Sadly, it seems that I’ve gone from bad to worse, so I am raising the white flag and surrendering. Yesterday, I gathered up the broken shards of my confidence and set off for another WTH course preview training session. This time I was all set to tackle the bike course: Race day outfit? Check. Hill […]
Bike Path by the Numbers
IronHubs and I went for a gorgeous long-ish ride/short run brick on the American River Bike Trail today. We saw: 14 – Large dogs, including a St. Bernard and several Australian Shepherds. 3 – Small to medium sized dogs, including a Pomeranian who was SOOOOOOO happy to be running with his mama! 0 – Dogs […]
I {Less-Than-Three} Hills!
It’s true: I am now officially a lover of hills. At this point, I might as well love ‘em, because I can’t avoid them and race day is looming ever nearer on the horizon and I need to be ready to face some big ones. The WTH bike course description is enough to strike terror […]
A Tale of Two Marathons (and a coupla 5Ks)
It was the best of weather and the worst of weather… Last Sunday dawned with temps in the 40s, pelting rain and 20+ mph winds. Not exactly the sort of weather a person dreams of running a marathon in, for sure, but IronHubs fought the good fight and finished strong. Today, we’re basking in the […]
Monday Miscellany
Monday is a rest day for me (from exercise – it tends to be busy with “real life” stuff), which means I don’t get a good head-clearing sweat session. Boo. Here are some of the things traipsing around in my brain: Today is the beginning of Week 2 of my Half-Iron training. Week 1 wasn’t […]
T.H.I.E.F!
Thank Heavens I’m Exercising Friday! *crickets chirping* Okay, you know what? Sometimes I’m not clever. In fact, most days I have to settle for “mildly amusing.” I rode my bike today!! Yay!! It was a very short and slow ride which ordinarily wouldn’t have been blog-worthy at all. Ah, but today I’ll regale you with […]
Stacking Bricks
Not to be confused with laying pipe… ;P This morning’s workout was the most awesomest thing ever! Rather than doing a straight brick of bike miles and run miles, I broke it into smaller bricks and did them back to back to back. Here’s what I mean: I biked 8 miles, then I ran 2 […]
Off Track
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 […]
TRI for FUN Race Report
The short version: WOOOO HOOOOOOOO! The long version:I realized yesterday that I was feeling really good, really confident and really excited about today’s race. I had a nice pasta dinner, I pre-hydrated, and I got to bed at a reasonable hour. But when the alarm went off at 5, the nerves hit hard. Honestly, I wonder […]
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 […]
