August 2008 Entries

Rinse and Repeat

Ironman Canada 2008 Well here we are again.  Ironman number four is 10 days away.  Wow, that was quick. Since I last wrote, I've gotten a few weeks of solid training in as things have continued to come around.  It's pretty clear to me, at least in this case, that an Ironman full recovery for me is between 5 and 6 weeks.  It wasn't until the last week or so that I really felt like I was going well.   The geek in me really wants to understand what the physiology behind this is.  How is it possible that...

What's at stake

I can't resist.  This is important. If you happen to know someone who is considering voting for John McCain just ask them to spend five minutes and two seconds watching this: That's it.  5:02.  It probably won't change many minds, but it's hard to ignore.  If they don't buy it, fine.  But we should be crystal clear on what is at stake here. There's a very difficult-to-understand mess going on Georgia (no, not the Atlanta kind), and McCain continues to talk about Georgia joining NATO and NATO issuing a "strong response" to the Russians.  What's going...