Its a Start!

     As long as can remember I have been awestruck with the Ironman Triathlon.  I can remember watching the replays on network TV months after the event date and imagining that one day I would hear Mike Reilly (the voice of Ironman) announce at the finish line, "Kevin Glaspie, you are an Ironman."  Many years have passed, but i never forgot my dream. 
     A few years ago I started dabbling in triathlons.  I started with the local Greeley Sprint Tri.  The swim was in a shallow 50 meter pool, I completed the bike portion on my Giant mountain bike and I shuffle stepped through the 5k.  Back then the plan of the day was to cross the finish line, and I did.  The next couple of years I continued to participate in the Greeley Tri, and every year I saw improvement. I started to actually feel like a triathlete.
     This summer I decided to step up my game.  I entered all three of the races that make up the Northern Colorado Tri Series.  This meant I would be racing in sprint tri's in Windsor and Greeley and competing in my first full tri in Loveland.  I actually started training and continued to see progress.  In the middle of one of the races I had an epiphany; it was defanetly time to take the next step towards accomplishing my childhood dream. 
     I went home pulled up a list of Ironman races and decided that I would be traveling to beautiful St. George Utah in May to swim 2.4 miles in Sand Hollow Reservoir, attack the 2000+ft climb between Gunlock and Veyo twice on my 112 mile bike ride, and run 26.2 miles in order to satisfy a childhood dream.
     The purpose of this blog is so that you can share in the Ironman journey with me.  Support and motivation is optimal; but for the few that want to crack jokes or see how miserable training will be, your comments will be appreciated too.