First marathon in 2001 but became bored with marathons by end of 2004- not the training but the road marathon format. Learned to swim enough for a pool sprint tri in Spring 2005 and fell in love with triathlon from the moment the guy said 4-3-2-1-GO. I mean butterflies-in-the-stomach in love. The love affair continues at ironman distance. I'm very obsesses with tri. Trail running is another mega-love. But my family comes first (although they would disagree)- four girls including my wife. Endurance training for me is getting up and out to complete a big workout in the morning then taking the kids for the rest of the day and enjoying every minute of it.

Long term, I think a lot about sailing. One day soon I want to race sunfish sailboats (although I have no boat and cannot sail).