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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…