NO sooner had I said it, I knew I was in for trouble. "I'll compete in a triathlon in my 40th year". It was like a bullet coming out of my lips with no way to retrieve it. I looked around to see if anyone heard me. Or for that matter believed me. Well I was done for. They all heard it. Now with my family looking at me I had to make a decision. Was this just another silly thing coming from the verbal diarrhea pie hole I have, or was this for real.
Well thats the start of my journey. Not being able to temper my thoughts or statements (as usual), I was now about to embark on a journey of some significance. I mean really, I can't even run around the block, let alone the running portion of a triathlon. Not to mention that there are two other portions to this insanity. The last time i swam was..... I can't even remember.
So where do i begin? It just so happens that I have an acquaintance who trains these somewhat mentally deficient, obsessed, and overly eager individuals. This is how I felt a mere three weeks ago when this all began.
Amazing what can change in such a short period of time. Ian Fraser has become my personal health guru, and after just three weeks I can say I have not felt this good or encouraged about my health in a long time. This blog is going to chronicle my successes and failures along a 2 year path to a triathlon. I plan to post all my progress, some videos of my training ( with the approval of the other masochists in my training group). And maybe just maybe encourage more than a couple of fellow couch potatoes to get up and go run, bike, swim, anything to get your ticker going.
Enjoy and please help make this a great community to discuss any and all triathlon related issues.
jason
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