- I got engaged to Eric... then married him!
- I took up running and met great new friends at the Running Room
- I completed 2 half-marathons
- I learned to swim
- I swam in the pool, the lake and the ocean - and didn't drown :)
- I surfed in Costa Rica (I had wanted to do that since I was 5 years old!)
- I swam with the green turtles in Mexico
- I got my first road bike and learned to ride clipless
- I joined a triathlon club and made new friends
- I joined a second club - and made even more new friends
- I started yoga training with Shiva Rea and met some fabulous new yogini friends at Kripalu
- I learned to laugh at myself in a wetsuit
- I did a couple of small triathlons (and survived the swim leg!)
- I came in dead last in an Olympic distance duathlon – and survived to laugh about it!
- I upgraded my Trek road bike to my custom Guru
- I took up photography as a serious hobby
- I reconnected with my old classmates via Facebook and at our high school reunion and it was wonderful
- I got a triathlon coach
- I signed up for a half-iron distance race: Timberman 2010
- I’m currently training for same... and each week I surprise the heck out of myself with my abilities (who knew??)
- I got accepted into the Sugoi Brand Champions program
- I started volunteering with the kids’ triathlon program and felt my heart open to these amazing young people (ages 7-13) who are doing all of the things that it took me 40 years to start doing...
All this in 4 years...??
The journey continues... how exciting!!
