A new year, new beginnings

Happy New Year! I don't know about you but I already have 2012 mapped out as I have registered for Ironman Florida on November 3. This means that my entire year will be full of training, training and more training. This will also include several races; at least one per month. I am excited but nervous. What if I am not ready come November? I have a training plan but this is the biggest race I will have ever completed and I want to train the right way. I now live in Fayetteville, NC where I am currently in grad school online and teach Spinning on Fort Bragg. Unfortunately, I live in a military town that lacks a real support system for this type of activity. While we have a cycling club, I am not a big fan of the participants. I am part of a triathlon team here but everyone is on different levels and the last thing I want to do is hold anyone back. My husband gets back in Feb from his year-long tour in S. Korea. I am so looking forward to having a gym partner back in my house! And just having my husband home :)

I have participated in numerous races to date, the longest being a half-ironman in Oklahoma City, 1.5 hours from where my husband and I were stationed in 2010. I left some dear friends there and we continue to push each other from afar.

This blog will be used to log my training, my meals and fuel systems as well as the races in which I am participating. I hope you enjoy following me on here as well as on dailymile where I log my daily workouts. Here's to a new year of new beginnings, new distance PR's and earning medals. Oh, and more race t-shirts. I mean, why else compete unless you get a t-shirt and a finishers medal, right?

Cheers!