Tri-ing Life and More

First off, it is the most important to say thanks to all who serve our country.  We have so much to thank them for and watching the DC Memorial Day concert (before the rain canceled it), I realized how lucky I am to be an American and how much our military does for us.  So thanks to anyone who has served or is serving now. Memorial Day is also known for being the beginning of summer and the start of outdoor fun.  I was set to do a ride called Mountains of Misery (103 miles, 10,000 feet of climbing) with some of my teammates and was looking forward to it (I know who looks forward to misery).  These plans were scratched three weeks ago when I went to an orthopedic doctor to look at some problems I have been having with my knee.  I had gotten an MRI and my physician had called to tell me there were no tears.  Imagine my surprise when the specialist told me that I had multiple problems with my right knee.  I had torn my medial meniscus, had a pothole in my knee cap (yes he called it a

Some Slight Background on my Triathlon Career So I have been thinking about blogging for awhile now.  I don't really think my life is interesting enough to blog about, but I am doing it for a different reason.  I have signed up for Ironman Wisconsin on September 9, 2012.  This will not be my first Ironman, but it does mean a lot to me.  My family (a lot of them) are coming to watch me compete.  So I am starting this blog so they can follow the entire journey and not just the race at the end.  I don't know how much I will use this but I do have more time than expected (reason coming soon) so I figured I would try. Some background on my triathlon career (since this is mostly for my family, I don't need to explain myself).  My first triathlon was a local Chicago one five minutes from home.  I was no longer in competitive sports so I wanted to find something to compete in individually.  I went and bought a $80 bike from Walmart and a $35 wetsuit from Amazon and figured I