Here we go!

All right! For some reason I got this crazy itch this year to do a Triathlon...crazy, I know! I don't even have a clue why I would want to do such a thing, I can't even swim! Well, let me correct my self, I can swim. When I swim though, I get maybe 30 yards and I am huffin' and puffin' for air cause I've swallowed half the pool while I was flailing my arms and kicking my legs trying to do what I call swimming.

Just a little background on myself, I'm a nerd! Haha! I graduated from BYU-I with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and I currently work in Logan, Utah as a design engineer. So in short I sit at my desk on a computer most of the day. There is not much exercise in clicking a mouse. I have always enjoyed running throughout my life. I ran track in high school which consisted of the 800, 1600 and 4 X 400 meter races. I love running! The bike is fun as well! I served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and during a lot of the mission, my bike was my main source of transportation. I had a blast riding my bike all over. When I got home, I never really got into biking like I would have liked, road bikes are expensive and I was trying to get through school. One day, in the not too far distant past, I was thinking about how I would like to ride a bike (maybe enter into some races for fun or just do the cruising around town thing) but also how I like to run and don't want to stop doing that. This put that crazy idea in my head that I can do them both and that it would be fun to do a triathlon (if I can learn how to swim).

So here is the goal, on August 28th, 2010 is the Bear Lake Brawl and I will be participating in the sprint triathlon. This consists of a 750 meter swim (hopefully I don't drown), a 12.5 mile bike ride and a 3.1 mile run. This is the event that I have set as my primary goal but I might change my first event to something sooner or I may add more events as I get a feeling for what I feel I can do. Here on this blog I plan on sharing anything and everything to do with getting ready for this event. I am open to any comments on suggestions on anything and everything from good workouts or swimming tips to good meals to eat.
I invite anyone and everyone to join with me in following my journey from a sitting in my cubicle engineer to becoming a triathlete.