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Ok, I know, totally pathetic.  I'm sorry to all my followers that it has taken me this long to add a new post.  (Yes, both of you).

So here goes, December 30, 2013, I'll be 35 in less than a week and reading through my old posts I realize that my life is significantly different now than it was then.  I don't mountain bike near as often as I used to, I haven't snowboarded in two years, it's been 5.5 years since Ironman Lake Placid.  I lost a lot of my residual fitness in grad school and I've basically been just maintaining my lack of fitness for the last few years (which doesn't sound to great, but it's better than the alternative of getting old and fat).

Oh yeah, and Elyse and I have not only been married, but she has given me a male heir.  Alexander Jackson Lake, he is a little fireball of energy, he is mini-me, and I love it.  He is going to drive me crazy which is exactly the karma that I deserve for driving my parents crazy all those years ago.

Pictures you ask?  No.  There will be no pictures today.  Christ people I haven't posted in 3 years, you really think I'm gonna go all out and post pictures?

But I am planning on doing a little three month health and fitness challenge in which I will be starting on Jan 1.  I will be cleaning up my diet and going Paleo, going to Crossfit (go Barracks!) 4-5 days a week and playing ping-p....ahem... Table Tennis 1-2 times a week, along with some weekend active things like hiking and what not.  My goal is to get as fit as possible for our snowboard trip to Big Bear where I will be testing my body by attempting to not kill my old, rusty self on the slopes.

Anyway, stay tuned for health and fitness updates.  Before photos taken on Jan 1st (cringe).