It's official

I've agreed to do my first TRI - a sprint distance in early May. Oy!

I will actually start my 'training' tomorrow with my first run in 4.5 years. Here's to hoping I can ramp it up slow enough to avoid foot trouble. Actually, last weekend I was in Cabo with some girlfriends. We did a TON of walking and while I managed to develop shin splints (something I totally forgot was a problem for me when doing lots of walking), my foot never once started to hurt. That is HUGE and it may bode well for eventually running again.

So the plan is as follows (officially - I think I've mentioned this before):

Oct 31st: begin running (SLOWLY)
Nov 15th (or thereabouts): begin swimming
I'll be joining a local pool club OR a local gym that has a pool. I'll need to take lessons to learn how to breathe properly since sprinting while holding my breath (how I used to swim competitively) will not fly when the distance is 500 yards or longer.
Dec 1: sign up for the TRI!
Feb 10th: begin 11 week training program

In the meantime, I'm going to be ramping up my activity in general, using a lot of circuit training to get back into both cardio and strength shape, and losing weight.

I took off my GWF while I was in Cabo, but I have it back on now and I'm trying to get in more 'steps'. Yesterday I met all my goals except my calories - I was still 800 short. I'll do better going forward.

As far as what I will record here - I'm not sure. I may log my training, I may log my progress (speed, scale, etc)....I may just use this for a place for word spewing...we'll see.