Greetings from a pre-first season newbie

Hello!

As the subject says, I'm a "pre-first season" newbie. One of the flyers for the local triathlon piqued my interest and I decided to check into the sport more... and I think I'm already hooked after about 2 weeks of consideration!

A bit of background - I'm fairly overweight (70lbs over what I'd consider my ideal fit weight) and have been for awhile. I haven't run seriously since high school, so... about 7 years ago, and that was probably my most recent continuous activity aside from just walking as much as I can. Needless to say, I'm easing back into regular physical exercise with my doctor's consent and guidance.
I decided to go for the triathlon training because I've always needed some outside motivation to do regular exercise - and from what I've heard from others, tris are loads of fun.

My first race will probably be next June (2007) since I want to give myself plenty of time to drop weight, gain muscle, and do all of that whilst remaining injury-free. I plan to do the sprint version the first season, hopefully following up with a couple of more sprint events and/or dualthlons next summer.

Anyway, I'm here! This seems like a very awesome community, I'm looking forward to being a part of it!

Oh, and hope everyone is having (or had) a happy Easter!

-Kate.