One year... and the countdown is on

One year from now,  I'll be attempting (key word there.. ) my first triathlon. The IronGirl Lake Las Vegas Triathlon. I know,  I know,  some of you do this stuff all the time and it's a cake walk.  Remember that you're talking to the girl who has crazy expensive contact lenses so me and water sports have never played well together.  Currently,  I'm riding Rob's bike on the wind trainer, in the condo... and I don't have a bike helmet..  the run part.. cake walk.  I'm just sayin'.... 

My first thought is to do the Olympic distance... because I know I can do a 6.2 mile road race.... but now I'm wondering if the Sprint distance might be OK too.... I'm gonna have to think about that one... 

Olympic Distance: 1.5K Swim/40K Bike/10K Run
Sprint Distance: .5 Swim/10 Bike/3.1 Mile Run

And if you wanna see what we'll be doing,  check out NBC on July 26th.... the 2009 race will be aired then !

And JC - for the road race... some of it is on hard packed dirt trails... how cool is that ??? 

On sad side note... I had to give up summitting Rainier.... work is in the way.. and these days,  work has to come first.  I'll tuck that goal into a folder with a bright neon pink sticky note to review hopefully in 2010.    I'm completely frustrated / sad / bummed about the choice,  but I do know that work has to be a priority and when asked,  you make adjustments accordingly.  

Here's to every goal 

"A goal is a dream with a plan and deadline."