TRIATHLON!

With a great marathon behind me, it is time for a new challenge--Triathlon!

In keeping with tradition, here are 5 reasons:
1. Hard to imagine having a better marathon next year and I want to enjoy the afterglow a little longer.
2. Triathlon training is a great way to stay in shape, let the body heal, and to motivate training for the cold winter months.
4. marathon : stinky shoes :: Triathlon : new gear
5. Truth: Swimming is a longterm nemisis, I can't crawl stroke more than 50m.  So like the marathon, there's a score to settle.
 
So I signed up for the Philladelphia Sprint Triathlon on June 26th!  What better way to make a statement about swimming than a 900m open water gauntlet of other people's arms and legs?  After that, the 24K bike and 5K run just round out the experience.

So its off to the pool, swim classes, calls to friends who have done IronMan races.  Added bonus, the support staff is psyched to tackle swimming with me, so it will be great to have a training partner in crime!