So after sort of recovering from the flu/cold which enveloped me before and after the Blue Nose race, I seem now ready to get back into the training mode and indeed since I have been inactive for about five days I am feeling really crunchy - and very anxious to be back in the gym and on the road.

Next weekend, we here at Progress go "on the road" to Digby for several days at the Pines and our annual Face to Face conference.

It was there a few years back that the idea of physical and fiscal fitness began to formulate. Jamie Nicoll of PricewaterhouseCoopers had suggested we issue a challenge to other entrepreneurs to somehow coincidentally lose weight and increase profitability.

This year at Face to Face our theme is actually bringing physical and mental wellness into the fiscal wellness equation. This in order to be positioned to allow no opportunity to be missed.

As an entrepreneur i can't wait to be there and to get not just inspiration and motivation but hard information on how to actually make the mind, body and balance sheet work as one. (okay that may sound a tad lofty but it's how I envision it.)

Entrepreneurs are the driving force behind every successful business. They're the ones who bring the energy and courage to drive the brains and the brawn of the organization. (The management team and the staff members who execute on the vision and the plan)

It is imperative that the entrepreneur be of sound mind and body. Without that driving energy force, neither the brain nor the body will function.

Having said all that, it's 20+ degress, it's Friday in late May, and I think I'll head on up to Argyle St for a patio lunch and take in some of the sights! Happy sunny weekend...