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2014-03-29 8:48 PM

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Subject: Hello Everyone!
My name is Corey and I am from Phoenix, Arizona; born and raised. I have been an athlete all of my life and have done everything from racquetball, baseball, golf, jiu jitsu, and so on. The list is very long, and I have just decided to start training for triathlons. Woohoo! I start this journey at 27 years old and at 5'7" and 127ish lbs., I am not a large man to say the least. I am past the point of trying to get "big in the gym" (as I can never get over 135lbs) and am now on the path to become an elite athlete.

I make this commitment even though I work two full time jobs (yes 80 hours a week) in order to provide for my family while my wife goes through med school, as I await the opportunity to start with the Mesa Police Department this coming summer, and as my wife and I begin to expand our family. We obviously like it rough .

It is actually because of this hectic schedule that I have come to find a new passion in athletics that is triathlon. It is the time when I am outdoors running, biking, or doing anything when I am the most content, and even more-so when my day has finished. With what little free time I had I could say "yeah I did that today". I have never competed in any of the tri sport races so I plan on starting slowly and working my way up. This is also somewhat of a necessity since my schedule does not allow me to have a strict training regimen currently.

Here are some of my major goal lines over the next few years:

2014 - 10k - May (currently training), Half marathon - November

2015 - First Sprint tri - ~March, Marathon - ~August , Olympic tri - ~ November

2016 - Half Iron Distance - ~March , Tour De Tucson (107m bike) - Nov

2017 - IronMan

And all in between will obviously be training and a variety of tri and other competitions that I will also be completing to fill in the gaps. Like I said these are just a few major goal lines I have and in my current state I think they are reasonably spaced. I am sure a few things will move around as time goes on. Some people may think these are spread out and that I could do them earlier than when I have allocated them to be, and that is probably so. However, when I sign up for a competition I will will not be signing up with the intent to merely finish. I will be signing up with the intent to perform and compete. I don't expect to be a top tier athlete immediately, if ever. But I have a competitive nature and I look forward to putting it to use

Thanks for taking the time to read a little bit about me and my goals. I look forward to making new friends and learning A LOT during my time here. I'll see you around!



2014-03-31 8:40 AM
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Hi Corey! Welcome to BT and triathlon. Sounds like you're going to train wise and that's a good progression of races. Good luck!

2014-04-03 9:59 PM
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Welcome to BT. Use your logs and hit the forums. Definitely try to meet the local peeps at events. Great communityThe Arizona forum isn't as active as it has been it the past, but still a good place to find some local knowledge.
2014-04-07 10:42 PM
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Once you get through the academy with Mesa PD get used to training at all hours with shift work.
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