Y’all, Ironman Texas training is DONE!! I MADE IT! (If you missed the first three updates they’re here, here, and here.) Back in January, a friend asked me if I was excited about the training and I honestly replied, “No, I’m actually kinda dreading it.” Blunt, but it was the truth. I was dreading it, and […]
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(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
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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),
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Today marks the official start of Ironman Training. Not gonna lie, after BCS I have was having a bit of buyer’s remorse regarding Ironman Texas. A part of me wished I’d never registered so I could go run happily on the trails everyday and enjoy my race-less freedom. But now that it’s time, I’m kinda
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It’s been a year since I opened up about my weight loss and I could never have imagined the impact sharing my story would have. Over the past year I’ve been contacted privately by more people than I could ever have imagined who were simply saying thank you for inspiring their own personal change. And
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Oh Shiner. What do I say? Let’s start by talking about what the race was like last year. Last year, it was cold. 38 degrees and super windy. I ran a 1:37. It was a 2 minute PR and I won my age group. It was a great race and an awesome day. This year,
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I’ve fallen into a pretty solid workout routine lately but this week it all got messed up due to an impromptu trip to San Antonio. We left last Sunday morning and came back on Tuesday afternoon with one goal. Eat all the food. And we did. The first stop Sunday was lunch in Lockhart at Black’s
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This weekend I’m doing my first triathlon, Cypress Tri. It’s a sprint distance (550 yard swim, 12 mile bike, and 5k run), which I should be able to complete with no problem. It’s more ceremonial than anything else. Being my first triathlon, it marks the unofficial beginning of Ironman Texas training. I have 10 months
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Y’all I registered for Ironman Texas. Not sure what I was thinking. An Ironman has been on my radar for several years. The idea was planted shortly after my son was born. We bought a BOB Ironman branded running stroller and my husband made some comment in passing about needing to do an Ironman since
Running, exercising and fitness, are (obviously) a HUGE part of my life. Any given day, I spend one and a half to two hours working out. At this point, I’ve run eight marathons, including the Boston Marathon (for which I’ve qualified three times), two ultramarathons, and sixteen half marathons. I’ve even done a full-distance Ironman
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