Getting started

My big new year's resolution is to get fit. One of the footnotes of that resolution is to compete in my first Tri. I was on the Mens Health forum trying to figure out how to lose my gut, and I saw a link to this website. So, here I am.

I like to swim. I'm not too bad. I swim the 500 twice a year for my fitness test at around 7 to 8 minutes depending. I like to bike. I used to be a bike mechanic a hundred years ago, I Mt. biked all the time, never did the road thing, before my son was born 4 years ago. Then I got off the bike and haven't been on since. I hate running. I'm slow, it's painful, and I blob around out of breath. Not very good for the ole self-esteem.

Anyway, I just turned 32 a few weeks ago. I'm in the Navy, currently in Japan for a few months. I've been working out and trying to lose weight and get fit. I've been swimming more, and started spinning class a few times a week. I need to run more, and when I say run, I really mean jog at a pathetically slow pace, but I really dislike it, so it's easy to make excuses not to do it.

Thats me. Here I am. The name is CRASH.