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Well, I'm far from meeting your criteria as a workout buddy, seeing as I'm female and in another state, but welcome!  What sort of sports or activities were you involved in previously?  

If it is something that might interest you, there are a few weight-loss groups on here that offer good peer support and motivation.

I should have also mentioned that there are mentor groups on the site as well that are generally a good resource for learning more about the sport, asking questions, and making some new acquaintances/friends near and far.  I think some are still open - check out 'Other Resources', then '2016 Beginner Triathlete Mentor Program', then look through the list for any groups that have 'Open' listed after the thread name.  I saw the weight-loss one I was speaking of earlier: '2016 Clyde/Athena Tri-N-4-Weight Loss Mentor Group ' is open if you are interested.

I would recommend using your training log to track and show your workouts.  It's a nice, easy way for you (and others, if you chose) to see what you've been doing, and how you've been doing.  It's helpful because you can enter notes about the workout (sunny day, felt great on the run; rainy day but I still got out there and it wasn't so bad, etc).  You can look back on any given day and see what you did.

It's also a way to track your progress.  If you are using some sort of GPS watch, I believe most watches work with the BT interface to allow automatic uploads (once you set it up) which make tracking workouts even simpler. Even if you aren't using a fancy watch, you can still manually enter your times/data/comments.