Debating...Again

Well, as some of you know, I’ve wanted to do something for a while, and I’ve always had some excuse or another as to why I wasn’t doing it (often they were legitimate, but not always). So, if I blog about it, does that act as an accountability measure? Perhaps.

So here we go.

In order to get our minds off of other things that could become all-consuming, in an unhealthy way, (although I don’t know if there’s a healthy way for anything to be all-consuming), I asked Special K the other day if he’d like to train for a triathlon with me. Fortunately, he’s an adventurous sort, and he said yes. Now, we haven’t talked about it in anything more than vague generalities, but triathlon season will be over in a couple of months, so we would basically be training for something that is likely to happen next spring/summer/fall. Which is fortunate because, speaking for myself, I’m nowhere near in shape for it at present, and will need to work hard. I can do each of the individual events (swimming, biking, running), although my running needs work, it’s just doing all three in combination that will be difficult. Or rather, really freaking hard.

We’re not talking Iron Man or anything insane like that. Rather, I’m thinking we should start slow, with a sprint distance. See how we like it, if we can do it, all that stuff. But I’m a type-A personality and I respond well to goals and limits. Special K is far more type-B (which is a very good thing for both of us), but he’s also got enough discipline to totally pull something like this off.

So...wish us luck? If nothing else, it will be a good diversion!