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Got to play poker at Costas’ tonight – it was good if you exclude the 4 straight hand losing decent sized pots on the river, the habs and sens losing, and being out first.

It was still a relaxing evening that I don’t get out to do enough – I really have to re-prioritize a number of activities I have or don’t have on my plate.

Now that work is settled – new “organization” of the team I’m in with no real affect to what I’m doing for several months it may be time to get out of the doldrums of winter and prepare for the summer and when activities really take off.

What does that mean? It means my current lack of exercise is finally coming to a close – the New Year’s Resolution gets a Start Date and people can now bitch when I eat things I shouldn’t.

There is one thing I’ve always thought about doing and maybe its time I put up or shut up in regards to completing the activities of a triathalon. Its very weird that I seldom mention this but I was one of those crazies that used to actually watch the Ironman for an hour or two whenever it was on back in highschool. I envied those athletes, I considered them above and beyond the NXX sports (NBA/NHL/NFL – and MLB).

So yes I have to now come up with a reasonable plan for a out of shape male to potentially take 4 months to train for a triathalon. In the meantime I’m looking forward to the following things:

•  trying rockclimbing more – I only did it twice myself – but did spend some time belaying.
• I’d say dragonboat but that looks like its cancelled – so I’ll probably switch to kayaking simply because its available @ Dow’s Lake.
• Softball – I’m downsizing my commitment to just do other things but it will still be BNR & Moxies.
• Biking to work most days – The shorter distance not withstanding I still enjoyed that and with less weekday softball commitments I should have fewer arguements to drive.

There’s so many other things I could add but I really shouldn’t because my success rate at extracurriculars has been lagging for some time.

Take it easy while you get the chance – eventually it catches up to you and it’ll be time to bring goals into view and bear down on them.

R.