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My name is Jim Hodgson and I live in Atlanta, GA. My goal for 2009 is to live one year in high gear. Eating the right way, laying off the beers and most importantly, completing an Ironman triathlon in August. Follow my progress here. Read more...

I also have a work site that describes what I'm up to professionally.

I'm in phase one of my athletic year, which means I'm participating in Team in Training. I'm running my first marathon in March to raise $1800 to aid in the fight against Cancer. Join me...

Athletics

• Big goals

  • Phase I - Marathon - My first big athletic challenge of 09, and a big fundraising challenge as well. This is 3 months away.
  • Phase II - Half Ironman race - In order to help prepare for my full ironman, I'll be doing a half on May 17th. It's 70.3 miles total. 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike and 13.1 mile run. This is 4 months away.
  • Phase III - Full Ironman race - My biggest athletic goal for this year is to complete an Ironman race in Louisville, Kentucky on August 30th. It'll be 140.6 miles total, made up of a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride, and a 26.2 mile marathon run. This is 8 months away.

• Smaller goals

  • a sub 20 minute 5k. Last time was 24:05. Improved from last year's 38min.
  • a sub 50 minute 10k. Last time was 53:11. Improved from last year's 1:04
  • top ten place in Cyclocross race in the fall. Finished 20th for the season this year.

• Bike Racing

  • I'm the sponsorship coordinator for a bicycle team called Faster Mustache. I raced the 08 Cyclocross season (finished 20th), and had a blast. Can't wait for summer.

Art

• Music

  • Jim Hodgson Band (iTunes) - Since I'm not playing with Sonia Leigh anymore, I'll probably be booking some gigs for myself again, although it's the holidays right now so everyone is scattered. Eventually I'd like to work on another record.
  • I'm also in the preliminary phases of being involved with a couple other projects that I can't talk about yet. But they're still there... or not.

• Ye Olde Written Worde

  • I write little stories and poems on this blog. Blog blog blog. Dislike that word.

• Visual Art

  • Sam Thacker music video - I've been invited to go on the Rock Boat with my buddy Sam Thacker and his band to film a music video. I can't wait. That happens on Jan 16th.
  • I've also gotten into watercolor painting, which is hard.
  • I like to take pictures, which you can see at my Flickr page

Contact

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