So I’m writing this post in an effort to get my butt in gear.  I’m running my first triathlon ever in two weeks (April 11th to be exact).  I ran long distance in High School and haven’t really done much since.  Luckily I have my grandfathers metabolism.  So I’m not really overweight, but I’m definitely not in shape.

So to get myself motivated to be more healthy and be able to be around to be grandfather myself some day, I decided I needed something to motivate myself to work out.  So when several friends announced a few months ago that they were deciding to run a triathlon, I decided to sign up.  I determined that the competition and the distance wold require me to work out.

Now the past several months have been the most active in recent years.  From running long distance in high school, I have a natural level of conditioning built in already.   But I haven’t been training as much as I need to be for this triathlon.  For example, the total amount of training I did for last week was running 4 miles.  I say this as a sort of confession and hope for accountability and motivation.

So with two weeks left before the tri, I’m throwing out a life line.  What suggestions do you guys have for me?  Have you been in this situation before?  Any tips from you athletes out there?  What goals should I set for the next two weeks?  Should wear business socks and put tassels on my handlebars?  Does my swimming suit make me look fat?

So I have to go to Phoenix today for some training (in fact, I’m writting this in the airport right now).  Yes. UPS is flying me to Phoenix for just the day (it doesn’t make sense….but they are paying for it….so I’ll go).  So, this means that I had to get up at the butt crack of dawn to catch my flight. 

I really don’t like getting up this early in the morning.  I’m just not a happy person.  Plus, all the errors with the airport seem to be amplified.  The security gaurd’s stupidity is stupider (as well is my spelling…maybe), the happy morning people are even more detestable, and the coffee tastes horrible.

Plus, you determine (once again) that you are only going to show up at the airport 30 min before your flight from now on.  Because you get here an hour and a half before your flight and get through security in five minutes (I’m not exgagerating).  But you know the one time that you do, you will miss your flight and go back to square one again (plus it gives you time to blog).

Maybe they still tell everyone to show up early because they have to make consideration for that one idiot that doesn’t realize he needs to empty his pockets of metal before going through the metal detector (He has his house keys, some loose change, and a lead pipe in his pockets and he can’t understand why it is beeping at him).  I mean it’s 5:30 in the morning and even in my sleep deprived coma, I can figure out how to empty my pockets.

They should just say, “pleas show up 45-60 minutes before your flight.  Unless you are an idiot…then please don’t fly.” I think life would be better for all of us.   They should do this for most places that have lines.  There should be a normal line and a “We’re forced to serve you…so please get in this line” line. 

Ohhh well.  I doubt it will ever happen.  All the good ideas eventually get stopped by government or the like (like Shannon’s idea to castrate any male that is disrespectful to a female….just didn’t seem to go over well).  But we can always dream.

Until then, I’ll just repent for being so angry at the guy that couldn’t empty his pockets. “Forgive me Jesus for being so angry at the guy that couldn’t empty his pockets….even though he was an idiot.”

So yesterday was the largest snow day in Albuquerque in history (well that’s what they said on TV). I’m glad my parents got in before the started closing all the roads. Right now it seems that every road is closed in NM. I-40 is closed basically across the whole state. I-25 is closed. NM 60-84 is closed from Ft. Sumner to Clovis. You can read the whole story here. Read the rest of this entry »