So I am not a runner....yet.....

A really good friend gave me this advice....train for your weaknesses and race your strengths.....

So I have made a concerted effort to really try to become a better runner....regular training on the treadmill....

So once a week I drive to Long Beach to run on the boardwalk. Its about 5 miles and I love every second of it. The ocean is just a few feet away....salt air.....cool breeze....helps clear my head.

I started this crazy journey running 1 minute and walking 1.5 minutes....I remember feeling like i was going to collapse after finishing the whole thing.....and feeling amazing cause i never thought i could do it....so tonight I did it again...and i have a secret....

I think i am turning into a runner......DONT TELL ANYONE......

My aerobic fitness is getting better....I can jog for 5-7 minute intervals AND i am able to start recovering while jogging instead of walking.....so much less walky much more runny,...bobbby like....yes bobby like very much....

While i was running...i felt soooo good.....and i got to my usual interval time where i would walk and I said to myself...just keep going....you arent even breathing hard.....it was great...just kept going....much longer than i ever have....

SO TODAY I AM PROUD OF MYSELF...YEP ME MOI BOBBITO

And when i was done...I JUMPED IN THE OCEAN....A W E S O M E


Never thought i would say it but...I am a runner.

IM CDA and MILE 20

I just want to wish everyone participating in IM CDA good luck.....I am there rooting you on.

So about a year ago i met this blogger named TEA. She was a new(yet not as new as me) triathlete. I would read her adventures and before i blogged i shared my 1st tri and (mis) adventures with her. Slowly I got to know Sherpa, Jman, and AK. I feel like Tea has been with me though many of the ups and downs of my life(divorce, moving, selling house, shoulder injuries) always there reminding me to never give up and things will get better. So to a good friend and her awesome family.....

TEA KICK SOME IRONMAN ASS!!!!!!

MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT

BOB ' tri-bobolicious" Myers aka MILE 20

ps I signed up for the Tobay sprint Tri on 8/16:)