Fridays, Stress from work...and RELIEF.

 Work has been a bit nutty the past couple days. I was majorly stressed out from being slammed for two days in a row, putting in a 15 hour day yesterday, and 11 today. I needed some relief, and my first thought was to go home and have a beer! But, there is time for that later and I am making some strides in my life (literally) again, chasing some weird dream I had to try and become an Ironman. Shifting time and priorities has to occur, without incurring a penalty on the family time. So beer drinking takes a back seat for now, and making my life better after being diagnosed with cancer is priority one. Getting fit and working oxygen into muscles and tissue can only help, and healthier eating habits

 So I get home, get me and my son into running clothes, and we go out for a 40 minute excursion around the neighborhoods. It was 89f when I left the house, and sunny still. Summer is here, but I am not ducking the daylight, after all, I am going to have to face the brutal Texas heat and humidity in one of the toughest events a man can challenge himself with, no time to start being a chickenshit now.

 I feel better after just 4 runs than I thought, and I can run (well, jog) almost the whole time. Still, after not running for a year, I need to take it easy, so I will drop any pretense of ego I was feeling and stick to shorter stuff for a few weeks. The kidney surgery area feels pretty good and has no pain. I find myself dreaming of longer runs, and thinking about when I am going to start learning to swim the unique style required for triathlons. Not to mention I am planning on going to Austin and finding a tri-bike this month. I think the bike will be my easiest part of this deal.