New to BT, 2nd season of tri'ing

Hey everybody,

I'm Rachael from Birmingham, AL.  Basic stats: 5'9, 169 lbs, 23 years old.  Married for almost 2 years now, and loving it. 

I started doing tris last year.  I did Tuscaloosa Triathlon (April), Buster Britton (Pelham, June) and then plans skewed a bit due to sinus surgery, but I recovered in time to do one last tri for the season - Frantic Frog (Scotsborro, Sept).

I went from never even having heard of triathlon to being completely addicted.  I started out doing them just as a way to get in shape and lose some weight - I've lost almost 20 lbs since starting triathlon - but now I just love the sport and can't seem to get enough of it.

This season I have quite a full schedule planned for myself:

Beach Blast 1 - Sprint Tri - April 25 - Mexico Beach, FL
Buster Britton - Sprint - June 13 - Pelham, AL
Wet Dog - Sprint - July 18 - Decatur, AL
Mountain Lakes Triathlon - Sprint - Aug 8 - Guntersville, AL
Frantic Frog (maybe) - Sprint - Sept 12 - Scottsboro, AL
Bret Robinson Alabama Costal Tri - Olympic - Sept 19 - Gulf Shores, AL - this will be my first olympic distance!

My long goal for next season is to do the Ironman 70.3 in Augusta, GA in Sept.

So, anybody else doing Beach Blast 1?  It's in a week!  And I'm getting super pumped for the first tri of the season!