So who are we? Well while we are sure that you will hear about more people than we will introduce here, the 2012 core group is made up of four of us, Matt Sherman, Jenni Sherman, Jared Hammond and Cori Jones. We all have real, full time jobs and none of us are professional athletes. We are just people who who enjoy the adventure and physical, mental, and emotional challenges of triathlon.
Matt is probably the “best” triathlete out of all of us. By best we mean that he has the fastest times. Weather or not he actually “the best” is up for debate. Matt ran cross country in high school and college. In 2007 he got married to Jenni (formerly Myers now Sherman) and they moved to Virginia Beach. Jenni also ran in high school but was a state champion sprinter. Down in Virginia Matt went back to college (he was the older non-traditional student) while Jenni worked full time as a special education teacher. While Matt was back into competitive running in college Jenni was just getting back into running distance (by distance I mean like 3 miles). Matt got a job at a triathlon store, Final Kick, and they were introduced to the world of triathlon. They moved back to NY almost two years ago determined to delve into the world of triathlon.
Back in New York Jenni and Matt met back up with a good friend, Jared Hammond. Jared was a football captain and one of the best weight lifters in the state in high school. Needless to say he does not have your typical triathlete physique. After living for a year in Vancouver to go to film school Jared moved back to NY also, ready to try something new. The three of us (Jared, Matt, Jenni) began to run and decided to sign up for our first triathlon two days before the race.
We wont go into detail, suffice it to say we had never swum half a mile before and when we tried to run after biking it was not pretty but we were hooked. We began to train harder and this is our second year. The three of us have each completed one half ironman (Matt has completed 2) and Matt and Jared have each done a full marathon. We have all done several half marathons and sprint triathlons..
Cori Jones is our newbie and will be trying her first triathlon this summer. She has already done two half marathons and is ready to take on triathlons. She and Jared began dating more than a year ago and she has fully taken the triathlon leap and become a member of Blood Sweat and Beers.
We all work full time jobs and struggle with trying to fit training time into our schedules. Matt is really the only one who has the chance of possibly placing in his age group. The rest of us try to better our own times and have fun training and going to races. We are serious about competing against ourselves but want to have fun and enjoy what we do. Read on to hear our adventures, mistakes, training and fun!
-Jenni
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