Happy New Year!

Good bye 2009 - Hello 2010.
2010 just flows off the tongue better, don't you think?

There's usually many reasons, both bad and good, to say good-bye to the year that's passed, like...

- my wife getting diagnosed with breast cancer and having the bulk of her recovery at the beginning of the year = BAD

- my wife kicking it's ass and hitting the one-year mark feeling great = GOOD (duh)

- having a job where you sell a service that's most profitable when companies are hiring - in a down economy = BAD

- having a company give you an opportunity to make up some of the lost revenue by the end of the year - and doing it = GOOD

- hooking up with a great tri coach to lead you through a "comeback" season = Good

- grabbing some age group hardware = Good

- crushing the bike at Timberman 70.3 and feeling great while doing so (thanks Coach Pat) = Good

- blowing up 1 mile into the run at Timberman after feeling so great on the bike and almost dropping out = Bad

- manging to run the 2nd loop at Timberman with a badly strained hamstring a mile-a-minute faster than the first loop (again, thanks Coach Pat and QT2 Systems) = Good

And on and on I could go.

But without a doubt nothing can beat having my wife sitting next to me and our 4 beautiful kids today at the movie theater, 14 months after first learning she had breast cancer. I'll happily accept the balance of nature as long as I can celebrate another New Year with her at our side.

Thank You God!

It's a New Year and a Happy, and seemingly Healthy, one so far. One day in.

Now if I could just shave a minute off my swim and nail my nutrition on the bike so I can run issue-free at Timberman this year...

BTW, we saw Alvin and the Chipmunks - the Squeakquel, today. I give it 2 thumbs down.

Thanks for reading.

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