Thanks Firenze and star... Yeah, it's been quite a journey. But I think there are a lot of people on this board who have tales to tell.... Lot's of different life experiences out there. I just tend to post mine online..

I say pick a race and sign up. I KNOW you will be ready, because you will have a concrete goal. Right now you just have the desire, but there is no REAL carrot out there to get you seriously training.
If you know you have a race to do on XX day, you will be more likely to make sure that you get the training in..