Twenty-Six

So yesterday I turned 26 (on the 26th). I guess people call that your golden birthday, or champagne birthday, or whatever-else-birthday. Hadn't heard that before. I usually write about what I learned and my firsts over the past year, but I'm going to change it up a little this year:


June Carter Cash
Marathon 
Rhombicuboctahedron
Iron
Johnny Oates
Z
Walt Disney's Oscars
Number of bones in the human foot/ankle
Kingsport, TN to Atlantic Ocean
Honeysuckle and Rose
Coney Island's Cyclone
Abner Doubleday, Derek Jeter and Michael Vick 
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Madagascar
Seven Days in Sunny June


Okay, maybe that wasn't as fun as I thought it would be.


Maybe I should try something else. Something a little more different. Maybe it would be sort of fun to write a short story that contains exactly

Five Percent There

So I don't think I've mentioned on here yet, but I've begun training for triathlons, with the ultimate goal being to finish an IronMan. The plan right now is Austria 2012. I mean, if I'm going to do it, might as well make it even more awesome, right?

I have the running part down. I know I can do that. I am confident I can get the bike part down. But first I need a bike ;) I plan to order a bike Friday morning, so hopefully be out riding by next weekend!

The swimming is where I really have to work. My idea of swimming for the last, well, since swim lessons when I was really little, is sitting in a hot tub :) I started almost two months ago now, learning how to swim. I signed up for lessons (1-on-1!) because I figured I needed it. It's been slow progress, but progress nonetheless. I made it 200m straight this morning (though I did roll to my back 3 times) and also 250m backstroke. Tested out my new mirrored goggles too! Considering the IronMan is a 2.4 MILE swim, I have a long way to go! I'd like to do an Olympic or Half IronMan this fall, and a sprint tri next month...and I'm only a quarter the way there for the sprint! Just gotta keep chugging along...