is something I'm going to have to start to do. And not in a generic 'oh, I really must lose weight, doctor cholesterol heart murmur blah blah blah' way. As in, I've got to undo the damage done by countless years (20) of drinking, happy hour fried food specials, desk jobs, and general lack of physical activity. Or sailing round the world is going to kick my arse. Well, the sailing bit is probably going to kick my arse regardless. I mean, that's why I'm doing it. The mental and physical challenge is what attracted me to the whole thing in the first place (with learning to sail competently a close second, and running away from responsibility a middling third). But reading other people's accounts of their experiences on previous races, I've got to start preparing by the sound of it. Hoping to do the first week of training in September or October (we find out the training schedule next week), and right now going up three flights of stairs isn't the best feeling in the world.

So we'll see how having a tangible motivation works. I hate going to the gym, and just as well I can't afford a membership while paying for the race. There's a 25' pool in the back garden of the house I live in, but it's bloody freezing right now (good practice for the North Pacific maybe?). There's a bike in the garage hidden behind kitchen cabinetry. See? already making excuses before anyone starts giving me shit about it. And tomorrow's not the day to start, driving to LA and back to see a show.

Then it's Wednesday. Wednesday I'll get back to Vegas, probably around 3am. I'll sleep til I wake up, eat breakfast (something with protein I'm led to believe by the couple websites I've half-heartedly visited), put on some laundry, watch netflix, then maybe do a pushup and four crunches.

Baby steps to Working out. Wouldn't want to overdo it my first day.