First, I would like to say welcome if you have made it this far to witness the inaugural posting for me of invisible blogging pen to paper, joining the hopeful millions aspiring to be interesting. Secondly, I apologize that you have made it this far only to find out that it's some egotistical meglomaniac writing to brag about his own achievements...

In all seriousness, I have set up this page for a good cause. For those who may not know, for the past two years I have been competing in triathlons here in Colorado and around the country. This year, however, I have decided to race while fundraising for the Connecticut Children's Medical Center http://www.ccmckids.org/, an institution that is important to me personally. They do so much good work and this is just my small way of giving back in thanks. My goal is to race 400-500 miles this year and to raise $4000-5000 for Connecticut Children's. So, this page will serve to let interested parties know how my racing season is going as well as my fundraising efforts, with possible insightful and witty commentary if I can find someone else to write this posting for me.

I currently have a fundraising effort up and running on Facebook, and am hoping to get a website created with help from Connecticut Children's so please check back in as I will be adding links to race websites and fundraising sites, photos, etc...

This being just a welcome note I will now release you to your other aimless online wanderings...

brendan