I needed a cleaner look. That green was just too...pond scum.


Como se dice, the cat's out of the bag? I wore the Yorktown Triathlon shirt to work today. Imagine Clark Kent sans tie, shirt unbuttoned, glasses off after a hard day tracking down the daily beat, all the while exposing the slightest blue hue from his superhero suit, still on underneath it all - enough to warrant inquisitive looks from co-workers, but not enough to provoke questioning. Yes, I am mild mannered, soft spoken engineer by day - endurance enthusiast by night, complete with gadgets, gizmos and technical clothing that would make even Batman jealous.

As you will notice, this blog not only has a new look, but now a purpose.


Ironman.


No, not him:

What I am referring to is 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of biking and 26.2 miles of running. Consecutively. Without stopping. I've been meditating on this notion for some time now. The night I went for 1600m at the pool I knew what must be done.

This journey, well...whatever it is, will last 2 years, ending Fall 2010.

Join me as I rant, rave, ramble or otherwise waste time (both yours and mine) on this pursuit that will most likely end with by being administered an IV by an under-paid EMT in a medical tent late at night.

And the inevitable why? you ask.

But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?

We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not only because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.

...Many years ago the great British explorer George Mallory, who was to die on Mount Everest, was asked why did he want to climb it. He said, "Because it is there."

Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked.

President John F Kennedy
Rice University - Houston, Texas
September 12, 1962