i hereby announce my intentions to make it back to Kona as a professional triathlete, i do, declare!  (i also obsessively watch the office and as a Southern, it is my obligation to declare important topics so that i portray a southern image.)

the view from Lava Java

i’ve always said i wouldn’t go back to Kona as a pro until i was ready.  it is time…time to get ready.  i still have a 30 minute gap to fill in this year, but continued improvement, focus, proper diet…blah, blah, blah.

in related news, it is also time my buddy tri-glen gets to Kona!

www.oldschoolironman.com

oh, this will be an exciting year in Kona indeed!  Tri-glen and I go way back to (www.eperformance.us) triathlon training camp.

(oh, you didn’t know, it’s name dropping Tuesday.)

back on track, when i met tri-glen, he was still struggling to pave his way.  in those days, he’d ride a tri bike in ironmans (wearing soccer shorts).  ha.  i had hope that he’d conform and adapt some of the gear that aids us in an ironman.  As I had known, that only a few year ago, i struggled with the concepts of bike shorts, bike helmets, and most all the tri gear.  i felt it was all overrated and too high maintenance.  that year at triathlon camp (spring 2004 or 2005), we actually staged a triathlon intervention and created a 12 step program for Tri-glen to become a ‘real’ triathlete.  the final step was that he renounce his given name and forever be known as Tri-glen.  i never envisioned that he would create his own path…the road less traveled…on a bmx bike…for 112 miles.  i am proud of him.  he is a great person and has been a good friend over the years.  in a sport where people commonly take themselves WAY to seriously, Tri-glen stands for everything that is right in triathlon.

i hope to bring some of that into my 2010 season, although i’ll still ride a tri bike, and somedays i may have to take myself too seriously.  BUT this is fun, damn it!

kona or bust 2010.  (i do, declare)

the best is yet to come…