A little history.

I've been talking about Ironman for years.

I think I laughed the first time my dad suggested Lucas and I should run a marathon...but these things just happen. You train for and run a 5K. Then a 10K doesn't sound so crazy. Suddenly, you've agreed to go on a 12 mile run with some friends and before you know it everyone's talking about a marathon, then you're training for a marathon, then you've registered for a marathon, then you've completed 5 marathons and are currently training for your 6th!

The triathlon progression didn't happen quite so smoothly. I think for a number of reasons. Reason 1: It's expensive! Running shoes. Bicycle. Helmet. Goggles. Exorbitant registration fees.
Reason 2: It's a huge time commitment! Training in the pool. Training for the bike. Training for the run. It just takes up a lot of time and energy.
Reason 3: The Ironman is intimidating! I know how hard it is to ride over 100 miles. I know how hard it is to swim 1 mile, let alone 2.4 miles. and I know how hard it is to run a marathon! Now...do them all consecutively? Are you crazy?

I guess some of my readers (do I have any readers??:) might not know what an Ironman is.

An Ironman is triathlon. It consists of three sports: Swimming, biking, running.

You begin with a 2.4 mile swim.
Then you ride your bicycle for 112 miles.
You finish it up with a 26.2 mile run (a marathon...)

If you can do all of this in 12 hours...that's very respectable.

So I've sorted played around with Triathlons for the last few years. Olympic distance. International distance (Perhaps the triathlon equivalents of 5K and 10K runs)...even getting up to doing a couple 1/2 Ironmans a couple summers ago.

I wouldn't say I ever really caught the Triathlon "bug." I've been quite content to race on my bike team and run a marathon every so often.

However, though, I don't love Triathlon, I do love endurance challenges. I believe that's why I keep returning to the idea of trying to complete an Ironman...it's one of the ultimate endurance challenges.

So here I am. I've talked long enough. I've put it off long enough. It's time to put my body, my mind, my endurance, my strength, my spirit to the test.

I registered for the 2009 Louisville Ironman.

We'll see how it goes.

So this blog is to act as a sort of training journal. I want to keep my friends, family, loved ones, or any passer-by informed on how things are going.

More to come.