2017 was a complete rollercoaster ride of year. If you've read the Triathlon Magazine Article titled: "Pitfalls and Persistence on the Way to Penticton Article", this is basically the expanded version of that with all the details (many many details, it's long - sorry). It's basically Chapter 1 of the future book I'm writing lol. Really, because the content of this recap spans over posts from two different blogs, my old site and this new one, I thought it would be good to have