So the other day, I signed up with a Triathlon team. I figured, I have my running team, so this is a way to get faster in the other two sports that compose a Triathlon. Today, their calendar said “moderate run,” since most of them were doing the Rhode Island Half-Ironman this coming weekend. I emailed one of the run organizers: “So, I’m not really like, you know… fast. And by “not really fast,” I mean “I’m slow.” Is that ok? “Sure,” he said. “We’re all taking it slow tonight, since we’ve got that Half-Ironman this weekend.” I thought that was cool, I could easily run the nine miles they were doing. No problem at all, and I could probably [...]

God, Winter sucks – You sit there, it’s too cold to work out, it’s kind of your “off-season” from running and training. What happens? You do your first few jumps in the spring, and realize that your skydiving has become more like “burning through the atmosphere like Skylab plummeting back to earth.” So you do a coach jump, and feel a little bit better. And VOW to lose some weight. Remember: The camera is in my helmet – the person I’m filming is the coach – not me. I’m the one who shouts after the parachute opens.