Today is the official start of my 2009 Chicago Triathlon training. The goal this year is to swim, ride, run the international distance in 3 hours and 30 minutes...If you are unfamiliar with triathlons, the international distance consists of a 1.5K swim (my shittiest part), 40K bike ride (it's just like riding a bike), and a 10K run. Here is the link to the course description... Last year was my first one and I loved it! It is an addiction...For right now, the plan is to get the blood flowing again...Since last year, I have done little as far as workouts go...I (we if Lauren is going to do this with me) will being today with 2 miles or so running and 30 mins on the bike trainer...Wish me luck...
The 2009 audit schedule is just about ready and here is where I will be in order:
Service Centers:
Physical Inventories:
TBD
Regional HQs:
Chicago Corp.
Wish List:
I am looking forward to being on the road again and will hit you up if I am nearby...Regan, looks like you are first on my list...
Werd O' Da Day:
metathesis • \muh-TATH-uh-sis\ • noun
1 a : a change of place or condition: as
*b : transposition of two phonemes in a word
c : a chemical reaction in which different kinds of molecules exchange parts to form other kinds of molecules
Example Sentence:
When I listened to the recording of the child's speech, I noticed several instances of metathesis.
Did you know?
One familiar example of metathesis is our word "thrill," which was "thyrlian" in Old English and "thirlen" in Middle English. By the late 16th century, native English speakers had switched the placement of the "r" to form "thrill." Another example is the alteration of "curd" into "crud" (the earliest sense of which was, unsurprisingly, "curd"). It probably won't surprise you to learn that the origin of "metathesis" lies in the idea of transposition -- the word was borrowed into English in the mid-16th century and derives, via Late Latin, from the Greek verb "metatithenai," meaning "to transpose."
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