Since it looks like this whole Ironman pursuit of mine is getting serious, I decided to rename the blog so that it supports that theme. I don’t know if anyone actually reads this blog besides me, but my hope is to focus the theme of my writing. Triathlon has become a big part of my life and has helped me to make some good changes in my life, so I believe that will be a good umbrella to cover the things that I can write about. The main purpose here is to chronicle my experience while training for an Ironman Triathlon. I realize it is very cliche, but every since I was little and saw Ironman Kona on TV it was always a dream of mine to do that. But instead of Kona being the pinnacle for me, Lake Placid will be my goal. Lake Placid is my favorite place(which explains why I was up there 5 times so far this year) and to complete an Ironman there would be the ultimate.
2010 has proved to be a good 2nd year of triathlon. I completed 2 sprint triathlons and an Olympic+ this year. The Olympic was my A race for the year and I felt that I had successfully completed that be finishing 5th in my age group, which was my goal. The next step for 2010 will be to complete a Half-Ironman, which will be the new Ironman Pocono Mountains 70.3. If anyone is actually reading this, please check back in for my progress as we start to ramp up for preparing for this next race. I am also planning on doing another Sprint and an Olympic next year in preparation for the Half Ironman.
