Welcome Post
First, an apology: I have a habit of writing about writing, instead of writing about something interesting. This first post is a perfect example of that. Instead of knowing that this space is a place for my musings on being a new dad and my passion for middling triathlon, you are focused solely on the meta of this post. Seeing as I've already committed to the bit, I might as well continue with it.
I've wanted to write for a while, but since I haven't won any awards for my writing since a column I wrote on sporks for my high school newspaper, I just haven't found the motivation I need to put pen to paper, or I suppose in modern parlance, to put finger to molded plastic. Ironically, it was in listening to the spoken word that I felt the nudge necessary to impulse buy this domain and put something on it.
Listening to a local running podcast, Pace the Nation, I've heard multiple authors interviewed about their books or essays, and gosh darn it, if they can do it, so can I.
I don't know what this blog will be, or how consistently I will write, but I do feel compelled to give you some background on myself to provide some color to these words.
Me:
Though not in this post, I do want to get into my training plan pre- and post-child, and my fears about my training (which is just one drop in the "OMG-I-am-responsible-for-another-living-being's-complete-and-total-livelihood" fear bucket).
Planning is one thing, but I also want to get into the execution of those plans, how my wife has been accommodating, and how I've needed to change my expectations of what I can and cannot do, but further, what I should and should not do.
My wife tells me constantly of the mommy blogs that abound on the internet, and I know there are a few daddy blogs. There are probably fewer still triathlon blogs, and while I haven't spent the thirty seconds it would take to fact check, this could very well be the only daddy-triathlon blog.
I hope I do it justice.
I've wanted to write for a while, but since I haven't won any awards for my writing since a column I wrote on sporks for my high school newspaper, I just haven't found the motivation I need to put pen to paper, or I suppose in modern parlance, to put finger to molded plastic. Ironically, it was in listening to the spoken word that I felt the nudge necessary to impulse buy this domain and put something on it.
Listening to a local running podcast, Pace the Nation, I've heard multiple authors interviewed about their books or essays, and gosh darn it, if they can do it, so can I.
I don't know what this blog will be, or how consistently I will write, but I do feel compelled to give you some background on myself to provide some color to these words.
Me:
- My first child was born in January 2016
- I am married and work fulltime+ for a Federal Consulting company
- I enjoy triathlons
Though not in this post, I do want to get into my training plan pre- and post-child, and my fears about my training (which is just one drop in the "OMG-I-am-responsible-for-another-living-being's-complete-and-total-livelihood" fear bucket).
Planning is one thing, but I also want to get into the execution of those plans, how my wife has been accommodating, and how I've needed to change my expectations of what I can and cannot do, but further, what I should and should not do.
My wife tells me constantly of the mommy blogs that abound on the internet, and I know there are a few daddy blogs. There are probably fewer still triathlon blogs, and while I haven't spent the thirty seconds it would take to fact check, this could very well be the only daddy-triathlon blog.
I hope I do it justice.
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