Let's Get Started!

So here's my training blog. I'll be using this blog to report on my triathlon training. I've wanted to write a blog for years, but never got around to it. I've also wanted to be a triathlete for a long time, and despite my best (worst) efforts to avoid the hard work involved in training for triathlon, I have succeeded at that endeavor. Combining my training efforts could be a good synergy.

My triathlon success has been modest, but I'm not so modest about reporting on that success. I'm not a particularly disciplined guy, but setting triathlon goals for myself and meeting the training expectations to achieve those goals has helped me to be a more focused person, and I think this carries as well to other aspects of my life - family, work, and faith. Part of my success stems from telling other people about my goals. When I tell people I'm planning to do a half-Ironman-distance triathlon, I set up compelling expectations for myself. I recognize that I'm the primary recipient of the benefits of triathlon, but somehow "do it for myself" is not as motivating to me as impressing others that I can do something unexpected for a fat old man. That's shallow, but if it works, I'll use it!