Novel writing as a metaphor for life….... Ding, ding! Ding, ding! Well, it’s done - I wrote a 50,043 word novel titled The Flow Shaper in 26 days! I am a 2007 NaNoWriMo winner! Plus, I made the deadline with four days to spare. The irony is that a week ago, I wasn’t sure if I could be able to finish on time and had already given up on even trying to finish. My goal from the start of the contest on November 1 had been to stay with the “curve”...

Looking ahead to the 2008 Triathlon Season... Time to start thinking about and planning next year. Triathlon Racing Goals for 2008 and beyond: My primary triathlon goal is a 8:2X Ironman finishing time, which is a stretch admittedly, but I think possible given all the ideal conditions and a fast course like the Quelle Challenge in Roth, Germany. I set a PR at Roth this year with an 8:51 so I need to move 22 minutes faster. Secondary goals are to place on the podium...

NaNoWriMo - writing 50k words in 30 days... It’s now day 5 of NaNoWriMo and I’ve written 8,190 words of a target goal of 50,000 words. With a few more words in my novel today, I’m staying with the curve that will get me to 50,000 by midnight, November 30. What is NaNoWriMo? NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month (November 1-30). From the website: “Valuing enthusiasm and perseverance over painstaking craft, NaNoWriMo is a novel-writing...