I took my first spinning class ever yesterday. After my regular workout I walked by the spinning room & found out that there was a one-hour spinning class starting in about 5 minutes. I know if I'm going to get serious about this triathlon thing, I better start actually training at some point. So against my better judgment, I walked on in. Hey, at least I'd have something to blog about, right? As soon as I got there I felt out of place. I'm a ...
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Chicago Blogger Meetup
Chris Guillebeau of The Art of NonConformity & JD Roth of Get Rich Slowly organized a Chicago meet-up for bloggers/fans of the two sites at the Rockit Bar & Grill in Wrigleyville last night. Chris was coming back from some place exotic [like always] and was coming through Chicago, so JD flew out from Portland to take the Amtrak back west as Chris launches his newest product, The Empire Building Kit. It was a very cool opportunity. I got a chance ...
And So It Begins…
And so it begins... I officially signed up for my first "triathlon" ever. Next week. *Gulp* The word triathlon is in quotes because I'm sure all real triathletes will scoff at the notion that I'm calling what I'm doing next week a triathlon for at least 3 reasons. It's Indoors It's Timed I'm Only Swimming In a Pool That's 4 Feet Deep I'm okay with that. This isn't the end goal for me. It's a starting point. I figured this is a nice baby step ...
