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The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa., Jessica Berthold Bloggernaut Column: Marathon Man Opens the Door

Posted on: Friday, 31 March 2006, 09:00 CST

By Jessica Berthold, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.

Mar. 31--If you have zero athletic inclination, Tri-Geek Dreams (www.trigeekdreams.com)

probably isn't the blog for you. But if, like many of us, you've vague notions that someday you'll run a marathon, or climb Mount Everest, or trek across Nepal, this blog could be the kick in the shorts you need.

The site charts the journey of a middle-aged idler who up and decided he wanted to do a triathlon. Alternately self-deprecating and self-satisfied, the blogger refers to himself in the third person as "The Kahuna" and serves up plenty of progress notes.

Where the blog really shines, though, is in its more thoughtful posts about the ups and downs of pursuing a dream, and in capturing the sense of community triathletes share. At the least, Tri-Geek Dreams lets you peer into a distinct world and get a sense of what it might be like to live there. At most, it might entice you to dust off those sneaks.

Bloggernaut appears in its entirety every week in Friday's "a.m. Magazine" of The Morning Call.

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Source: The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania

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