I learned three things this week. Dehydration headaches are horrible. Saturday’s workout started out great with 2,950 yards in the pool followed by an even better 35 miles on the Argon. But, about halfway through my four-mile transition run, I knew I was in…
Ironman Canada is four months from today. FOUR MONTHS. Whoa.…
Other than skipping Sunday’s 2,900-yard swim – dang you, 1.5 glasses of wine on an almost empty stomach! – my week post-vacation was solid. Rest does a body good apparently. So good, in fact, that I ran my fastest 13.1 ever on Saturday (1:45:26).…
My heart hurts, and there are no words… Sending love + light to my running family in Boston. • • • As much as I enjoy rest days, I have a really tough time taking them. In between feeling guilty and lazy for lounging,…
My biggest week yet! And, really, it was a great week. No crankiness, no badittude, less no annoyance with the dust that’s overtaken everything. Just all out happiness that training is in full swing – and, it’s pretty fun! This week’s highlight: Sunday’s training…
I’ve been running a lot lately – 264.1 miles since January 1! – and after seeing photos on the Women’s Running Series facebook page recently, I starting thinking… why do I run? Sure, I run because Coach Joe tells me to (ha!), but it’s…
I made this last Thursday, and not kidding, it disappeared in less than two days. With both of us training for Ironman Canada, Nick and I eat a lot – more on that in an upcoming post – and, this banana bread (or, really, any banana…
Does anyone else get a bit cranky during Ironman training? Because I had on some serious crabby pants this past week. Ugh. The unorganized house, dusty wood floors, eating dinner at 9:30p, Garmins strewn about on the dining table, FOUR bikes in the living…