KSH, I agree with everyone here...thank you! I also find it fascinating to read the several-years-long trajectories that folks here have. It fuels my own hope. I really look forward to reading about your HIM, your training and your IM.

You keep saying you're slow, but the goals you have set for your HIM are awesome to me! And, I believe you can make them, definitely.

Finally, I know others who have done their IMs without ever having run a stand alone marathon. You have to know yourself!

Thanks again!!! I enjoyed reading the detail!