day now. Should be exciting year for tdisc!

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

“Life is too short not to make the best and the most of everything that comes your way everyday.” -Sasha Azevedo

The Day After!

2009-10-19T19:39:00.005-03:00

"It won't happen again boys." -Bull Patterson

I really don't know where to start with this entry. Well i'll start with describing how I feel. I feel like Junk! My calves feel like they are going to explode with each step...when I bend over my admiral hamstrings scream with pain. My back, hips, thighs, shins, and feet...they're all shot. When I was going through the great canadian bagel drive thru this morning a man leaned out the window and said "wow, you guys left it all out there." I chuckled and replied "Ya...we go hard." I don't have to walk very far to realize that I gave it my all.

I wasn't that excited leading up to the race. I guess it's probably because I had never done it before and never knew how big of an event it was. I was still quite nervous about it...I'm not that strong of a runner and when you run for 21k anything can happen. In a nervous panic I spent most of the day Saturday at indigo reading running books. Just incase things went poorly I walked out of the store with "Tuesdays with Morrie." We had a great pre-race meal at the admirals place on Saturday night. Although I left thinking to myself....I'm going to see those meatballs again.

I woke up good and early Sunday morning. I went through my usual routine of getting a coffee and bagel into me right away. I didn't feel nervous until I met up with the admiral and Kree and we began putting on our bibs and chips. I set a goal of 1 hour 40 minutes and I told people that. As I was arriving to the race I said to the boys "why the frig did I say I would run it in 1:40." I was really rethinking my goal...considering I had not run 10k at that pace. As I looked up towards the confed center there were people everywhere...I was officially terrified.

5 minutes prior to the start we made our way up to our usual starting position...Right at the front. We pride ourselves on our great start. Tdiscgreggy goes "look over there" pointing to the sign on the right...It read 1:30. None of us planned on running it in that time but we were going to start with them. Bang...the gun went off. The race was under way...and just like we wanted we were out in the top 20. At the 1k mark it was tdisckree and the admiral just ahead of me and tdiscgreggy right behind me. I was happy with my start but I wasn't impressed with the shin splints coming on. I couldn't believe it...what a day to get those. They didn't slow me down though and I continued on with my pace. At the 5k mark coming up belvedere avenue I had a burning sensation in my stomach and I remember telling myself..."just get to the trail...better place to puke." When I hit the trail the pack began to spread and I found myself running alone. I knew I was on a pb pace but I was scared that I was wearing myself out early. I never really thought I could run it in 1:40 until I hit the 10k mark and I was over a minute under my personal best. From that point on I knew where I was every kilometer. With 5k to go I knew I had a good shot with 25 minutes remaining. The hill by calvary temple was absolutely miserable...I could tell my legs were tiring because I was kicking stones. Knowing there was an easy finish...I pushed it hard until UPEI. I hit the shell with 1 minute to go...I knew I had accomplished my goal. Not wanting to puke coming across the line I eased back...but when I entered the finish, with everyone standing around it gave me that extra little bit. For those of you who have never stepped on that red mat...you have no idea how good it feels. The atmosphere around the finish line was awesome!

We all achieved our goals and surprised a lot of people but not those who have seen us train. I think the sprints, hills, long runs, and the taper leading up really benefited us. There was a guy that pushed us along over the last month of our training that was unable to race. He was in our thoughts throughout the whole race. As we were at the starting line we could see in the distance a man holding up at T. That's when the captain looked at us all and said "We run this one for Bull Patterson boys." I know it was a major disappointed but Bull Patterson is for real...and he will be there next time.

I didn't realize how special this event was until I ran in it. From the endless amounts of water/gatorade/gells stations to the music stations(I'll never forget "P-p-poker face, p-p-poker face"). The people shouting encouragement never gave us a chance to give up...thank you for that. The whole organizing committee....you guys need to be applauded, that race is going nowhere but up.

To Tdisc...Great race...Great year!

Tdisc fan poll:
1.Tdisc members have their own body wash but share a puff.
False-Tdisc share team body wash.
2.The admiral is getting a triple dose of the H1N1 vaccine.
False-Noone gets a triple dose. However they will give him a double dose with a horse needle.
3.Everyone gets a mat to stretch on except the rookie.
True
4.The admiral lubes his feet and nipples prior to each run.
False- The admiral does lube up his feet but he is the only tdisc member not to lube his nipples.

To the Tdiscsuperfans running the dublin marathon. European times can be used for Tdisc qualifiers. Good luck! In the words Tdisc "Why not."

We break for 2 weeks and then we do it all over again. I'll leave you with a quote from a tdisc superfan "That was very inspiring, I almost teared up when you guys crossed."

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"Satisfaction does not come with achievement, but with effort. Full effort is full victory." -Mahatma Gandhi

Big Day for Tdisc!

2009-10-18T14:45:00.002-03:00

Place/Bib #/Name/ City/ Province/ Sex/ Division Total/Division/ Gun / Chip time/Pace/k
Time
20 2660 John Brioux Charlottetown PE CA M 5/30 M2029 1:33:00 1:32:54 4:26

27 2637 Kris MacPhee Charlottetown PE CA M 7/30 M2029 1:36:24 1:36:19 4:36

46 2632 Ryan MacPhee Charlottetown PE CA M 9/30 M2029 1:39:49 1:39:43 4:45

60 2630 Greg Gairns Emyvale PE CA M 12/30 M2029 1:41:13 1:41:07 4:49

Great Day! Blog to follow.

Bull Patterson Pulls out!

2009-10-17T13:44:00.003-03:00

"He would have made us all run faster times." -The admiral (refering to bull's scratch)

The word from the coach is that bull patterson will not be running in Sunday's big race. He has yet to notify the blog or address the team as a whole. The team is extremely disappointed with the news. They're shoes that can't be filled, but we will do the best that we can to protect the admiral in the early going and hopefully give him the space and comfort needed to go it alone at the end. There is wide speculation that Captain Tdiscgreggy will ride shotgun with the admiral for most of the way.

Pre-Race Report

Tdiscpye- I don't think i'll ever get to the point where i'm not nervous for a race. Like Tdisckree always says "if you're not the the slight bit nervous than you're not the slight bit ready." Today i'm a bit nervous...tomorrow I will be a lot nervous. No matter what the outcome is...it will still be a stepping stone for Tdisc. My strategy will be to get to the front early and make people go past me. My goal is to do the first 10k in 48 and close in 52. 1h40m. My predictions: You're as strong as your weekest link...I expect all 4 to finish under 1h40m.

TDK Pre-Race

Comments :

"Looking forward to the challenge. Will be painful, but it will be a good accomplishment for myself and the other members of Tdisc. Running is not my strong suit and I've been inconsistent over the past few weeks. Hopefully, I will feel well on Sunday. My in-grown toe-nail shouldn't be a factor but I will monitor it closely in the next few days. I will follow the captain's orders and soak it in salt water."

My strategy :

" I will go out hard...very hard. I'd like to be with the leaders for as long as I can be. When I say leaders, I mean I'd like to be in third place by the 6 kilometer point ( Bull Patterson and Admiral will be the only two ahead of me.) I should hit the wall about that point and I'll pull her back for a couple kilometers and then finish the final 13k at a steady pace.
Actually, it probably won't be that dramatic but I will leave hard and will definelty over-do it the first half of the race. I won't rule out a short walk during this race.

Predictions :

1 Tdisc member will have a crack at the podium. 2 Members will finish in the top 10.

No members will retire during the race, but there may be talk after.

Admiral will race with his cell phone clenched in his left hand. He will toss it away 6 k from the finish which is the same time that Trace goes into labour and tries calling him. He will be greeted at the finish by Wayne Gairns and driven immediately to the hospital.

(This was submitted prior to Bull Patterson's announcement.)

Captain’s pre race report

Since this is my first half marathon I am not sure how everything is going to go down. For tdisc I think that there will be 4 pb tomorrow. We will range from 1:37 to 1:45. The admiral will be the one to watch on race day. We are disappointed that our Rookie will not be racing. This is a disappointment, because we had high hopes for him, and he was going to be the driving force to push the admiral.

As for me, this will be the first race in a long time I feel ready for. I have no excuses but to set my pace and go with it. TDP may choose on race day to run together for some of the race, it will be a game time decision. The last time I made a time prediction it was not even close, but I am going to take a stab at it again, my goal time is 1:42. I will be happy under 1:45.

This is going to be the biggest race tdisc has taken part in, and I am excited for it. It will be painful but fun at the same time. Good luck to all competitors, and GO TDISC!

Can’t wait for tomorrow,
Captain

The Admiral's pre-race report
Declined to make a statement.

Bull Patterson's Pre-Race Report
Declined to make a Statement.

"Racing is a matter of spirit not strength."
- Janet Guthrie

2009-10-15T12:49:00.002-03:00

"Frig Tdisc...none of my clothes fit anymore." -Bull Patterson

I felt great getting up this morning and was ready to swim but when I reached the side of the pool I just couldn't convince myself to get in. The captain and I sat on the pool deck for at least 5 minutes dangling our feet in the water before we took the plunge. You know that you really don't want to swim when you take the alternative approach of lounging poolside bare yingfa. I felt great once I got in the pool. I did a warm-up, drills, and a cardio set. I swam for about 30 minutes then hit the hot tub with the boys.

As we talked about the half marathon this weekend...tdisckree informed us that he may be a late scratch due to soreness in his big toe. He also summed up his thoughts about the race when he said "This race is like when your playing hockey and your out of the playoffs but you still have to play 2 games on the road."

The pre-race statements are beginning to trickle in. I hope to bring the report to the blog by Friday night. Tdisc will go on our for the next few days leading up to the race as everyone prepares differently. Tomorrow I will run. Saturday I will take off. Rain and wind in the forecast for Sunday...

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"There's no such thing as bad weather, just soft people." -Bill Bowerman

Talk of Vacation

2009-10-14T11:55:00.002-03:00

With the poor weather again today we were forced to run indoors. It took awhile to get things going this morning. The usually chipper and ready to get going Bull Patterson was down in the dumps. For those who don't know, bull has been having troubles with getting his truck to start. So he replaced the starter and bought a new battery. When asked what was wrong bull replied "I was up late working on it and it won't even turn over." Bull was fed up! We didn't leave the changing room until the admiral barked "Let's get'er goin."

I read in a magazine last night that when tapering you should decrease your mileage but not your intensity. Well, today that is what we did. We went for a hard 5k that split the field in the final few laps. I really needed that push on the run today and I felt great afterwards. After the run we stretched for a bit and talked about vacation after the run on Sunday. Most people say that you should take between 1 week and 3 weeks off. Tdisckree has announced that he will be taking 2 weeks off. With my food addiction and other things the team and I have decided that anything over 10 days could spell trouble. So I will begin my training as soon I get back on the 27th. The rest of the team has not yet released their schedules for a return.

So far Tdiscgreggy and I are confirmed for the PEI half marathon on Sunday. We are still waiting on the rest. It is widely speculated that the admiral will make it official on Thursday. Be sure to watch for the Tdisc Pre-Race report that will be coming out over the weekend.

Tomorrow we are back in the pool.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed." - Jacqueline Gareau

Tdiscpye Confirmed!

2009-10-13T20:11:00.002-03:00

After taking the captains lead I made it official and signed on for 2009 PEI Marathon.

"You must do the things you think you cannot do." -Eleanor Roosevelt

"I always feel pressure. If you don't feel nervous, that means you don't care about how you play. I care about how I perform. I've always said the day I'm not nervous playing is the day I quit." -Tiger Woods

Captian Confirmed

2009-10-13T16:51:00.000-03:00

Today tdisc was short staffed, Coach was a late night scratch when he sent out a text at 11:38pm to let us know he would not be there. TDP's text was lost along the way and was never delivered to all members. This has brought some concern since tdisc next goal is only 5 days away. Admiral, bull and myself had a good solid swim today, with Admiral opting out of Hot tubbing because he had a test to prepare. I knew something had to be done when a tdiscfan asked if TDP had another break down and that is why he was absent. When I questioned TDP he said he was sick, but not sick enough to stay home from work.
The attitude around the TTF has been slipping so I thought i would step up and get the ball rolling, Tdiscgreggy has signed up for the PEI half Marathon.

Who's next????

Can't wait for tomorrow,

Captain

Friggen Food!

2009-10-13T12:19:00.002-03:00

Last night my food addiction took a turn for the worst. I was doing great...had one plate of turkey dinner then just one piece of desert. I was thinking this is going well...it's all under control. Then came the bowl of yogurt covered almonds and the bowl of pumkin candies that were in the fancy sitting room. I think it was about the time of the marathon talk that I began double fisting the candy dish. It got ugly! I don't even like the pumkin candy...they're disgusting! Yet I continued to pluck away at them. It was when I layed down to go to sleep that I realized...I had too much. My stomach was turning...and it continued to turn in the morning. At the time I was convinced that it was the right move to stay in bed. At 8:30 when I got a text from the captain saying "Where were you?" I knew I made a poor choice. I just answered back with "sorry captain." He continued to give me a much needed text tongue lashing.

I missed not being with tdisc today and getting in my swim. The days just aren't the same when you miss a training session. I'm kinda a little uneasy about the run on sunday. I just hope i'm mentally ready because I know i'm going to want to quit in the first 10k.

As taper week continues we will have a light jog and longer stretch.

What the fans don't know: I listened to Miley Cyruses "The Climb" 5 times while blogging.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"If your gonna screw up, do it while you're young. Older you get, the harder it is to bounce back."

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-10-12T17:21:00.002-03:00

On Behalf of Tdisc and bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com we'd like to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

Tdisc doesn't take Holidays! However, we do go with a later start time. We arrived at the TTF this morning in preparation for a short jog. It was extremely cold...and we all weren't dressed that well for the conditions. My hopes of a canceled run were quickly dashed when the admiral stated "I ate like *&$%. I have to go for a run." Tdisckree who forgot his shoes and the captain who had family commitments pulled out of the run. My worst nightmare had come true...I was left with the admiral and his co-pilot. Feeling the effects of the brisk temperatures we went for a short 35 minute jog at a slow pace.

I have been able to keep my food addiction in check lately. I just walked through the kitchen...I think I'm in trouble. But like Thomas Edison said "It does not matter how deep you fall, what matters is how high you bounce back."

Tomorrow we'll be going for a swim.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"Talent is God-given, be humble! Fame is man-given, be thankful!Conceit is self-given, be careful..."

I accept

2009-10-10T12:37:00.007-03:00

I have accepted the offer put forward by the team and will begin my role as chief editor and head author of bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com right away.

Over the last few days I have had the opportunity to step back and focus on a few personal issues that needed to be dealt with. I feel like I've taken the right steps to become a better triathlete and person. I like the new direction of the blog. It will take some pressure off myself and it will allow the fans to get a better understanding of what it's like behind the doors of the TTF. We are currently working on getting videos uploaded onto the blog. The camera is set up and at any point in time during the workout a Tdisc member may be asked to go in and answer a few questions for the camera. It's going to be an exciting step for Tdisc.

We are currently working on team uniforms. Director of Merchandise(Bull Patterson) has announced that they will be unveiled at the PEI Marathon. We are also working on team breakfasts following the morning workouts. Head of Finance(Admiral) has given the ok for both of these saying "It's in the budget."

Tdisc has eased back as we taper for next Sunday. Friday we went for a swim that ended in a race. We took off 4 wide when all of a sudden bull patterson pulled up halfway. Bull was breathing so hard that he blew his tooth right out of his mouth. Bull was giving the ol come up for some air and then dive back down trying to locate the tooth that was making it's way to the bottom. Only in Tdisc! Today we did a 12K run. Tdisc released a statement concerning Bull Patterson's Friday night festivities saying "We condone his actions but him showing up this morning speaks volumes about his commitment to Tdisc." The fact that he ran with us for 12k this morning in his condition is totally remarkable. This mornings run went well. It was kind of a poor day for a run. It rained for the whole run but like most islanders would say "it could be snow." Following the run we stretched for a bit then we hit the showers and all sat around doing our new post workout ritual....Flossing our teeth. Ya...I purchased a bag of those plastic floss things...wow...it's totally changed the health of my teeth. We sit down and hand the bag around, then everything goes quiet and the boys go at the teeth. A few of the boys mentioned today that their teeth didn't bleed when they flossed this time.

I hit rock bottom with my food addiction. So now I'm on the way back up. Someone mentioned to me the other day that for every 5lbs you lose you are 1 minute faster in your 10k time. That's when it clicked in to me that I need to continue to shed pounds. So over the past few days I have cut my portions back and eaten much healthier. Today I was able to have an omelette and Toast at the farmer's market and walked right on past the mini doughnuts.

I haven't yet release my goals for the year. I read a study the other day from Yale in 1953 that said that the 3% of Yale graduates who had written goals had more wealth years later than the other 97% of the class combined. Our goal last year was an olympic distance triathlon. If we hadn't started a blog and announced to everyone that we were doing it, there was no way I would have done it. So today I'm announcing my goals to the public.

1.My lightest weigh in so far has been 204lbs. I will compete in my next triathlon at 184lbs or less.

2. My fastest 10k to date is 46minutes59 seconds. I will run a 10k race in under 42 minutes next year.

3. I will break 1hour 10minutes on the bike in a triathlon next year.

4. My career best is 2hours 30 minutes in a triathlon. Next year I will do a race in 2 hours 25 minutes or less.

5. Tdisc will become Famous!

In the words of tdisc WHY NOT?

Like Anthony J. D'Angelo said "we need to be addicted to costant and never ending self improvement."

Tdisc function tonight...day off tomorrow.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

Head author/chief editor

"There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you’ve mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it!" -Jim Canfield

A message from the Coach

2009-10-09T12:32:00.001-03:00

I've been thinking about how we go to the next level and I've decided that the blog needs a jump start...

I am taking over as vice president of bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com starting Nov. 1.

Tdiscpye will stay on as chief editor and head author.

I am looking into adding an interactive element and video element to the blog. Much like the diary room in big brother.
Also, fans will have the opportunity to watch snip bits of our training sessions from TTF via video. We are well equiped here at the TTF with high tech video recorders and we'll use it.
I will speak to you all regarding segments I intend on adding to the blog.

A few ideas I have are the following:

"In the blocks." featuring the Admiral (Much like next question on OTR)

" Captain's Corner." featuring Tdiscgreggy (Quotes and motivational messages from the "C")

" Bull's Eye View." featuring Bull PAtterson (Training Tips )

" The Road Back to Lake Placid" featuring TdiscT. ( This will be like a diary entry. Talk about coming back to the sport of TRI"

" With or Without You ." featuring Rookflick (Talking about life without TDISC)

Thanks, and I will be contacting you all in the coming days.

TDK

Breaking news

2009-10-08T17:26:00.002-03:00

Due to personal reasons I will be stepping down as author of bloggingwithtdisc.blogpot.com. I have informed my team previous to this and we have arranged for a conference call sometime this week in which we will determine the direction that we will take with the blog. I will assume the role of director until someone is appointed. Thanks for your time.

Tdiscpye
Former author of bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com
Director of Bloggingwithtdisc.blogspot.com

Breaking News!

2009-10-08T10:52:00.001-03:00

This day has been turned upside down. I just got word my surgery got postponed AGAIN!!! So it looks like I will be no longer a spectator but a competitor in the PEI half marathon. I am worried because I have been training to train not to race. Mentally wise, but now my focus has shifted to racing.
"WHY NOT" lets do this s***!

Captain

Bull taunts the admiral

2009-10-07T12:20:00.002-03:00

Tdisc may have a big announcement coming before the end of the day according to a source close to the team.

This morning the team left the ttf and did an interval/recovery run on the track. We would do a k at 5-5:30 min pace and then a k at 4-4:30 pace. It quickly turned into a run the same pace before the coach addressed the situation and got the team back on track. My legs felt very loose today but at the same time quite tired. I had good mobility but the kick just wasn't there, but I know that will come. It was about the 5k mark when bull patterson figured that it was time to let the admiral know that he's ready for him come next Sunday. In a show of pure strength bull made the final turn and opened up a lead of about 5 metres in a matter of seconds over the admiral. The admiral was later seen having a one on one chat with the coach about strategy. "I know how you can beat him." I overheard the coach saying to the admiral. For those who follow cycling...this could almost be compared to Lance armstrong and alberto contador. The admiral is the big gun with the chance to win...but he'll always be looking over his shoulder wondering if he can trust his supporter bull.

For those who are wondering....Tdisc will expand. We consider training with Tdisc to be a honor and we take the application process very seriously. If you are considering then please submit your application to the admiral as soon as possible.

Tomorrow it will be interval work with stairs followed by weights and abs. Big day tomorrow for Tdisc. If you haven't signed the guestbook then please do. If you have any questions then leave it in the comment area and we will address it in the next blog.

Till next time
Tdiscpye

"Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time." -Lou Holtz

Different day

2009-10-06T17:33:00.003-03:00

I really don't know where to start when it comes to explaining today. It was just different. I arrived earlier than usual and paired up with the admiral for a swim workout. I knew that I was in for a go hard workout but that is exactly what I needed. "This metres stuff frigs me up. Let's just go by lengths." The admiral informed me before we started. I enjoyed our swim workout immensely. In total we did around 1800m or 72 lengths. I was really to busy swimming to notice what the captain and the coach were doing. The captain released a statement shortly after the swim. "This was a rough day for me today, I was tired and I think only taking one day off a week is catching up to me. Coach and I almost went straight to the hot tube and skipped the swim today. The water was cold and I had to wear two pair of ying fas cause you can see through both pairs now. Today was probably my last swim before my surgery, which is very frustrating to think about."

Bull Patterson(personal) was granted the day off by tdisc. He however is expected to be back in the lineup tomorrow.

What happened in the showers following the workout is being kept very tight lipped. When asked about this the captain responded "there was roars coming from the admiral kree, and myself all from different showers.I can't imagine what everyone else thought around the corner by the lockers, us all roaring and yelling." Again, the situation ended with me being threatened with a suspension. The captain ended his statement by saying "I can't wait for tomorrow and without a doubt, Tdisc got better today...Thanks! Captain."

Lately I have been battling a lot of soreness in my legs that has hampered my running. So in a move to rekindle the fire that I had in my legs earlier in the year, I scheduled an emergency massage for this morning. When asked what I was having problems with I answered "my legs." When asked about my upper body I responded with "great...legs are really tight." For 1 full hour she went at my legs. It felt great! When I hopped off the table and gave the legs a few shakes I knew...they were back.

In closing I have a message for my teamates. You guys better be ready to go tomorrow. Someone is coming with new legs and he isn't getting dropped.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity." -St. Augustine

Tdisc limps into another week

2009-10-05T12:20:00.002-03:00

"I just want to get this 1/2 marathon over with." -The admiral
"I just want to get this 1/2 marathon over with." -Bull Paterson
"A farting horse is a working horse." -Tdisckree refering to Bull patterson

Getting up this morning was very tough. When it's pouring rain out, cold, and dark the thought tends to cross my mind. "Why?" I don't have a choice at this point. The backlash just isn't worth it. The admiral who is usually like a dog on hardwood when the alarm goes off, laid in bed for 4 minutes. In the end we all were at the track for yet another run. It was made clear right from the start that this mornings run would be a recovery run. We ran for about 30 minutes and then stretched for a lengthy period of time. The running seems to be taking it's toll on tdisc as pretty well everyone was complaining about tightness and pain in the legs.

Yesterday I just sat in my chair and never moved my legs. Even after my triathlons I never felt the way I do today. I'm battling tight hip flexors and admiral hamstrings. I usually don't look forward to the pool but tomorrow it will be a great break on the body.

Be sure to vote in the new Tdisc fan poll. Tdisc has received more applications. The future is bright for Tdisc. If anyone would like to purchase Tdisc apparel then just contact the blog and we'll point you in the direction of our Sales associate Bull Patterson.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"The body does not want you to do this. As you run, it tells you to stop but the mind must be strong. You always go too far for your body. You must handle the pain with strategy...It is not age; it is not diet. It is the will to succeed." -Jacqueline Gareau

All is well!

2009-10-04T17:54:00.002-03:00

"Growing Pains" is what Tdisc is classifying last weeks blowups as. I took my one day suspension like a man and moved on and prepared myself for saturdays long run.

Friday I didn't do anything. I used it as another much needed rest day as the half marathon is only 2 weeks away. Tdisckree and Tdiscgreggy opted for rest as well. The admiral and bull showed up at the pool and went there separate ways. Bull worked on his stroke while the admiral teamed up with Scott for a swim workout that he called "a baggar".

Everyone was in attendance for Saturday's long run. In a move to speed up the pace we added Scott to push the admiral and bull at the front. For most of the morning it was our Captain Tdiscgreggy leading the pack at the front. Tdisckree and I were struggling right from the get go. My legs literally felt like a hundred pounds each. I knew I was in trouble when the sweat was dripping off my hat 20 minutes into the run. I just kept telling myself to hold on at the back. That I would eventually get into a rhythem. Much to my surprise I had tdisckree right beside me in the same boat. It was about the 7k mark that I started to get into a rhythem. I felt really well as we made the turn up towards admiral's water station. The boys continued to push the pace at the front leading to the coach getting dropped. After a quick water break we were back onto NR road and the pace increased. Bull was late for work! So he took off with Scott on his heals. The admiral and Tdiscgreggy settled in not far behind and I paced at the back with Tdisckree. I personally felt the best I did all day around the 12k mark. My legs felt great! Bull put the hammer down late and pulled away from everyone. We did 16k in about 1h 15m. For me, that's the pace i'm looking for in 2 weeks. My goal is to pace at 1h 40m and try to come in on fumes below that.

It was a good day for Tdisc. It was a prime example that guys struggle on different days. Some days you don't prepare properly and you just don't have it. 2 weeks from today is the final race of the season. I look forward to getting back at it tomorrow. The tapering faze has begun.

Till next time,
Tdiscpye

"I tell our runners to divide the race into thirds. Run the first part with your head, the middle part with your personality, and the last part with your heart." -Mike Fanelli