Hello Everybody!

I am in my second year of training for triathlons. I have completed 8 tri's since April of 2002. All were sprints, but I finished. May not seem much to you, but before I started I was a 370 pound couch potato. My first bike ride was 1.5 miles and it nearly killed me. I had never had swimming lessons and in Jan. of 2002 got in the pool for the first time to train. Swimming was the hardest thing I had ever done. After a couple months of training it was still taking me a minute forty seconds to swim 50 yards. Running that was also a fun challenge. It took me almost a year to get to where I could jog a mile.

So where am I now? I have my 50 yard swim time down to 46 secs. I can make a 25 mile ride without any problems. In April I ran/jogged 4.75 miles without stopping. I am down 40 lbs from where I started originally and I have built more lean muscle mass. I love this sport!

You will be hearing from me soon because I will be writing articles for Ron.

Look forward to offering some suggestions for your training.

Still Tri'n
Michael