3..2..1...Go!

Okay, so my wife made this blogging thing sound so fun and look so easy (which it had to be if I was going to be able to do it) that I just had to have one of my own. I knew I would most likely create a blog somehow related to fitness and nutrition since that has been what I've done for the last 15 years but I wasn't sure what angle to take. I own a Crossfit gym here in Corpus Christi and thought about that but I saw there were some pretty fanatical crossfitters with blogs already repping the community, and doing a good job at that. Plus, I don't think I'm that fanatical about it. Sure, I love to get my WOD on but I don't have dreams of winning the games one day, I haven't named my daughter or any of my animals after any benchmark WOD, and I certainly don't have any type of Crossfit related tattoos (i.e. Pukie on my stomach).

However, I didn't find any blogs by any Crossfit Endurance athletes and since I've become a Crossfit Endurance coach in the last year and I'm very involved in getting back into racing this year I've decided the focus of my blog will be on my training to get back into racing shape. The reason I say back into racing shape is because in August 2008 I had some kind of gunk take up residence in my lungs and hang around until February of 2009. It was so bad I couldn't show a new member our warm up without getting short of breath. I just couldn't shake what ever it was and eventually ended up on a few rounds of different antibiotics and an inhaler. When you're sick that long you just start to think that you'll never be well again, but in February the muck started to clear up and I started to finally feel better. Finally, I could work out again. So as soon as I could, I was back to my WODS and working on my Crossfit Endurance homework. I had a few more colds during the year but nothing that took more than a couple of weeks to get over and I was able to run my first marathon in San Antonio in November 2009.

Now we're in 2010 and I've filled my calendar with plenty of races to keep me busy. So far I've found 2 marathons, a 50k, a 50 miler, 2 sprint triathlons, 2 half Ironman triathlons, and who knows what else I'll find to do. So if you're ready let's get started. 3..2..1..Go!!!