I was up at two this morning, and couldn’t get back to sleep. I sat for an hour, illuminated by the street lights bleeding in through the blinds, and enjoyed the whirring of the various fans and motors wafting in through the window. I got a bit more sleep before dawn, but I feel especially translucent today. I don’t know if I exist.

I’ve agreed in theory to participating in a short course Triathlon in 2010. Unlike its big brother, the Ironman, the short course (1.5km swim/40km cycle/10k run) is a challenging without requiring a sacrifice of all of one’s free time for training. This looks like it’ll be a blast, and as I’ve never done a multi-sport event before, a new experience.