This past week, I’ve been completely off-schedule, off track and just plain “off” with all of my training. (and, really, my whole life, but that’s not the point of this blog!) Last Friday, I drove with my mom, my sister and my kids to Arizona for my cousin’s funeral. 28 total hours of driving in […]
Connected
First of all, THANK YOU to everyone who stopped by yesterday and left wonderful comments. Your kind words and thoughts were more helpful than I can tell you! By yesterday evening it was clear (as many of you pointed out) that I really needed to go for a run. And not just any old run, […]
A Running Fairy Tale
Once upon a time, almost four years ago, there was a chubby mom who knew she needed to get fit (before the rest of her jeans didn’t fit). So she went for a walk on a nature trail near her house. It was a one-mile round trip and she had been walking it every morning […]
You Know You’re a Triathlete When…
You can convert miles to Kilometers in your head You’ve ever had “bike envy” The training plan calls for a bike only day and you feel really strange not running afterward You can name all the flavors of GU Chomps and you have a favorite You play “Spot the Triathlete” in public by looking for […]
Four Things Thursday
Technorati Tags: speedwork,birthdays,swim drills,Gatorade Because it’s my blog and I’m not feeling the cutesy today. 1. Today was a speedwork day – hooray! Nice and short, and thank goodness for that because I didn’t get going until 11 am. Hello hot. Five miles total with two 1-mile repeats, easy peasy, and I hit them both […]
Crazy from the Heat
Ahhh, what post isn’t made just a little brighter with a David Lee Roth reference, hmm?? Week Two of heat-slash-marathon training came roaring to life with a 12 and 4 brick this afternoon and even though it’s not getting any easier, at least it’s not getting harder. So I got that going for me. (A Caddyshack reference, […]
Baaa! Baaaa!
First my refrigerator, now this: I’m showing off my medals, a la Marlene. I went back and forth on whether I was going to post this or not. I’ve only finished two marathons. None of my local races give out bling for less than a half-marathon distance. And goodness knows I’ve never placed in my age […]
My Fridge – Exposed!
It took everything I had not to clean up my refrigerator before taking these pics, just so you know.Here’s the challenge: Take the pics of your fridge, then tell us What’s all that crap on the front? This wasn’t actually on the original post, as far as I know, but my fridge is covered in […]
Monday Thoughts
Today is the first day of Marathon Training!!! Oh, how I love starting a new training schedule. I spent a few hours yesterday tweaking all the ins and outs of this one because here’s what’s going on in my life between now and Marathon Day: My next sprint-distance TRI, which is only a month away Big […]
An Ode to my iPod
Okay, I have no ode-writing skills whatsoever, but I liked the title so I’m sticking with it, even though this post is ode-free. If I could write an ode, though, it would certainly be to my iPod. I’ve been training and racing sans tunes for over six days now and I am so sick of hearing […]