Mont-Tremblant Inaugural Post

As followers of my Facebook page may already know, I’m partaking in an Ironman this year.  On August 18, 2013, in Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada, I will take part in a stupidly long triathlon that is considered, with very few exceptions, the high watermark for endurance athletes. This is, at least for me, a massive undertaking and a Bucket List kind of endeavor. For this reason, I’m starting Mont-Tremblog, which will be a running tally of my training.

Before people get scared off, my goal for this blog is not to chronicle how awesome this is. For 98% of the population it’s positively idiotic, and I know no one wants to read about a hokey glorification of something that I’ve willingly paid good money to participate in. Seems a little odd and self-aggrandizing to do so in my opinion.

My primary hope is that this will become an engineer’s log of how I got from Point A to Point B. I’ll keep track of weekly activity totals, general fitness (physical and mental), and any pitfalls I encounter along the way. I also hope to track the Michael Phelpsian quantities of food I anticipate I’ll consume, and certainly I’ll inject humor and share funny anecdotes as well. Secondarily, I hope that by publishing this in the public domain, it will keep me honest and ultimately help me stick to my training. Because nothing is a better motivator for me than the threat of getting called out for not keeping my appointed rounds.

Training starts in earnest on January 22.  Stay tuned…or don’t.