My first blog posting!

OK so I've decided to start a Blog.   It'll mostly be my ramblings so if you like to ramble too - perfect!  Read along!  :-)  I'll probably mostly talk about my triathlon training.  I have decided to do a half ironman this year.   Currently leaning toward the Welland Half Ironman in late June.   I guess it's a good time to get it done and test out the whole bigger fitness thing.   If it all goes well then I'll have to pick another goal which will be a full Ironman.   What the heck - why not.

I'm new to the swimming and biking thing so I'm hopeful that with the blog I can maybe get some advice from readers who are more experienced.   At least I've got pretty much three years of running under my belt and I throughly enjoy that 1/3rd of a Tri!    I have now run two marathons (qualified for Boston on my second Marathon), four 30 k races, two half marathons, three 10 milers, two 10 ks and the nasty nasty and very hilly 20 K Cape to Cabot in St. John's NL...   Running - I love!

End of Cape to Cabot

I started swimming in late July - I have been saying for a couple of years that I should really get into swimming - as a kid I swam a bunch but not seriously - just messing around in my Aunt's pool with my cousins.  You know - diving into the deep end and picking up rings and seeing who could swim the furthest underwater.   I took swimming lessons but for some bizarre reason never learned the front crawl!   So - I finally got around to it and in late July joined a masters swim programme.  The impetus being I had signed up for a "Try-a-Tri" in August and well, frankly, just had to learn to do the front crawl by then!  LOL!   I think the coaches were a bit shocked at my plan - you know - learn in a few weeks.  I knew I'd have to do the breast stroke for the most part but without a race in the pipeline I knew I'd never get around to trying to learn free style.

All finished my first Tri - Grimsby Try-a-Tri!

As for the cycling - well - I had a $150 cheapie from SportsChek but it is a bike and ride-able so did the trick for a bit.  I do think now that it might very well be made of lead!  ;-)  For my birthday (and Christmas, and Valentiene's Day and my Anniversary, and Groundhog Day, etc.) my husband got me a Cervelo S1.  I love love love it.  I am not sure what I'm doing on it for the most part but hey it's a bike at least I can ride it and only have opportunity to get better!  

The new Cervelo S1!

So my friend Trish Marek-Fortin and I have made a pact to do the Welland Half Ironman... it's now less than six months away and I am mostly concerned about getting through the swim portion - 2 k...eep!   A great perk of this race is the swim is in the Welland Canal!  Which is awesome as it's open water but pretty still open water.  Yeah! 

I guess that's enough ramblings for now...  Signing out and will see if I can get the hang of this blogging thang.

HAPPY NEW YEAR and welcome to 2011 - where lots of good things will happen!