325 Days and Tri'ing

Hello all,

I just wanted to take a moment to express what a tremendous inspiration this site and this sport have been for me in the past 6 months or so. I have been sober for 325 days today and am in my 3rd month of triathlon training. I plan to start racing in the spring.

As youngster and teenager, I was a pretty good athlete. However, when college rolled around I fell into the grips of alcohol where I stayed until December 8, 2003. I am currently in the best shape I have been since high school and have lost about 15 pounds.

Alcohol had been my "recreation" for the past 18 years. I mustered enough courage to quit and was doing well for several months, but I still felt a kind of void. A friend of mine was training for his first triathlon and I started doing some research. I stumbled on this site several months ago and it really got me hooked. I started training in mid August and just purchased a new road bike(gave up the old mountain bike).

I now look forward to my work outs like I used to look forward to getting to the bar or the beer store.

Thanks again to everyone on this site who has ever encouraged anyone.