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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 2006)
I JULY 7. 2006 Tri Sexual Minorities iUStlOUt 47 "So, the one night stand worked?” <=W&siside/ Why tri? I'll tell you why ’m a big fan of cross training for multiple reasons: If exercise weren’t convenient, 1 wouldn’t get around to it as often. By com bining different activities throughout the week, you work all of your muscles collective ly. Tennis Monday, yoga Tuesday and biking Thursday is one example of cross training. 1 was busy “cross training” last year, getting my booth together for Pride 2005. When 1 asked my straight Small Business Administration coach if he would be visiting my booth, he said, “As long as no one touches me." 1 assured him that he was unattrac tive, so that wouldn’t be a problem. Keep in mind that this comment was coming from a man who was a former figure skater. I’m grateful not to have and plans to participate in a full Ironman in August opened that can of worms. 1 half expected to see him 2007. at Pride this year—in leather. Last year, 1 got to watch my partner, Q Center After Pride last year, 1 planned on searching for coordinator Gene de Haan, get clobbered while a nonhomophobe business coach, but I met one at playing rugby. She’s a great player, and the perfect my booth! Jackie Wheatley, Portland Area cleat mark bruises look cool, but de Haan’s body Business Association treasurer and Small Business type isn’t exactly suited for regular full-on smash Development Center coach, originally started ing and I’ve been slowly pushing that point. De doing triathlons because the events included swim Haan loves to run, but the impact can make her ming. Competing at more than 300 pounds, she knees hurt, so she recently added biking for cross was often the last person to cross the finish line. training. Upon learning that Wheatley and Gibbs The event staff got to know her by name. were planning to participate in the Blue Lake Estimating that she has finished feist 15 times Sprint Tri, she decided to give it a shot. She through the years, she says, “I’d rather be DFL finished in just more than an hour and a half, and (dead fucking last) than DNF (did not finish).’’ after the initial exhaustion passed, she said she Prior to managing a 120-pound weight loss, the liked triathlons because “There are less head other triathletes rarely spoke to her, but no one can injuries than rugby." De Haan is planning to partic question Wheatley, now entering her 14th season. ipate in a standard distance tri in September. 1 wish I could show you a photo of her in action at I’m planning to enter my first sprint tri in September. I’m certain you’ll be hearing about it. I D ear E thel : What are the individual event distances in a triathhm' I run, cycle and swim regularly, but I'm not sure if I can do it all at once! Are there any GLBTQ “tri-clubs” I can tram with? Fun Sprint and “Tri-it” Triathlons are great for a first- timer. Distances in these triathlons can vary, but the Blue Lake Sprint Triathlon From left, Gene de Haan, Zan Gibbs and Jackie Wheatley relax was a half-mile swim, a 12- before the Blue Lake Sprint Triathlon. mile bike and a 3.1-mile (five-kilometer) run. The Blue Lake Olympic Triathlon was a standard dis the Blue Lake Sprint Triathlon taking third place tance tri, consisting of a 0.9-mile swim, a 24.8-mile in her class, but I’ve discovered that 1 have more to bike and a 6.2-mile run. Ironman consists of a 2.4- learn about shutter speed. mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a 26.2-mile run. Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center super A half Ironman is, well, you figure it out.... visor Zan Gibbs’ idea of fun is participating in bike Triathlete Debra Lamboum says: “There’s a races with inviting names like “The Torture 10,000" (10,000 feet of climbing, all in one day) sense of camaraderie in the tri community regard less of who you are as an individual. My being a les and “Run Like Hell" (a downtown half marathon). bian has been irrelevant." She got into competitive cycling after meeting Though she knows of none, she adds, “I would trans cyclist Molly Cameron, who loaned her a love to see a GLBTQ tri-club.” Maybe someone road bike. With a well-defined bike obsession, will read this column and start one. • Gibbs rides one of her four bikes nearly every day, whether commuting to work, training for a race, Information in this column should not be used in running an errand or going on a two-week bike place of advice from a licensed health care tour across Oregon. Already a swimmer and cyclist, Gibbs took up running five years ago to begin train professional. If you have a health or fitness question, contact DEAR E thel at manacallahaniignuul com or ing for tris. Now with several seasons of racing in the past, Gibbs trained for June 24th’s half Ironman visit wwu' mariacadahan.net. 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