We run, we swim, we do the other thing

Wowzers, it's been 3 months since I've posted here. A lot of things are new: I started exercising regularly--finally! I even have injured myself, taken time off, and recovered since my last post. I have come up with a whole new set of life goals and I am losing weight quickly. Things are going really well.

My running is still struggling a bit thanks to an IT band injury in my right knee, but I am slowly improving here. I had a long run of up to 10 miles pre-injury. I was attempting a 12 miler when the injury got to the point where it hurt too much to continue. I stopped at 9.5 miles and limped on back home. I then took 3 weeks off and started swimming and biking a little bit to supplement my running.

Guess what? I fell in love with those two sports all over again. I was a competitive sprinter in the pool back in high school (24 second 50y), and I started biking a bit back in 2004. I did a duathlon back then, finishing 7th overall. I haven't been biking a lot, but the little bit that I've done I absolutely love. I am really excited to be back on the bike and realizing some of my long term fitness goals. I joined a local cycling club recently, and I will begin training with them this weekend.

I started running a bit again a little over a week ago. I've increased the distance up to a 3 mile long run, and I can complete this distance without pain now.

Anyway, I am aiming toward a good winter full of running and maybe some swimming thrown in a day or two per week. The ultimate goal is to compete in triathlons next season. I am super excited about this and will undoubtedly post updates here once in a while