How it all started.....

I have 3 brothers and 1 beautiful sister, of those 3 brothers 1 of them has a screw loose, one has a team of 3 little groms that take up most of his time, and the last one enjoys inflicting pain on those around him that are foolish enough to follow him. By process of elimination that make me the foolish one, or am I?

The reality is when I was younger I excelled in two sports, baseball and golf, neither requiring much endurance. But just one year ago my youngest brother Brad challenged me to race in a triathlon with him, "just sign up Barny" and "you have to do at least one in your life time" I remember his words being. So, me being the anything you can do I can do better (which has proven itself time and time again, as far as I know) signed up and started training. No wait, I bought a bike then signed up and started training.

Encinitas or bust! My first triathlon was the 2007 Encinitas Triathlon, Encinitas CA. just 5 min. from my house. My goal was to finish in the top 10 in my age group, only I had never really spent any time swimming, riding, or running for that matter. I think I ran the mile in just under 7 min. back in high school then threw up once! Anyway, I trained, and swam, and ran, and road, and week in and weekend out got my ass handed to me by my younger brother. But when race time came I was ready, I had no idea what to do, other then go as fast as I could for as long as I could. I finished 8th..... goal accomplished, door opened, addiction started!