Just a simple test, and trying this thing called "blogging" to document my triathlon training. The purpose of this blog is to document my training, lessons learned, and feedback from workouts and races as well as provide my audience (if any) hints and advice on what to avoid based of my mistakes.
Little introduction about myself: 25 years old (as of March 6, 2013), 5'11" and 150-160 lb range, design engineer (working 45-55 hours a week), and male. I have done one sprint triathlon (Long Beach, Sept 2008) and a full marathon (Ft. Worth, Feb 2013) and used to run track in high school (LHS c/o '06) and swam (CSULB c/o 2011). Working full-time behind a desk, sitting down for hours at a time motivated me to become more active and do stuff I wouldn't normally do. I began training for the Ft Worth Cowtown marathon in late early November of 2012 getting one to two runs per week. I fought through the challenge of increasing my distance, and decreasing my pace trying to achieve my goal of finishing my first marathon in under 4 hours - Official time was 3:53:52 -- 28th place in category (Males 25-29) and 278 overall (out of 1479 finishers). During my marathon training, I decided to sign up for a half iron man (Ironman 70.3 Austin) which has ultimately brought me to this point. I have another marathon in two weeks (LA Marathon March 17, 2013) which I have lightly been training for. With a small right knee/right ankle discomfort, I've been resting trying to recover for the challenging - yet rewarding! - 26.2 miles along the beautiful streets of Los Angeles (my hometown, btw).
I will try to update this blog with pictures, workouts, races, tips and hints, and anything that I think is relevant to my training to become a healthier, faster, stronger, and clear-minded person. Feel free to follow me on twitter (@I_am_Mr_C) or add me on Facebook to follow some of the stuff that might not make it to this blog.
...keep pushing.
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