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erin

  • running update: a boot

    My heel’s been bothering me for about six weeks, and per coach’s orders, I haven’t ran for nearly a month. And, after Wednesday’s doctor’s appointment (also my birthday!), it looks like running’s out for…

    12/23/2013
  • thirty-four.

    Oh, hello, thirty-four (and new age group) (yesterday). Not quite sure how that happened, but I’ll take it. Thirty-three treated me really well… the cutest niece in the whole wide world arrived, my first…

    12/19/2013
  • november training + life.

    Where’d November go?! After two months of swimbikerunning when I felt like it, the hum of scheduled training started again last month, and it feels good. I started working with Nick’s coach, Andy Schiesl,…

    12/10/2013
  • my first power test on the bike

    Training with power on the bike is no joke. There is no slacking, ever. Let your mind wander to la-la land, and your watts fall into is-your-heart-rate-even-above-100 range. I’ve had my Quarq Elsa for…

    12/05/2013
  • a six-week running hiatus.

    About a five weeks ago, right around the time I bought new running shoes, my left heel started aching, both while running and occasionally throughout the day. I didn’t think much of it and…

    12/03/2013
  • recent reads: november 2013

    November was packed full of good reads! Pretty sure I sent myself a couple links a day to save for this post 🙂 With that, here are my favorites… Joy Johnson, 86, ran the…

    11/30/2013
  • thankful.

    Before we sit down to four turkeys (yes, that’s happening at today’s festivities), I wanted to say a few thank yous. I’m one lucky girl, and I couldn’t be more grateful for all the…

    11/28/2013
  • banff film festival.

    From surfing the frozen Norwegian seas to mountain biking precarious Austrian mountain peaks, the Banff Mountain Book and Film Festival is crazy inspiring. Friday’s showing at the University of Minnesota, sponsored by Midwest Mountaineering,…

    11/26/2013