Hackin' but still livin'

I've been fighting through a nasty hacking cough for the past week or so. Actually if you ask the rest of Team Ironhead it's been more like a month (following the Truly Male Credo that "if you ignore it, perhaps it will go away on its own"). Normally, I'm the last to be stricken down. The junior members of Team Ironhead bring something home from school and it circulates around the premises from November to May. This year, they've been relatively healthy. Anyway it seems as though the worst has finally passed with the help of some prescription-but-questionably-approved-by-WADA medication and I may just be able to get down to some relatively consistent work, and just in time: the 2009 2nd Annual Alton Half Brought to You by Pancakes is on the calendar for this year. It's still early, but it looks like registration numbers are up 33% over last year, making this event a smashing success. I do remember the run course being a killer last year, knocking me out after two laps of a three-lap course. There is some question as to whether there will be an available pool for the race weekend. We may have to build some flexibility into the proceedings. Ah, but the smoothies.....

Time to get back to "work".

Peace.