An Introduction, please to meet ya!

Running had been my exercise of choice off and on since I was 14. It was the one sport you needed relatively little skill in to get started, and I fell in love with it immediately. I was never a fast runner, in fact most of the time I would be better described as a jogger, but I was dedicated. I loved finding different road races to run, from 10K’s to marathons—because really isn’t running the best way to see a city? In training for what I hoped to be my 3rd marathon (Disney Marathon 2009) I found myself with a case of plantar fasciitis I couldn't shake. I'd had it before and orthotics cleared it up, but not this time. I tried cross training in the hopes I could keep up my fitness and finish the race, but alas two weeks before I had to drop out. However, in the process something else happened, I realized that I enjoyed cross-training! It was practically a shameful secret, I was cheating on my beloved sport and not only that, it suited me. It was when I was substituting a series of activities instead of a 20 miler that I made this discovery. I did an hour swim in the pool, and hour on the bike, and an hour on the elliptical and when I was done I though, well heck, I just did a triathlon. And so I was bitten by the bug and I signed up for the Nation’s Triathlon scheduled for 9/13/09.

In June I started training with a local coaching program that integrates Total Immersion Swimming and Chi running, both of which are forms I already practice. Well as best I can anyways. I’ve already had quite a few adventures along the way and I can already see more coming, so I am starting this blog to chronicle the adventures. I may be the only one who reads it, or the only one who cares, but that’s reason enough for me!