Actually, it’ll be more a hairpin turn of sorts. It’s becoming clearly obvious to me that I’ve slothed for entirely too long and that something needs to give before the sludge in my veins gets any thicker. Even my “fat, off-season” clothes are getting much too tight for my own liking. I haven’t stepped on a scale in ages, but if I had to guess I bet I’m 30 pounds over race weight (which I’ll admit is about 10 pounds less than what I should “normally” weigh… but that still makes me 20 pounds over). Not to mention that these days, doing simple tasks like bouncing Caity around seems to an threshold workout for me. I don’t foresee a triathlon comeback this year and there certainly won’t be an Ironman in my near future (i.e. 2008), but I should probably start doing something. ANYTHING!

The weather here hasn’t been entirely cooperative. It’s mid-April and it’s 31 degrees and snowing here today?! That and I’m trying to manage the purchase of a new house, a move (to another suburb in MN, for those that don’t already know), and sale of my existing house. But my goal is to start May 1st. That gives me a couple weeks still to wrap things up and to mentally prepare for the suckage that is will to occur when I attempt to set in motion that which has been still for over a year and a half. I’m totally not looking forward to it, but something has to give. Preferably, not the waistband of my pants.