Hi all (all 0 of you?). I ran 20 minutes and did a full-body weight workout at the Y that I have been paying for over the last 5 years without using. In that time my daughter has sure learned how to swim though!

Damn I'm sore today...did everything easy but the ol' bod dinna recall exercise too much it seems.

I'm going to check the results of the 50-54 AG at the various IM races in NA to see what is required for a qualifying effort for Kona...then I suspect I'll have to subtract 15-20 minutes as the good guys in 45-49 are all moving up along with me...methinks a real reality check will be in order, but I suspect I'll need an effort in the mid 10 hour range at the very least.

I weigh in right now around 185 pounds and was 169 pounds for IMF 5 years ago and 162 for Hawaii 21 years ago. I also will set some short term (1 year), mid (2-3 years) and long term (4-5 years) goals over the next few days as benchmarks to be met along the way.

Hi all...blog active now...just had to start posting about this dream I had. The short version is that I first did Ironman Hawaii as a 25 year-old in 1985. Not long ago, I experienced an incredibly realistic dream that I toted the Hawaii starting line as a 50 year-old (4 years hence)...on the 25th anniversary of my race there.

The race is a totally different animal now...very tough to qualify...and to be quite honest, my athletic strengths are not what they used to be and were never swimming, cycling, and running. My best sport was tennis as a kid, with basketball a distant second.

I completed the Hawaiian Ironman in 12 hours and 30 minutes in 1985. I finished Ironman Florida in 2001 as a 41 year-old and was in much better shape than when I was 25. Unfortunately an injury occured during the race that reduced me to hobbling most of the run...but hey, that's the breaks.

Anyways, let's see what happens. I am totally out of shape...relatively speaking...so will begin something resembling training today.

I wonder...