Words I here regularly around the house. My wife Paulette Kirby has joined up with Team Kayak Lake Mead for the February Patagonia Expedition Race. But we will have NO training at our house.

OK. I understand, but then what do you call last weekend?

Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. That should be a nice no training day. Just the 4 F’s. Food, Family, Football, and Flopping on the couch. No. No training is a 9 mile run with full expedition pack. 3miles to set the signs for the Turkey Trot run, 3 before the start and then do the run.

OK. Black Friday.Perfect for no training. Go shopping and get Christmas done. Or, a 4 hour mountain bike ride in the Black Hills. I guess it’s not training since Paulette returned a borrowed light to some friends in Silver City.

Saturday,maybe a little training since it’s the weekend. NO TRAINING. Ok how about a little hike. We did 6 hours near Legion Lake and the Game Lodge in Custer State Park. Lots of map and compass and bushwhacking and 3500 ft of climbing,but thank God no training.

Sunday: the day of rest. A great day for no training. It’s an OK day outside upper 30s and breezy. You know what that means, kayaking on Pactola. Paulette loves winter on the lake. 4 hours of paddling with an entire lake to herself. But you can just float so I guess that’s not training either.

Next up. 4 days in Vegas not seeing Metallica and not kayaking on Lake Mead and not training in the desert.