Inspiration

In my last post, I said that I didn't know where the idea came from to do an Ironman. Well I lied. I had come a crossed a blog that inspired me. I don't remember how I found the Swim Bike Mom blog, maybe I had searched too many 5k's and Sprint Triathlons and my internet cookies decided THIS is the blog for her! Who knew! Anyways! I found Meredith's website/blog and fell in love! She is sassy and feisty and sometimes hates working out. She wrote what I was thinking! I have read a bunch of tips and articles about triathlons and training and most (insert ALL) of them are written by size 2 "Perkies" that never eat cookies and spend 23 1/2 hours in the gym (the other 1/2 hour is spent looking perfect). But Meredith is a plus sized momma like me. After a night of cyber stalking and speed reading her blog from the beginning I told myself, "Just because I'm a luscious curly mom, why can't I do an Ironman? Meredith is a big girl too and look SHE can do it and so can I!" And that ladies and gentlemen is when this crazy idea implanted itself into my brain and it has no intensions of leaving!