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Back to life
Well, I've finally made it- to the end of a swim/bike focus phase that began six weeks ago, and to the end of the extra work hours I took on back in mid-August when my coworker went out on maternity...
View ArticleUnplugging and climbing out
Well, it's been some time since any updates. These past few weeks have served to test my mettle as an athlete, and I spent far too much time during them questioning my abilities and my training...
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Five sweet things I get to see on my regular run routes
After yesterday's gloom and doom, I decided I needed to post something with a more positive spin, given I've now had a chance to look around and appreciate my surroundings. I'm lucky enough to live in...
View ArticleRandom people that brighten the day
Because I have nothing better to do on a Friday night but blog (note: by "better to do", I mean "something else that involves sitting on the couch", so anything that involves "standing" or...
View ArticleLight my fire...
Last Wednesday was another one of those days. After a third consecutive week of seemingly making little to no progress with my long runs and again fighting my pace and heart rate, I knew I was at my...
View ArticleTipperary Hill 4mi race report (yes, that does in fact say "race report") and...
After yet another post-long run breakdown last week, likely in an attempt to get me to shut up, Mary threw out an idea-find a race for this weekend. Immediately, I checked both the Rochester and...
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Johnny's Running of the Green-race report! (another one??)
One week after taking on Syracuse's St. Patty's day race, I was off to try my hand at Rochester's version, Johnny's Running of the Green 5 miler. This race has always been a favorite of mine since I...
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Galveston Greetings!
Alright! So, somehow, two weeks have passed, and I'm sitting in a hotel room on the eve of the eve of the Galveston 70.3, aka, in my little world, as my first pro race. For some reason, I'm...
View ArticleGalveston 70.3-race day report!
Well, the big first pro race day has somehow come and gone! Somehow, the time leading up to it seemed to drag and fly by at the same time; I kept having mixed feelings of being eager to get out...
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Nola (sixty something point something) race report!
Well, pro race #2 has now come and gone already! After Texas, it was right back to training, as my next adventure, the New Orleans 70.3 (or so, I'll get into that briefly) was around the corner. I...
View ArticleHow do you measure a year?
Wow...so, somehow a month has slipped past without me getting a chance to update this thing! Life, well, got in the way, as work, a couple of presentations, training, and the nastiness of the yard...
View ArticleRide safe...
A Mooseman race report will come at some point-but, before then, I just wanted to put down some thoughts that have been going through my mind the past several days, that, at this time, just seem more...
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Pre Placid check in!
Well, somehow I turned into the world's worst blogger in the past month+! At some point, I did intend to write up a Mooseman race report, but honestly, the race was fairly anti-climatic- I was in the...
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IM Lake Placid-the (not very short) story!
Well...where to start? (Warning: this about to get really long, and probably go into further detail than most care about. Then again, the Ironman is long.) I've spent the past eight months of real...
View ArticleMy tribute, and a hope
Oddly enough, I'd had the nightmare before- I sign onto my facebook account, and find out that someone I care about had died, unexpectedly and prematurely (weird nightmare, I know). Only this time,...
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Rochester Triathlon report, what's next, and other musings
A month ago, when discussing my later season race plans, I was instructed to jump in an Olympic distance tri in late August. Sweet! I hadn't taken on the distance since age group nationals over a...
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Muskoka-the good, the bad, and the ugly!
Before I get to the race report, I just wanted to share some info on an important event to come-the Heather Boyum Memorial Iron Angel Run/Walk to be held on October 14 at 7:45am. The event will...
View ArticleQuestions of science, science and progress (Swimming: Part 900. Nobody said...
After Muskoka, as I previously eluded to, my tolerate/hate relationship with swimming shifted towards a frustrated hate, yet again. It's been almost nine months of nearly doubling my swimming...
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Poconos 70.3-save the best for last!
Just three weeks after Muskoka, which included a couple very solid weeks of training across the board, Dave and I were off to the Poconos, for the Poconos 70.3. This would be my last 70.3 of the...
View ArticleI am ready, I am fine
The frustration had started to end about an hour ago, when after several weeks of numbers that just weren't quite there, a body that didn't feel quite right, a mind that had started to race and...
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