The Finish Line at Wildflower May 2006

This is at the finish line at Wildflower last May.... I was REALLY happy, as you can tell. That half ironman took 7 hours, 53 minutes, 18 seconds for me to complete.
A quick overview of my goals for the next four months of training:March: Complete "swim camp", a three week intensive swim program that my coach designed. It sets the foundation for the swim portion of the Ironman, after swim camp I will just need to do "maintanence" swimming. April: Run a competitive half marathon. Last spring I ran a half marathon in 2 hours 18 minutes, this past January I ran a similar course half marathon in 2 hours, 31 minutes..... I obviously lost ground! My goal is to run a 2 hour 18 minute half marathon in April. May: Run a full marathon (my first) - either the Flying Pig marathon in Cincinnati in early May, or the Cleveland Marathon mid-May. I also would like to enter the "Little Smokies" half ironman end of May. June: complete my first century ride (100 plus miles) if I haven't already tackled that sometime in April or May.