So, who has been watching the Olympics? The Winter Olympics don't seem to have as much panache as the Summer ones, but they are just as exciting. International Olympic Committee, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons And with almost any sporting event--it makes me excited to get out and be active. Which has been hard to do, since it has been brutally cold here in the Northeast. Plus we have 2+ feet of snow on the ground, with another Blizzard on its way as I type. So it's a g

It's actually Christmas Eve morning, but you get the jist. I think everyone knows the first line of this poem from the early 19th century. It's actual title is A Visit from St. Nicholas , originally published anonymously in 1823. That's 200 hundred years ago! Various versions and interpretations of the poem have made their way into the popular culture, and some have even built upon it, like the story (and movie), The Polar Express . For some reason, I have (yet again) found m

So I went back and looked at some of my old blog posts. I can't believe that I created this site 6 years ago. This all got started because I had a crazy idea to do something out of my comfort zone. Coming into the finishing chute at the 2021 Patriot Half...just a few days after my 51st birthday! I called it the BHAG! The Big Hairy Audacious Goal. My BHAG was to participate (and finish) Ironman Mont Tremblant for my 50th birthday in 2020. Was a long, strange trip it has been.