After reaching the peak of the year in my cycling, having reached my goal for the year 6 months early, I needed new goals to go after to reach my overall fitness goals.  After months of pondering, I decided to break past my limits and go after triathlons.  So in the spirit of accountability, I’m posting this, so that people can ask me how I things are going.

I’ve made some list of definite and tentative goals for 2009-10.

2009 Training Goals

1. Bike 3200+ miles; Bike 5000+ miles
2. Get back into running + build up to a 20 mile run
3. Get back into kayaking + yak til Nov
4. Focus on healthy mix of running/cycling in the fall
5. Learn how to swim (as in the right way) starting late Oct
6. Run the Philly Half-Marathon on Nov 22, 2009
7. Spend December mixing cycling and swimming, break from heavy running

2009 Primary Goals

1. All my pre-July cycling goals
2. Bike back-to-back centuries
3. Run the Philly Half-Marathon on Nov 22, 2009

2010 Training Goals

1. Focus my winter training on swimming (mixing cycling + running)
2. Focus my spring training on running (mixing cycling + swimming + kayaking)
3. Balance my late spring/summer training schedule with moderate training, rest, and rare peaks
4. Rest between Pgh-Tri and Wilderness 101
5. Spend end of August in recovery + set new goals

2010 Primary Goals

1. Complete the 2010 Pittsburgh Marathon on May 2
2. Complete the 2010 Philly Tri (Sprint) on June 26-27
3. Complete the Pittsburgh Tri (Olypmic) is July 25
4. Register & complete the Wilderness 101 in August
5. Register for Leadville 100 (…and expect a rejection letter)

Challenges Along the Way

1. Fatigue & Rest
2. Schedule
3. Food/Diet/Fuel
4. Health:  Keeping injury free
5. Health:  Avoiding illness (ha!)

Why Tri?!

After re-writing this post several time, this is were I get wordy and go into all these stories that really only I care about.  (Maybe my mom?)

Why I’m trying triathlons is so I push myself beyond my limits.  I have done a lot of that this year and I found that I have so much untapped physical potential.  Yes, that’s coming from a non-athlete and IT dude.  Over the past 12-14 months I have developed a fitness lifestyle.  I have yet to reach all my fitness goals, yet when I do, I know that I’ll need to maintain a moderate degree of cycling, running, kayaking, and swimming to keep me balanced.

Ironman?  Well check back in a year and I’ll let you know how that very remote dream is coming along.  Though I am training like I am ultimately going to do an Ironman (+ Ironman 70.3), there are a lot of stops a long the way, like running a marathon, being in a competitive bike race, learning how to swim long distances, eating smart/balanced, learning how to balance a training routine so I have energy to reach the primary goals…  So  by end of summer 2010 we’ll know where I stand in an Ironman attempt.  In the mean time, I’ll do everything else and be in a constant state of training.

I think I am re-earning my Royal Rangers Physical Fitness, Cycling, Swimming, and Advanced Swimming merits all over again! LOL!

Over ambitious?  Absolutely!  Crazy?  Definitely!

Philippians 4:13 is my theme for the rest of the summer and into the fall!

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