Well, what a great birthday dinner with Shannon last night!  She took me to JK's, which is a new chop house in Raleigh, and we basically ate meat - in many forms - all evening!  Good times ... but I think I felt an artery or two close during the night, so I think I'll get back to training this evening!  Am I really going to do a 56 mile ride this weekend?  I still don't know how I got into that! ;)  Should be fun!

Contrary to published reports, I did not test positive for increased testosterone levels (although, I will say my levels are higher than some ;) ).  I have been so slack, trying to work in training with my new work demands.  However, Friday I escaped to the family lake house and did nothing but ski and get sunburned.  So, I'm still around ... I hope to get back to training, but this week has already started off like crap ... life is so unsettled right now, and it is very hard to get into any kind of routine.  My goal for the week is to merely get re-started.  If I can pull that off, then I'll just go from there!  Have a great week, everyone.