Once again the optimism of the New Year has me making all sorts of ambitious plans and saying “YES” to things that I might say “NO” to in, say, March.  A friend seems to have convinced me to train for a triathlon in June.  Now, you have to realize that I have never, in my life, run voluntarily.  The last time I ran was circa 1985, for those horrible President’s Fitness tests they used to make us do in P.E.  I do run in my dreams, away from the bad guys, but they always catch me.  I used to swim laps, but haven’t done that in 15 years or so, either.  Biking — now that I can do.  Not fast, but I can stay on a bike for quite a while.  This particular triathlon is (I am told) 1000 yards open water swim, 5k run, and 12 miles on the bike.  All I have to do is finish.  If it takes me four hours, so be it.

What does it say about me that my first thought after deciding to do this was, “Well, I’d better read some books on running.”  Seriously, I am SUCH a nerd that I have to READ about running before I can do it?  Snort. This should be an interesting few months.

In other news, I have been keeping up with my yoga practice for WoYoPracMo.  There is quite a nice community vibe going on over there.

That’s all for now!