YOU ARE An IRONMAN!

Welcome to my journey through hell!  (Hey, I'm just being realistic here. Why try to sugarcoat it?)

I just finished Jacques Steinberg's "You Are an Ironman: How Six Weekend Warriors Chased Their Dream of Finishing the World's Toughest Traithlon" (i.e. The 2009 Arizona Ironman) and I am inspired!

Step 1: Start a blog to log progress and keep myself motivated. CHECK!
Step 2: Get a formal training program. ALMOST! (KG working on it)
Step 3: Recruit other crazies to join me! CHECK! (fb event page created)
Step 4: Go nuts! CHECK!

This morning was the first time I'd ever biked (12mi.) and then immediately ran (2mi.). It makes sense to practice doing these things together as part of tri-training, but I had never thought of it until reading this book. I actually run a lot better after a good warm-up, so it felt good (granted, both were only short distances.) Baby steps.

The people in the book trained somewhere upwards of 15hrs per week. That's ridiculous! I don't know whether I will be able to (oh, who are we kidding?? it's really the "want to" that I'm concerned about) devote that kind of time to this, but I guess if I want to succeed, I don't really have a choice. 

Oh, and no more junk food. Wait, "cutting back" on junk food.
Baby steps.