So at a suggestion Ive decided to try and keep a blog with training etc. updates until the big ironman race i plan on doing 2010. ......sure why not. Will see how long i can keep this up..haha........

A brief summary of some of the 2009 year up till now.......

So I ended 2008 with a totally gnarly injury while doing some jui-jitsu. Broke some ribs on my left side and screwed up my ankle and knee slighlty(ironic cause i severley broke some ribs on my right side a year earlier). Didn't keep me off the mountain though. Started out 2009 with a trip to Breckinridge, CO to stay with my awesome buddy Nicky for about a week of snowboarding. If only I could've taken the Kiley, which would have been so sweet. Good times working on the half pipe and quarter pipe and rails, AND my broke ribs! Gotta love some vicoden, or however you spell it,lol! Made some more great friends hope to kick it with again. 2 days before i was supposed to leave I came crashing down from a simple 180 on the quarter pipe. My tail hit the lip and sent me head first into the wall. Totally screwed up my ankle and knee further. and I had to hobble down the mountain. Spent the rest of the time hobbling around and just kickin it and drinkin with the crew. Still an awesome trip, and I WILL get down that 180 backside and 360 next year!!!! Goodtimes!

Hobbled around on crutches for a couple weeks. Started off the training with a 10k obstacle course run in Jacksonville,FL called the Jacksonville Mudrun benefitting MS. So much fun, you just have to check out the website to see what its about. Should have got first but a wordrobe malfunction cost me 2 places and got 3rd overall.Not bad i guess considering my ankle was still on the fritz.

Next was a 5k in Columbus,Ohio at the Arnold Classic Fitness and Bodybuilding expo. Had a blast and ran my first sub six mile. First mile was run in 5minutes 45 seconds. Felt great considering the previous day was spent eating every sample of protein bar, shake, and supplement offered at the fitness expo(BLEH), then a late night of drinking tequila shots and some wine too i think. Didnt feel all that till just after mile 2...then oh boy. I finished the race with a time around 21 minutes somethin....which i excepted just fine because just after mile 2 i took a brief hiatis to eject my stomach contents(puke) behind a concrete baracade on the side of the road.LOL ! So, ok time ,and i still took away my fastest clocked mile to date.

Other 5k's completed this year are a 5k in Harbortown here in memphis, and the Youth Village 5k,1st in age group time 20:32.
GOAL 1)GET 5k down to 19Min.!!!

First tri this year was the RebelMan Sprint Tri at OleMiss. Finished with an 8th place in my age group,44th overall.Horrible, but i hadnt really started training besides some swimming, which i ranked 2nd in my age group, 600yrds, 6min 50sec. This was an awful tri. Not very well put together.After coming out of the swim, the route to the transition was quite confusing and misleading costing several seconds. Running outside with just wet biking shorts on, into 47 degree cloudy weather SUCKED ASS!!! I was cold the whole race. I did enjoy riding in the aero position on my friends bike. Was super hilly and i hadn't been on a bike since the previous year. The run was horrible too. Not being used to cold weather, i found my stomach cramping severley towards the middle of the run, slowing my jog to a sluggish 8 minute pace . I hope i never experience pain like that again! At least the tri season had officially started, and I was sooo stoked about that!!!With the First OD tri coming up in May and just 2 weeks after that I will be fighting through my first half Ironman in Macon,Georgia. Can't wait to compare this years tri times with last years. Will be a great way to see how far I've come, I HOPE! I know my cardio has improved significantly.

Read 2 great books this year:Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer, and Breakthrough Triathlon Training by Brad Kearns. Both Amazing books on the must read list. Even the Brad Kearns book is not really a training book and could inspire just about anyone to really find what they love. Links to books are below if you wanna check em out.

Other exciting news, i just bought myself a real tri bike! A 06' Cannondale Ironman 5000. Should get it Monday as well as a new wetsuit. A 2008 Zootsuit Zenith! Got great deals on both these off ebay and I can't wait to begin training with both.Should help shave a bunch of time off! Also will be getting a second job this summer lifeguarding. FUN FUN! Well that's it for now....hope to give more specific training details in the future, just playin quick catch up for this first entry.....LATE!