Over the last year and a half I’ve gone from couch potato to a health and fitness maniac. Finding out I had diabetes probably was the big catalyst for this.

Now a year and a half in I’ve decided I want to go to the “next level”. Right now in my mind this means completing a triathlon.

Rather than just plunging in I did a little basic research. I am planning to do a “Sprint triathlon” consisting of a 500 yard swim, 15 mile bike ride, and a 3.1 mile run. There are several occurring in this area in August and September and this should give me plenty of time to train.