For my workout today I had a run planned. I enjoyed getting out into the sun and running with my boy, Heath Ryder. It is always a joy to go running with him.

But today in particular I was reminded how out of shape I really am. I mean I am really out of shape. My hope is that I might rebuild some base fitness relatively quickly. Ironman St. George is in 392 days and I am really excited about racing in it. I am not going to push myself. That much I know. And I need to be really certain that I do not come down too hard on myself, because these past two years have been very rough on me already.

Instead of training and racing I was working, trying to hold a failing business together and trying to make my payments. The US Financial crisis was horrible on my wife and I. So there is good reason why I am out of shape. It is not laziness. It is because I was being responsible.

Steady and continual workouts wins the game. No worries :-).