Folks, I apologise for the apparent radio silence from me these past couple of weeks. I’m not looking for sympathy, but I share this news just to keep you in the loop…

Three weeks ago, I ruptured my Achilles tendon (stunting my celebrated return to competitive tennis – in the 3rd minute of the warm-up, no less,) and this totally turned my world upside down. Sparing you the details, I’m happy to report that surgery was very successful, and I now start a very long recovery & rehab process.

I know many of you rely on my regular missives, and I wanted to let you know that despite the radio silence, I’m OK and was not intentionally ignoring you. I’ll be back in the saddle (so to speak) next week.

All of this is to say… I’m here if you need me. A lot more than I intended, but for the purposes of this community, this is a good thing.

Contributor Mark