Hello and welcome!

Day 3 of training
Ibuprofen intake: 400mg

Hi all!

I just started training for a triathlon, which is something I never, ever in my wildest dreams thought I would do. I'll post my successes and failures, needs for band-aids, ice packs and ibuprofen, and hopefully give a lift and some encouragement to anyone else out there who wants to try something they once thought was impossible.

I have struggled with my weight for YEARS, and finally reached the point where I thought it was possible to Do Something Big to try and change my life. Now, when I say "struggled with my weight," I want you to understand that I could lose basically an entire person to be at the "proper" weight for my height of six feet. I started out this year by joining the Runnin' For Rhett group in training to walk the Shamrock'n Half Marathon this March 11. Most of the rest of the group actually RAN the half marathon, but I walked it with a couple of good, dedicated, and equally nuts friends of mine. When one of the group sent out a congratulatory email to the lot of us and said, "triathlon anyone?" I laughed out loud, because even after doing the half marathon, I just could not imagine that I could do this.

But here I am. I have completed my first few days of training. I have some sore muscles. But I think, down deep, that I have the hope and the strength to do this thing.