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The beginning of the this road..

I have always been a runner, well since freshman year of hig school I guess. I ran the Flying Pig Marathon in Cincinnati, OH in the spring of 02'. My brother happen to fracture his neck (C3-C5) on a trampoline the week before I ran that race. He ultimately recovered fully with no deficit. (Amazingly) Either he convinced me or I convinced him, but 3 months later we both did our first sprint triathlon in Cleveland, OH. I went on to do another sprint that summer and the bike portion of a relay in college. Fast forward to Jan 09. I wanted to secretly challenge myself and do an Ironman triathlon. Knowing it would be crazy just to sign up, I plotted a season of triathlons and road races to get me back in the sport. I completed 2 sprints and 1 Olympic triathlons, 5K, 10 miler, half-marathon, and finally the Marine Corps Marathon in Oct (missing Boston by 30 sec!) Oh well, it was a great season. I went to FL to volunteer and sign up for IM Florida 2010 in November and have taken the last month off. So this is where I start. December 2009. The actual training program I will be using is something like 36 weeks, but I will getting in shape again to start that program. I don't intend to post every day, especially in the beginning but I wanted to have an outlet to to complain, gloat, cry, question, doubt, or whatever it is I need at that moment. I figured my friends and family will only be able to take so much before they won't want to hear it anymore. I don't blame them. I'm starting this blog so partly people, if they choose, can have an idea of what Im up to but mostly so I have a record of my thoughts and experiences this year. A diary or sorts. It is going to be a long year with lots of sacrifices on my part. I imagine this being my outlet to complain about that but we'll see how this pans out.