It's time to retire

I've been training for nearly 30 years now. It's time to retire.

Oh, I'm still going to run. I'm still going to race. I'm going to ride my bicycle for long distances as fast as I can. I'll be doing laps in the pool. I'll glide through the woods on my cross country skis.

I'm just quitting the training. I'm going to set aside the obsession with numbers and goals. I'll abandon the single-minded devotion to progress and improvement.

For this year, the focus is going to be a fun. It's going to be on fitness. It's going to be on forgiveness and relaxation.

And beating Dave.