Reboot for the New Year

Happy Holidays and an early New Year!

The last few weeks for me have been joyously, and decidedly, non-active. However, with the near year looming it's time to start planning my next year's races. I've already booked myself into the National Marathon in D.C. on March 21st, which is exciting. I hope that with an invigorated training schedule I can bring down my time a bit from last year.

In the New Year's Spirit I've decided on a few New Year's Resolutions -
1) Complete a Half-Ironman Distance Event
2) A sub 20 minute Corporate Challenge
3) Win the Run Around the Block race on Block Island

To do this I'll need to train for intelligently and specifically for each race. Something I've neglected to do in previous years.

Check back over the next few days to see my race schedule start filling up!

-S

Nerd Ranting

Ok, I'm sorry to the 1 or 2 people who actually read this but I need to tell the world.

This is a public service message regarding the word 'damp'

'Damp' functions in many ways, for example as an adjective - "This chair is Damp", meaning, it is slightly wet. As a verb you can 'Dampen' the chair and make it slightly wet.

HOWEVER, and please take the time to understand this, Damp can also be used to describe the action of lessening a vibration, for example shocks on a car will damp the vibrations caused by uneven streets.

Notice the difference between DAMPING a vibration, and DAMPENING something to make it slightly wet. NO ONE GET'S THIS RIGHT! AHHHHH! Et tu, Gizmodo?!?