Personal racing and training narratives.
I can’t believe it’s been almost three months since Ironman Texas. It’s been a busy three months. Jason was offered/started a new job. We went on a week-long vacation and then turned around and spent a weekend in Galveston. I organized a fundraiser. My cat died. I had a birthday. We got two kittens. When […]
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Training for Shiner & BCS is coming along nicely. If you remember, back in September, I wrote this awesome training plan for myself and though I’m using it as something of a guideline, it’s not getting followed, exactly. Or at all, really. About two weeks after I wrote my training plan I left on a
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My watch has a pedometer on it. I like it. It’s not the reason I bought my watch but it was kind of a bonus. Do I really need a pedometer? No. Running keeps me from being too lazy but it’s kinda fun seeing how many steps I take. Like other fitness watches mine gives
I have a confession. I am not a morning runner. Every productivity and success article I’ve ever read says that to be successful you have to get your exercise done in the morning…to which I say, “Pshaw! Whatever.” I’ve tried, trust me. I am a morning person, most days I’m up by 5:30 and in
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A couple of weeks ago, I sat and watched everyone else with my qualifying time register for the Boston Marathon. I didn’t and it sucked. I had the chance to do that incredible race again. I didn’t take it. That day was THE day the decision to do Ironman was final. Up until that day,
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I’ve been wanting to have a VO2 Max test done for a while. The cost of the test, plus having to find childcare always kept it in the “maybe one day” category. The heart rate training has been working, and I though I could certainly benefit from a VO2 Max test, it wasn’t a priority. Thanks
Listen to your body. You hear experienced athletes say this all the time. But what does it mean? A few weeks ago I went through something which is all too common. I felt off. You know when you can just tell that something isn’t quite right? I hadn’t been sleeping well. I fought bouts of acid
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The year started with two goals: to qualify for Boston and do a one pull up. Two completely different things, both of which would be very challenging. I’d come into the year well trained for Houston in January so I had a feeling a BQ would happen but the pull up was a different story.
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It’s been a month since The Woodlands Marathon. The decision to walk at mile 15 is paying off and I am running again. My knee pain is non-existent and my shins are healing. Though my volume is reduced from my typical non-training running volume, I can now go for a 5-6 mile jog and come
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It’s been eight weeks since I qualified for Boston. You’d think that would be enough time for me to appreciate the impact this would have on my life. That couldn’t be further from the truth. A few days ago I was on my way to pick up my daughter from school and I caught myself
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