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Hello all.

I'm making the jump to get back into being the athlete I use to love being. I have worked out (lifting, elliptical, basketball) on and off for the last 5 years, but nothing has lasted. Kids, work... It seems many that have posted here understand. For me I also have one other huge motivation, is to indirectly show my children how to live life and eat healthy.

Spare the rest of the story. I haven't yet picked a tri to run, and may not do so till next year. I am 6'5" and 285 lbs, and I don't plan on running till I get down to 250. I have had one knee surgery (played college basketball) and very conscious of damage I can do to them. I hope to lose weight as I do this, and goal weight will be 220. I think anything under 220 will be very hard for me, as playing weight was 215.

I have ordered a CAAD8 Optimo 2 and waiting on it to come in. I am very excited to get the bike (as you can imagine) and hit the road. I've been doing a ton of elliptical and soon be hitting the pool. Plan on focusing on those two items, as I've ran plenty of times in the past to lengths of 10 miles. So to me the running will be the easiest as my fitness level increases.

Anyway. If you read this far, you must be bored. haha

Good luck all. And hope to join the ranks of finisher within the next 12 months.

bugeater