Le début de la course: The start of the race. You’d be surprised, but I’m actually not referring to 6:35:23 am Saturday July 31st… I’m referring to 7:32:27 PM on Saturday July 31st… This post will explain why… but first a recap of the race weekend: My race countdown started on Wednesday night. My parents drove
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This past weekend, my last weekend before Vineman was pretty uneventful training-wise. A short ride on Saturday, a skipped run and swim on Sunday (wasn’t feeling 100%)… Most of my weekend was logistics for next weekend. Friday afternoon I went to Sports Basement and bought some 2XU compression clothing (calf guards, pants, and shirt to
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I can see the future… Can you? I have spent 6 months training, with lots of ups and downs. Tough times, happy times, and interruptions have peppered my time since January. I have also had a lot of personal firsts since I started in January – First century ride, first mile swim, first 2 mile
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It’s arguably the hardest thing to do while training. Whatever your goals are… they are tough to ‘wait’ for. The last week for me has been really busy - Both work, and workouts have me burining the candle at both ends. My milage has been building the last two weeks (and will continue for at least
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OK, today’s post isn’t directly triathlon related, but it’s something that’s had me thinking about most people’s efforts to change their lives, get healthy, be active… but in a convoluted way I will tie it back to triathlon and training motivation. This post is also not a judgement, but more a pondering… asking a question
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