Game On!
I took off for Europe on August 21st with my lovely wife, Melissa. This trip was planned awhile back with the idea that it would be a celebration to the end of my triathlon season and the end of the summer. While it was an amazing way to end the summer it was hardly a celebration. Right up until I jumped on the plane I had been working extremely hard and putting in the time to remind my body what hard work was all about. I was extremely happy to have a couple days off because I was getting fairly sore and need time to absorb the training abuse. After a few days in Europe I had properly recovered and was itching to get going again. However this was a vacation with Melissa and NOT a time to train so I kept my urges to myself and gave Melissa my undivided attention. As a fail safe I purposely did not pack any exercise gear so that there would be no opportunity to wake up early and bang out a swim/bike/run. As a c...