IRONMAN! (IRONWOMAN)

Lake Placid  July 24th 2011 was a day I try to remember. 140.6 miles, 15 hours, 44 minutes and 30 seconds. This was a hard fought goal I needed to do to give me courage to overcome hard and difficult times with my illnesses. Three years ago I was on the verge of  "exiting the planet". Yikes! Yes, a 52 year old athlete with a terrific family,  friends and life but challenges of any kind had been getting worse and worse and I did not care. It took several eye opening moments of near disaster...ah, more on that story later... COURAGE.

Courage to try (tri!)

I am hoping to reach out to others with mental illness and alcoholism (or any addiction) by sharing my experiences in the most honest way. Hmmmmm....too be honest I am doing this to help me keep some of the mushy brain blobs that hide my true self. Having to try to maintain a sense of "happiness" can be quite a battle when you are ill with these diseases. I don't want to get into the scientific facts at this point that these are diseases like any other such as cancer and diabetes. I often have to remind myself it is not all my fault although I can do a lot to help keep these sickness's at bay. I hope I can share some of my "toolbox" I use to keep me from harming myself along with my medications.


More on this stuff later...I want to show how Triathlons have been a huge part of my recovery.


Hope you enjoy and learn from my struggles and success.


Best in health,


Janet