Welcome to My Journey to Ironman Kona.

Hi, today is Friday the 13th. Everyone always thinks this is a bad day, but it is a good day for me.  So what better day to start something new. I know there are some sort of rules that need to be followed in this process. I think one is shorter is better.  First off I want to thank Bob Fabey for giving me this opportunity and giving me a push start on both of these venues. First he has designed my web page and then encouraged me to start blogging for everyone to follow my Journey. Thank you Bob. I would have never done this with out you! So here is the gist of my blogsite here. I am going to take you daily with me training, good days and bad, all the way to the World Championships in Kona, Hawaii on November 10,2009.  I qualified  in my last Ironmanin November 08′. During our time together I will try to give you a glimpse of what it takes for a 55 year old woman to get to the “BIG DANCE”. Hopefully you will enjoy my journey as much as I will enjoy, you going along with me. Some days will be much more interesting than others. Some days will be longer than others and then there will be MY REST DAYS. Those are my favorite. And I am sure you will love them too.  So lets get started.  Today I ran with my friend Erin we ran one hour and covered 6.5 miles. I was breathing very hard as I am not a very good runner, so today was easy for Erin and hard for me… its all relative. Then we met our friend, Merilee at lifetime to swim. The best thing to have are great training buddies and family who love and support you. Which I must tell you I have. I am blessed in so many ways. So we swam one mile, which takes about 1/2 hour. We ended our training day in the Jacuzzi with laughs all around. L.