I am turning 30 in less than 3 months. 30! That seemed ancient when I was in the 3rd grade, but now it seems…well, not so ancient. I love to celebrate birthdays (especially my own) with some sort of pomp and circumstance, and it seems like I should really turn it up for the Big 3-0.
At first I decided I wanted to ride my bike across Texas, but then I realized I really didn’t leave myself enough time to plan an epic trip like that. And since hubby is starting a new business, I don’t have the loose change to go on a fab trip. So here is what I decided to do: I am making a list of 30 things to accomplish in my 30s: things like: riding in a hot air balloon, studying Russian again, etc.
And, of course, I would be remiss if I didn’t have some triathlon goals in there as well:
1. Complete another Ironman
2. Get on the podium at least 5 times
3. Commit to building my fitness level and keeping it!!!
As luck would have it, there is a contest going on for Triathletes – one person is going to be chosen to join Team EvoTri (www.evotri.com) where they will blog about the Tri life and get coaching, etc.
If you are chosen, I think you even get a new bike, which means I can give the one I borrowed from mom back! My own bike, I can’t even imagine it!
Here’s the only fly in the ointment: I wrote about what it means to be a triathlete and an environmentalist- as people who enjoy time in the outdoors, triathletes have a responsibility to be green. All that’s well and good, but literally 2 hours after I e-mailed my essay in, I open up Triathlon magazine and the letter from the editor is about the same darn thing! I am sure the EvoTri folks are going to think I am about the stupidest plagiarizer out there.
But keep your fingers crossed for me!
Kathy said,
June 25, 2008 @ 4:58 pm
Ah well, mama is not too concerned about her old bike, it’s not like I’ll be doing too many tri’s this year…or next….but I’m glad you are getting good use out of it. I will be glad to read your tri-ing adventures and look forward to more interesting tales….