Where were you one year ago? (Page 2)

a year ago - a few pounds lighter, less muscley and swam maybe once or twice a week. had recently started cycling to work on a clapped out steel mtb that weighed a ton.

now - cycle to work daily (much further) on a much nicer bike, swim two or three times a week and running three days a week and much less body fat. have completed my first tri and am looking at doing my first ever 5k in september and an aquathlon in december.

One year ago I was burying my father.  He died after several years of declining health after surviving a disected aorta.  His death was way too early and he left 14 grandchildren all under the age of 20. 

His passing caused me to take a good hard look at where my life was going (45, obese, smoker, High blood pressure, no exercise...) and to realize I was following right in Dad's footsteps in all the wrong ways.  After several months of soul searching, I eventually got off the couch and started doing someting about it. 

One year later, I exercise 5 to 6 days a week, I quit smoking, I have lost 40 pounds and hope to lose that much more.  I competed in my first sprint triathlon in June and have 2 more scheduled this year.  I am enjoying life more now than I ever have and I pray that continues.

Aside from the assinine things I was doing in my personal life, I wasn't even thinking much about triathlons. 15-20 pounds heavier.... hadn't particpated in a race since my deboucle at Green Bay Marathon....

Fav. foods: McDonalds, Mountain Dew, Recies' peanut butter cups, ice cream, and chewing gum.

Within the month though, the quest started...as I started semi-training for the Green Bay Duathlon.

One year ago today I was biting the bullet and registering for my first sprint tri after just having done an OLY relay (featuring an abysmal swim by yours truly).  I surely wasn't a swimmer, only had an old MTB that I hadn't ridden in years, and HATED running. 

On July 25, 2005, I also registered at BeginnerTriathlete.com.  I almost forgot that yesterday was my 1 year anniversary.  Yesterday I also had my very best and longest swim workout ever.  Musta been the BT karma.

It was about a year ago within a week or two that I also first registered for BT having just completed my first sprint tri and preforming miserably. I came here to find the answers to why my swim stunk so badly ... and have continued to learn more + more about tri's from this site since.

One year ago this month also marks the first time I completed a 10k and bought my first bike (a GT Avalanche 1.0 mtb).  Next August 15th marks the one year anniversary of purchasing my Bianchi Imola road bike.

A year from now? Hopefully I will have successfully completed Coeur d'Alene and have won a lottery slot to Kona ...

One year ago, I was 2 months out from Hamstring surgery rehab (3 months of rehab) and was 1 month away from my first attempt at an Olympic Tri (HOT in Jacksonville).

I was still nervous if my hamstring would hold and would have "ghost" pains all the time.  Now the only pains I have are the pains on missing a workout and being held accountable on BT!

Thanks everyone.

Heh, here's one of my first BT posts.  This line sums 1 year ago up quite well: 

My wife keeps saying to me, "I thought you hated to run". I keep thinking to myself, "I thought I did too..."

I looked at my log from a year ago and I was just finishing up participation in one of the challenges.  I was on team Good In-10-tions in which we came in 2nd place.  Through that challenge I "met" some of the best training partners in the world, literally.  I still keep in contact with Mel (Splerph) in Perth, Australia, Chris Tree (ChrisTree) in Kent, England and our team captain, Ann (Annabanna) in Orlando.  Mel, Chris and I all did half IMs this past spring within 3 weeks and pushed each other through the training.  Ann, an ultra distance runner, has become my long distance guru.   In August, Dee (Tizzy) from Hawaii, participated with our team, so I got to add another time zone.

Ernie