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  • weekly workouts // october 15

    Monday, October 15 – ugh… need.new.goggles. The first 500 yards were leak-free this morning, but the next 500 involved at least five stops to empty all the water. Nick was nice enough to switch…

    10/22/2012
  • weekly workouts // october 8

    Monday, October 8 – after a ho-hum weekend, vinyasa practice tonight centered on exactly what I needed to hear: Have faith. Take the first step even if you can’t see the entire staircase. Faith…

    10/14/2012
  • weekly workouts // september 24

    Monday, September 24 – what a beautiful September night! It seemed like ages since I sat on Nick’s wheel down river road… nothing like drafting at 23 mph! A couple miles from home we…

    10/01/2012
  • weekly workouts // september 17

    Monday, September 17 – my legs ached a bit today after yesterday’s 7.5-mile run, so I took a nice, relaxing rest day and lounged on the sofa, reading and blogging while drinking some tea.…

    09/24/2012
  • ironman inspiration.

    Last Sunday’s Ironman Wisconsin can be summed up in one word. Inspirational. From the moment the gun went off at 7a until 10:30p (and later) when triathletes were still pounding the State Street pavement, there…

    09/21/2012
  • weekly workouts // september 10

    Monday, September 10 – Nick and I stayed in Madison Sunday night, so after some Monday morning meetings, we hit the hilly section of the Ironman Wisconsin course, including the hill where we spent…

    09/17/2012
  • cycling isn’t always sunshine.

    My bike and I weren’t very good friends last weekend. By the end of our century+ ride on Saturday, I’d *almost* convinced myself that the Madone’s wheels wouldn’t spin the rest of the season.…

    09/08/2012
  • weekly workouts // august 20

    Monday, August 20 – we’re tiring of our usual Ford-Franklin bike loop, so Nick and I branched out and headed downtown Minneapolis. In the four years I’ve lived here and the nearly 5,000 miles I’ve biked around…

    08/27/2012