There's always those joke lists that start out with "you might be a redneck if..." or "you might be a yuppie if..." In the spirit of not taking any of this too seriously, I'm quite confident that any sort "you might be over-committed to a hobby if..." would hit a little close to home.  You might be over committed to a hobby if...9 days of nothing but hard training in the desert is your idea of a vacation.  With Ironman Coeur d'Alene (someday I hope to spell that right on the first try!) just 5...

  There's a quote that I just love.  I think I've used it here before, it's from Gordo's blog and worth calling out again: ...we all overestimate what we can achieve in the short-term and underestimate what we can achieve in the long-term. As I think back on many aspects of my life - education, work, relationships, athletics - this resonates deeply.  And it's a lesson that's easy to forget in day-to-day activities with the natural desire for things to happen quickly. I suspect all of us can think back of so many examples of this.  Given effective habits and a good dose of discipline,...