My name is Chris Jay, a 24 year old Englishman who moved to Norway in 2007. Live and work in Oslo as a Project Manager for a data-communications company. I come from a running background having completed numerous half marathon events and two full marathons - Stockholm in 2008 and London in 2009. Decided to try something new this year hence my decision to move into triathlons! I have no real experience of swimming or road cycling but I am sure it will be interesting!
I referee football in the Norwegian 4th Division and I also act as an assistant referee in the 2nd and 3rd divisions. If I can combine refereeing, triahtlon and learing Norwegian my goals for this year are to get integrated into triathlon as a sport and to gain experience in racing. My first planned triathlon is the Olympic distance at the London Triathlon with the Sprint distance at Oslo following. In addition I also aim to run the New York Marathon this year.
A long term goal is to do an Ironman but that is a long way down the line..... In the mean time I look forward to meeting you all and getting stuck into triathlon training!
/Chris