My new obsession

I recently purchased two things to help me on my new journey. I am really excited about both of these.

The first thing I bought was a GMC Denali road bike. I knew I would really be wanting a road bike for the new miles I would be logging, and this one seemed perfect for me. I have been riding it for a few weeks and can't get enough of it. At this point in time I could be happy ditching everything else as far as working out goes and just bike every day.

The second thing I bought was a pair of Brook's running shoes. I have been running for the past year in some Nike free runs+ 2's and I recently went into the shoe store to buy another pair, but the person helping me convinced me to take a look at a pair of Brooke's, and so I did. The next thing I know is I have a pair of bright green Brook's being shipped to my house. They feel great and I am excited to try them out tomorrow.

Training:
The next couple of weeks I need to focus on running. KC and I have a 10k coming up in 2 weeks, and let's be honest, the longest we have ever run was a 5 miler once. So it is time to get in gear and get ready for this race. After that I will be scheduling out my weeks cycling through running, biking and strength training.

The Start - ironman me

A couple years ago I started a journey. It was my weight loss journey. I had found myself at 5'9" and 230 pounds and not liking at all who I was. So I decided to change it. My wife and I set out on our journey to change our lives to be healthy and fit people. It took running, working out, diets, healthy choices and a bunch of late night orders of pizza to be where I am today. So now a couple years later I find myself at 175 pounds, feeling really good, able to run a 5k in 28 minutes and seeing the end of this journey.
And so with the end of one thing is the beginning of another.

A month ago my wife and I ran a 5k race. It was a fun community event and there were many people from our church there. After the race one of those people asked if I was going to race in the duathlon coming up in October. I had never thought about it. I had only ran, I hadn't even really biked since I was a kid, but still the thought of a duathlon intrigued me.

I started researching biking, and bikes and races. I went from being intrigued to a little obsessed, and from thinking of Duathlons to triathlons.

And so here I am. I have some new dreams, and a new journey. I want to be a triathlete. I want to compete in an ironman.

This is the start to my new journey.

This is the time where my new dream starts to become a reality.

This is the place where I can always look back and never forget.

Let's IronMan Me!