Here we go...

Another blog... Blogs on the net are like stars in the sky. The more you look the more of them you find. And only upon closer inspection do they appear different. Of course in New York you're lucky to see A star on a clear night, while blogs are literally countless. Sports blogs are fewer. So there's room for one more perhaps. While most of my sporting interests are gear heavy I am not a techie nor a gear head in a sense that I need to know about and have the latest and best gadgets. So unless something really peaks my interest I will not comment much on that must have stuff. My main interest is in writing about people, stories, events and anything that could inspire and help us enjoy an active life in the big city and not let the grind get to us (too much). Being a competitive athlete in New York is nuts but we do it and we love it. We get up at 5am for a workout, have full time jobs, kids, family, client dinners and whatnot, then somehow many still manage to fit in a second workout for the day. The next day we do it again. The more 'normal' people ask: why? What makes you get up so early to kill yourself? And then we get the type A explanation, or that we need to prove something to somebody, or that we really need a break from our spouses, or just that we are plain crazy. While all these may be true, although I am very happily married, I think it's that deep human instinct to push ourselves past our boundaries, discover something new about ourselves, about each other, about humans. This unstoppable drive is what separated us from the animals back when, it's what put man in space, it's what gets me up at 5am every day. I know I'm not saying anything new here but we have to keep it in perspective, which is hard once the daily grind carries us into a different reality. Setting previously unthinkable goals and achieving them makes us human. It makes us happy. And there's scientific evidence to that! (That will be something I will continuously come back to.)


With that, I wish you happy training and racing, and hope to see you back on this page soon.