For those of you who don't know..

I feel like I have started a new book--not just a new chapter in my wonderful life. So here is a recap for those of you who don't know how all this started about a year and a half ago....

I have been questioned how did you get into this? What started it?

It started about May 2007 with a tiny voice in my head...

First of all, I would like to put a few things out there: I LOVE MY LIFE--and truthfully, I could not be any happier. I have been blessed with a beautiful family, including the dog,cats, and hermit crabs. I have a wonderful husband and kids and a profession that I would not trade for anything.

But, and here is the BUT--there are a couple of things that I have wanted to accomplish in my lifetime aside from all of the above. One was to finally finish my B.A.--and it doesn't matter that it won't make me any more money, I love learning, and in order to take any graduate courses, you need to have it. Secondly, I want to be really healthy and in great shape.

Sooo, nearing the end of school in early spring of 2007, knowing that both my children will be in school full time in the fall of 2007, knowing I will have more 'free' time because I will have graduated in May, and undecided for which graduate program to apply to, the idea of a triathlon festered.

There were local sprint triathlons around and I worked out, but being in school full time and working full time and having one child at half day preschool and one in all day school and driving to speech therapy, occupational therapy and physical therapy for him, I didn't work out nearly enough to stay centered nor compete at any level, yet. And here is that word--YET

So I looked around and began planning. I came up with this crazy idea of doing the big one--the full boat 140.6 mile IRONMAN and talked with my hubbie and hired a coach. I registered for the 2008 Lake Placid Ironman.

Now for those of you that know it, that itself was challenging enough considering it sold out in minutes--but thats another story..So, on the following pages you will find my journey...

So the idea began about may June 2007 and has gotten me here today with unfinished business in Lake Placid and now paying it forward for someone else....

PeaceKodiac