It occurred to me last week that I’m getting mighty close to my Half Iron race. Like, it’s a mere 46 days away. Holy crap, how did that happen?? Apparently, while I was sitting on the sidelines, time was still passing. Who knew? I think the thing that struck me the most is how completely […]
Consistently Inconsistent
In the “real world,” I work as a fitness trainer at a health club, which I’ve come to conclude is remarkably similar to my former job as a preschool teacher. I spend a good portion of my work day educating members on what I think of as pretty basic facts about nutrition and exercise, and […]
The Week in Review
Week Two of WTH? training is in the books and, overall, it was a pretty decent week. Training volume is still really low while I’m working the kinks out of my piriformis/hammy, but I’m a fan of the “start slow and build gradually” school of thought. This is what my weekly plan looks like: Monday […]
Photo Phriday
Gray and gloomy morning. Outside temperature. Water temerature – yikes! Here I go… Four seconds faster than last time, 2:06/100. Woo hoo!! Happy Friday, Friends!
MissZippy, I’m gunning for ya!
Um, yeah, not really. But Miss Zippy (I’m not even going to ask if you read her, because of course you do) had a fun post today about how she’s doing so much swimming lately that she’s gonna take Michael Phelps down this year. Well, I’ve been doing so much swimming this week that I’m […]


