Well, I did it...

I joined the blogging world. I'll keep everyone up to date with my progress and training. What training you ask? Keep reading.

So, after several years (pretty much since high school graduation) of doing nothing healthy for my body, I’ve decided to take action. Depending on what you view as a correct weight, I’m anywhere from 50-90lbs overweight. My ideal weight would be around 200lbs. Don’t get me wrong, I’d definitely be happy with under 200 (maybe somewhere around 180ish). I’ve been trying to figure out what I wanted to do to for about the past year. I did the whole weight training bit but couldn’t really pin down a solid cardio plan. I thought about trying to play soccer again, but not having played organized soccer since intramurals at Auburn I would hazard to guess that my “touch” has gone to the crapper. I thought about doing marathons, but I fear that I would get bored just running. Then, the more I thought about it, the more triathlons seemed to fit the bill…

Triathlons are made up of three things you loved to do as kid: swim, bike, and run. When I was young, I rode my bike every single day it seems and who didn’t like swimming and running around care free.

I set my goals for the races. I could shoot to finish in the top 3 in my division or I could just want to finish under a certain time.

My buddy Carroll completed the Florida Ironman back in November. Hearing him talk of his training is what first inspired me. For those of you that don’t know, an Ironman consists of swimming 2.5 miles, biking 112 miles, and then running 26.2 miles. Finishing an Ironman is a huge feat. Being able to accomplish something like that is a feeling that I have longed for ever since I went backpacking out at Philmont my junior year of high school.

And so the journey begins…

I’ve signed up for several races this year. I just ran the Mercedes Half Marathon on 2/15 (see next post). My schedule of races for this year is located on the right side of the page as well as a countdown til my next race. There will be a few 5k’s thrown in there. My goal is to complete all these races this year and next year do Half Ironman Orlando in May and Ironman Canada in August.