Blogging...we'll see how this works!

Hey ALL! I decided to try blogging, we'll see how this goes. I figure I'm always posting stuff on my FB and telling everyone about my fitness goals and health related things so why not share them with everyone more extensively.
As you all know I am married to my soul mate and high school sweet heart and it'll be 5 years of marriage in this August 2011, although we met when we were 14! Nicholas went away to the Navy out of high school and we lost contact until he was stationed in Jax, FL. In '04 I moved there to be with him and within 14 months we were engaged and 8 months later we were married! We moved back to Indiana in '07 because we knew we wanted to start a family and be closer to family here. We built our first home in '08! We were welcomed with our beautiful baby girl Ashlynn Marie in May of 2010 and we also have Molly our cocker spaniel of 6 years! She's our second baby : ).
I started running when I moved back to Indy. My sister is the one that got me started and it went up hill from there. I started out doing 5ks, 10-15k's etc and did my first Mini Marathon in 2008. I ran it again in 2009 then took a break 2010 when my daughter was born : ) haha!
During this time I also took onto trying to be a multisport athlete. I purchased a Trek Road bike and started doing Duathlon's (run, bike, run). Those were so much fun, but as always I still wanted more. My dad and sister have been doing triathlons for about 3-4 years now and I always said I would never do one because I couldn't swim. Well- that all changed this year. My goal has always been to complete a marathon and as time went on I really wanted to complete a triathlon as well.
I started swimming in February of this year....leading up to this year I couldn't even swim without plugging my nose. That's a plug for all you out there who don't think you can do anything athletic....29 years of my life and never learned to swim.
I signed up for my first Marathon the day registration opened...then it hit me...I'm training to do my first triathlon and first marathon in the SAME year. What am I thinking? So I swam and swam as much as I could but I was holding back. I was supposed to do a Triathlon in Carmel in April and a friend (who also trained me to swim) found a shorter distant swim that was later in the year. I chose to do wait because when you're not a swimmer at all and have 2 months to train for not only a swim but for a triathlon, it was intimidating.
So, I decided to sign up for the Boilmermaker Aquatics Triathlon which was this past weekend. I LOVED it! My goal was to finish which I did, I was so proud of myself yet still have area's I know need work and can't wait to attack those...
I am now moving onto my first marathon. I start training today which I'm a little more advanced then the training program they have layed out to me but I will follow it to my best. (Today is only a 3 mile run)...this may be easier than what I think! HAHA!
I'm excited to blog about my experience and training for my first Marathon and keep you all posted with fun tips, gadgets, etc that help me in my journey and training for this great experience I'm about to take on.
I hope you enjoy my blog,if not...don't read it...LOL! jk!