1st Post, Week 2

Welcome to Big Man Tri!

My name is Jack and I have decided to try to enter the wonderful world of triathlon!

So I have decided to keep this blog to share with anyone that wants to follow me. I figure this is a great way to keep myself motivated and a fun way to keep a training log. I also keep a written training log that I will share excerpts from now and again.

You might be asking yourself why "Big Man Tri"? Well that might have something to do with the fact that I am 31 years old, 5'10" and currently 255 lbs with a BFI of 28.5%! So I am a bigger guy especially for my height. But that doesn't mean that I'm not active and that I haven't accomplished a thing or two in my day.

Two years ago I ran a half marathon in Vancouver, I have also done 6 MS150 bike tours. I was also at one time a competitive swimmer. That was of course way back in high school so that doesn't really count anymore but at that time I was also 202 lbs and built pretty damn well. But as you can see I decided for some reason to let myself go completely.

Now in the last couple of years in my weight and strength has gotten much much better. Thanks mostly in part to the constant coaching and encouragement of my girlfriend. So now it is time to show her what my worth is. Now I am going to try and do something that I have talked about for awhile and I figure it is now or never.

I am being totally realistic about this and am not planning on doing the IRONMAN this summer but I thought I would start with a Tri-a-Tri followed by a couple of Sprints for this season and then into ITU distance next year and then maybe if all goes well IRONMAN in Penticton in the summer of 2011.

Seems pretty realistic to me and hopefully I can keep on pace and pull this all off. I will be updating this blog on hopefully a daily basis. I invite you to follow my trainwreck and see where it takes me and maybe in the summer of 2011 I`ll be posting a picture of me crossing the line in Penticton!

SYL

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