And so it beginns ... The Triathlon Try - Take 1

How it all started ....

It all began with the Oxfam Marathon in '06 and now I am back with my first Triathlon trial (you know since the marathon was not painful enough i knew i needed to add some other elements such as a) trying not to end up at the bottom of the lake during the swimming portion, b) racing up and down hills on a converted mountain bike without crashing into things and c) finishing the whole experience by crawling 10km towards a surely magnificent finish line.)

This time around I will be raising money for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training (see i was smarter this time around and decided to do this thing with a whole bunch of other people) and the idea is to suffer (i.e. train) together will raising funds to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma.

Thus: i would appreciate it tremendously if you could help me out in my fund raising efforts (yes its all tax deductible!) by making a small (or not so small) donation to support my participation in the Triathlon and to consequently help out in the fight against Leukemia & Lymphoma (just think, as additional bonus you will be making sure that for the next three months i will endure endless hours of grueling training since as most of you know 'just finishing' won't quite cut it and i need to break - what i am being told is a respectable - 3 hour mark for the event. (This obviously implies that I will not end up at the bottom of the Lake ...)

Any donation is greatly appreciated. Danke, Danke, Danke! Stephan