2010 - A Tri Oddessy

I was having a look back at my first couple of posts in 2010 and discovered that I missed something in my first post of 2011 - The good, the bad, and the downright ugly. So, here goes!

2010 - The Good:

• Moving to Melbourne
• Becoming a qualified exercise consultant / fitness instructor
• Finding a great house near the beach in Melbourne
• Travellling to Malaysia for a week
• Completing six triathlons in four months
• Buying a bike pod (travel box on wheels)
• Buying a MacBook Pro, iPhone and my first LCD TV
• Dad coming to visit 
• Watching Ironman NZ and my friend Sean race
• Running (most of) my first 10km
• My first day of 41.9 degrees.
• Finding out I've already had GF. At least I can't have that again.
• The gym opening up around the corner from my house
• My triathlon club
• The swim school around the corner from my house
• The doctor and vet around the corner from my house

2010 - The Bad:

• Race 1 of Season 2010/2011 being cancelled due to crap weather
• Not being able to do Race 2 due to stupid virus
• Bronchitis.  Gross.
• Paying a small fortune in rent for my great house near the beach in Melbourne
• Losing my keys on the last day of the year, breaking a window and then getting the keys back.
• My camera dying in Malaysia, on the first day
• AQIS and Customs opening some of my boxes of stuff sent over from NZ because they can't read (at $55 per box, for no bloody good reason)

2010 - The Downright Ugly

• The bike smash in Tri #7, which wrecked my chance of a PR.  Karma is a boomerang, competitor 510.  Watch out, it's coming for you.
• The truck taking me out in January.
• Triwoman #3 at Maraetai with that ridiculous "Swim".
• Earthquakes - Chile, Haiti, Christchurch
• Flooding in Victoria, NSW and more recently Queensland.
• Living in a hostel for five weeks, unable to cook and with no privacy!
• The amount of fat I accrued thanks to living in a hostel for five weeks, unable to cook
• Having to live on crap food for five weeks while living in the hostel
• The gallstone, and the discovery of the gallstone
• The virus in November/December, the resulting blood tests and being told I might have GF, then finding out I am/was pre-pre-diabetic

On the whole, 2010 was better than 2009. And, 2011 will be better still.  I have a lot to look forward to!