What am I thinking?

Ok so I did that damn biathlon and boy did it suck. One reason being that the bike that I borrowed from a friend is a mountain bike from like 1985 with only really two gears, it didn't have clipless pedals or cages and then in the middle of the "rolling hills"- my ass bike course, it started to rain. I think at one point I was pedaling up a hill and I swear I wasn't moving. It made me realize that I do need to put a serious investment in a nice road bike, and that I have a long way to go before I'm ready for the half ironman. At one point I think I turned into my Dad and cursed the rain, the bike, and my stupidity for awhile. But after getting off the bike, running the next 2.5 miles and getting my finishers medal, it felt pretty good, I wasn't super happy, but it was done. I'm hoping to do the same course in a month to see how long it will take after some further training.

In unrelated news I've decided to embark on the interesting venture of online dating, ewww! It's something that I've thought about, and I know some people have great experiences and all, but it weirds me out and the whole process of "selling yourself" and pimping yourself out is so not appealing, I've always been a hopeless romantic where I thought I would just meet someone and it would just be right. But something has to be done with the lack of dating in my life the last couple of years, yes that's right years. I haven't met anyone in a long time that I've had that spark or connection with in a long time, and the social scene in SF is great, but I think I have too much fun with my friends when we are out to actually notice the other superfluous people in the bar. That is unless I'm drunk and want some boy to kiss.
So, it's official day one of putting myself out there to see what kind of fish this shiny lure attracts. That's the hard part, the immediate rejection that occurs, well maybe that won't be as bad as the rejection after they get to know me. But it's soo hard to convey who you are in a profile and sarcasm sooo doesn't translate unless people actually know how you talk.
But we shall see how it goes, but I know that it will have to be better than the blind date I had earlier this year, where the dude proceeded to down maybe 7 or 8 shots of Petron and got so sloppy drunk I just wanted to see what he would do next, the kareoke was sweet. Yeah, that friend is not setting anyone up anymore. Hey if these dates do compete with that one, there will be some goood posts.
So, day one I've searched the men in the area, and am pleasantly surprised by the number of cute and seemingly nice guys that actually want to date are in the area. I've clicked on a few profiles, selected a few favorites, and actually e-mailed one today. Yes I was convinced by a friend that if I was going to do this I couldn't just sit and wait for the men to come to me.
So we shall see where this venture will take me, maybe nothing, but there is the possibility that I will find someone that I will enjoy hanging out with for a while, so that possibility makes me pretty stoked.