I've inadvertently been training for triathlons since I was 5 or 6.  It started when my father began bringing me on his daily jogs and gave me my first real bike for Hanukkah.  Running and biking became the staples of my family's bonding time.  Eventually I was old enough to begin competing in track meets and mountain biking seriously.  I ran track in elementary school, junior high, and high school, and switched to long-distance running during my sophomore year in high school.  I had a progressively successful running career in high school, and I ended up at the top of varsity my senior year.  However, during the period before the state championships of my senior year, I suffered a stress fracture that progressed to a displaced fracture, which sidelined me for 3 months, and continued being troublesome for almost a year after the break due to complications.  During this time, I resorted to swimming daily to satisfy my endorphin dependency, and after some coercion from Seth Wilkie, my track core trainer (and dedicated triathlete), I got ahold of a cervelo soloist and my triathlon career began.  My first season, summer and fall of 2007, was surprisingly successful, considering my fibula was in two pieces for the majority of the season.  My season ended on a high note in September at the Subaru International Pacific Spirit Triathlon, in which I placed third while fighting a bout of the common cold.  During the off-season, I've been seriously focusing on my swimming technique and pedaling technique, and am currently in an elevated-intensity training phase in hopes of blowing minds at the Trisports.com Desert Classic Duathlon in Phoenix in February.

Short Term (2008 Season)
-Start a youth team in Albuquerque to get more of today's youth involved in the great sport of Triathlon
-Swim: sub-20:00 1500m, sub-10:00 750
-Run: sub-34:00 10k, sub-16:00 5k
-Bike: sub-55:00 40k, sub-25:00 20k
-Improve times from last season by at least 20%
-Compete in ITU continental cups
-Do a half-iron
-Qualify for nationals

Mid Term (next 4 years)
-Win national event
-Win continental cups
-Do an iron-distance race
-Be selected for Canadian development team

Long Term (Career)
-Qualify for 2012/2016/2020 Olympics
-Win an Iron Distance race
-Qualify for Kona
-Win at the Olympics
-Win at least 3 ITU World Cups