Minnesota!

Well, I have been using this site for about a month now and I figure I should officially come out of the shadows.
I have not yet performed in a tri but am avidly training to start this spring. I decided to train for a tri after a weekend with my brother and dad. The more I talked about it, the more they both lit up. My dad used to be a marathoner and in the last 10 years has gotten out of shape and my brother I started him on a health kick last year to get him out of his sedentary lifestyle! Well, starting that week, all three of us got serious about training. It's great to see my dad get back into shape the way I saw my brother last year.
Anyway, I have lofty goals in the next few years of doing some oly's then a 1/2 IM before I even think about doing an IM (which we are talking about for my 30th birthday in 5 years!!!).
I was a swimmer in high school but spent the last 7 years oscillating between in and out of shape. I finally feel like this will stick. I am so excited about racing that I almost can't wait until May!
Finally, Minnesota is a terrible place to want to be a triathloner because the weather keeps me indoors for my workouts all winter, but it's still a great place to live (you just have to learn to love the gym smell!).

Hope to talk to everyone soon. This is a great site!

Mary