Ironman Training Update #2

(In case you missed the first three posts, read them here, here, and here.) Everyone keeps asking me how training is going and it made me realize that I haven’t done a training update in a while. Actually I haven’t posted in while, period. And it’s because my brain has turned to mush. I have a lot to say, but have lost the cogitative ability to form a complete sentence. Blame Ironman. So how IS training going? Kinda

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Ironman Training Update #1

Here we are, six weeks into training for Ironman Texas. If there’s any word I can use to describe it, it would be tired. So flippin’ tired. Worse than pregnancy tired. Yesterday I swam in the morning (8 x 75 meter sprints with 20 seconds recovery along with a bunch of drills, 2,100 meters total), I did a bunch of errands, did laundry, then I ran in the afternoon (7 miles equally split between asphalt

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Being Just A Little Scared

Why does fear paralyze us? It can take a completely rational person, who is facing a seemingly rational decision and turn them to metaphorical stone. Frozen in time, by their fear. That fear could be anything, from starting your own business to taking a new job, moving to a new city, losing weight or…oh, I dunno…completing an Ironman. Sigh. I am terrified of Ironman. Have I mentioned that before? I know that most of this

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Big Bend Ultra 50k Race Recap

I’ve been wanting to run Big Bend Ultra for about the last three years. I found out about the race shortly after our family trip to Big Bend Ranch State park five years ago and it’s been on my list ever since, but for one reason or another, mainly Boston, the timing never seemed to work out. LAST January, I finally figured that 2018 was THE year for Big Bend and I started making tentative

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Trail Running, Cross Training for the Road

Y’all, I’m running my first 50k on Sunday!!  I’ve had this trip to Big Bend planned in my head for the last 4 years but for one reason or another (mainly Boston), I couldn’t get the timing to work out.  This year it is finally happening!  This is only my second trail race (Brazos Bend was my first) but I’m not new to trail running. I started trail running a year and a half ago

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Year of Running 2017

This year has been insane. I’ve done more this year of running than I could have ever expected. But with the highs come the lows, you can’t win ’em all, right? This is a link up with Courtney from Eat Pray Run DC. I’ve done it before though it’s been several years so here we go! Best race experience? Is that even a question? Boston Marathon. The people over at the Boston Athletic Assocation have

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