I'm doing WHAT!!!!

Hey everyone, just wanted to take a second to introduce myself. My name is Pete, and I'm a 42 year old recovering couch potato who lives in North Carolina with an incredible woman who was crazy enough to marry me!

Until Sept 1 of this year I was a pack and a half a day smoker, whose opinion of exercise was "are you nuts???". I finally managed to quit smoking after more failed "attempts" than I care to ever admit and suddenly started to feel more energized. I could actually breath and do things without feeling like I was going to pass out! It was pretty incredible. So I started slowly doing a few things like walking... which lead to a little jogging. We have a workout room in our apartment complex that I actually went in and messed around with for a little while. Turns out I really liked the stationary bike and didn't even hate the treadmill. For me these were serious revalations (did I mention I was a hard core couch potato?).

Well, over the next couple of weeks one thing leads to another and I find (amazingly!) that I'm enjoying working out a bit. I knew I needed to get healthier, but truly one less Double with Cheese, no tomatoe, no onion with a large fry and large Frosty from my favoriate fast food joint a week would be healthier. What I really needed was something to take my addictive personality (smoking for 30 years is just the tip of the iceburg!) and put it to some good use for a change. That's when I started thinking about Tri's. I mean what's more insane than this, right? But I knew if I could find something to really dive into that would make me get healthier, but if I just left it as something vague than I'd be back on the couch in no time!

So with that, I'm on board with training! I picked up my new Trek road bike (2015 Domane 2.1) and am working out as much as I can. Even got a membership at the Y which is 2 blocks from my office. For people who know me these are all things that make them go "You? Really? OKKKKKKKK".

I'm looking forward to hanging around the site and hopefully getting to know some of you. Looks like some of you in the NC area are planning on participating in some of the same events I am, so I may even get to meet some of you down the road!