I am officially insane. I signed up this past Monday for Ironman Louisville on August 29, 2010. Last Sunday was the second Ironman event I'd attended as a spectator and thanks to the amazing displays of dedication and courage by all of my friends who are now IM finishers, I knew it was something I had to do. 2010 happens to be my 30th birthday year and in my humble opinion, this is the perfect way to celebrate. I'm certain there are many more fun and less exhausting ways to do it, but I drank the Ironman Kool-Aid, first at Coeur d'Alene in June and second at Louisville last weekend. Like many of my friends who have taken this huge leap, I'll be documenting my training progress via this blog. The next five to six months will be spent focusing on more base training and weight loss. Hopefully the fact that I'll be subjecting my body to hours and hours of swimming, biking and running will be motivation enough to stave off some of those cravings for Fat Tire, sushi pizza and mexican food! I'd like to get rid of 20 to 30 pounds before the real work begins. That will be a difficult task given that I'm in the midst of marathon training right now. Perhaps a blog will help hold me accountable.
So far, I have one training partner in crime. Her name is Johanna and she's the reason I went through with this in the first place. I was actually planning to sign up for IM Florida in November 2010, but we were both at Louisville last weekend and had to make it happen first thing Monday morning. I am so excited and thankful to have someone (and hopefully a few others) to share in this incredible 140.6 mile journey we are about to embark on.
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