Sorry this in long and rambles!

I am 38 and I hope to do a sprint in June 05.

I was never athletic, but a couple of years ago someone gave me a weight bench and I started lifting weights. I lost 30lbs doing that.

Then my 12-year-old wanted to run cross-country track and asked if I would run with her during the summer. I really enjoyed the Father / Daughter thing.

One day in June while riding the Motorcycle I saw a flyer for a local triathlon. It stayed in the back of my mind. Somehow during the summer I went from helping my daughter, to making my own training plans to do this Tri the next summer.

I plan to keep running and biking the rest of the fall and lifting weights all winter. Next spring I will switch back to more cardio.

Also, I plan to do this on the cheap. I have a $70.00 mountain bike and running shoes I bought off the clearance rack.

To give myself a small test, My daughter, Wife and I will run a Marine 5k Mud Run on September 25th. If that goes well, I will shoot for the Tri!!

Sorry this is so long, but I don't have many people to talk to about this, I am kind of a closet exerciser. My friends and family already think the weight lifting is outrageous. I can't bring myself to even start explaining why I want to do a triathlon!!