4/5/19

Welcome to my blog for the “Aging Athlete” The purpose for this blog is to provide you with reviews from my experiences on, Products, Participant events (Triathlons, Marathons, Cycling etc.), Destinations, Books and anything that I think might help you in your decision making process and information collection and overall health and fitness. I am not a Doctor. Any advice I give are just opinions. I went back to school online last April and in the last year did 2 Biology classes as well as Psychology, College Algebra and Digital Communications. I am working on a degree in Health Sciences. I am a USA Triathlon Level 1 Certified Coach and a L+

evel 2 USA Cycling Certified Coach  I am 53 years old; my current level of fitness is good. I have lost 22 Lbs. in the last year and would like to lose another 15. I had I “minor” stroke 5 years ago and am lucky to not have any lingering effects. My stroke was probably brought on by AFib that was probably brought on by the 30 years of heavy drinking that I was able to finally get honest with myself and have been sober 2 years March 26^th. I did my first half Ironman Tri in 2007 and my first Marathon last year June 2018. After training since January of 2018, I am planning on doing an event packed 2019. It starts this Sunday with the Rock N Roll ½ Marathon in San Francisco, a charity run for St. Jude’s (email me if you want my donation website). I will do a review of the event and my overnight stay in San Francisco next week. From there next weekend April 14 I will be doing a local Olympic distance Triathlon here in Discovery Bay Ca. (Olympic is my distance unless otherwise mentioned) May 19^th is Bay to Breakers in San Francisco. June 2^nd is the Herbalife 24 Triathlon of Los Angeles (USA Triathlon West Coast Regionals). June 9^th is Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon in San Francisco, an event I had to win a lottery to gain entry. It is also a bit shorter nontraditional distance. July 14^th is California Triathlons Folsom event. July 20^th is the Legacy Triathlon in Long Beach (Sprint Distance), it is I trial event put on as a precursor to the 2026 Olympics in Los Angeles. August 10^th finds me in Clevland for the USA Triathlon Age Group Nationals. September 15^th is the Nautica Malibu Triathlon and I will wrap it all up with a Marathon on the Las Vegas Strip, at night November 16^th. From these events and my training throughout I will be bringing you reviews and tips. I hope you find this Blog helpful to you. I will also be posting Vlogs on YouTube occasionally. Look for Shawn Beddingfield on Instagram and Twitter as well as Facebook. And please invite a friend.  Shawn