first blog

it's mike, and i'm signing in for the first time. i'm the only white guy in the picture, but i speak chinese if that helps. i'm the only married one in the group, and i have a new baby boy. the ironman is the ultimate test of the human body, i have always wanted to do this event, and over christmas break when i was flying i saw a guy in the airport with a t-shirt that simply said in small black print, "ironman finisher." i knew i wanted one of those shirts; i had to have one. but it's not the shirt that is the quest, it's to stand on the top of the mountain, to see the sunset from where the eagles do and to breathe the cold, crisp and thin air on top of the world. for me, the ironman is the top of the mountain. couldn't be in better company either. anyway, enouth of that.
my normal breakfast consists of water(no kidding), three hard-boiled eggs, total bran cereal with 1/2 pint of skim milk, whatever fruit is at the salad bar, and marching.
lunch is sporatic at best with a salad, some kind of meat, and some kind of starch, usually bread. the peanut butter and jelly kind. during dinner, i eat casually, if i'm going to be running the next morning, then it's pasta, if not, it's grilled chicken somekind of non fried meat. running is awesome.
that's it for now, my wife is waiting for me.
oh, and my inspirstion is dick and rick hoyt. i'll add link later.