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recover with couch potatoes
After logging my biggest week of Ironman training ever last week, I decided to kick-start a recovery phase with an ice bath, er, swim, in the 58-degree ocean, and a massage session with a new...
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change in small doses
Last week brought some changes to my usual training schedule, and, like the rare rain that fell here in San Diego, with it came a freshness I didn’t know I was craving. Some of the changes were...
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spoilage
I’m not writing this to get sympathy, but for the out-loud processing this blog has become for me. It’s been a very tough week. Monday was all sunshine and happy hours and productivity and friendship;...
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South Africa bound
Well don’t I feel like a whiny brat. Just a few hours after dumping 10 tons of emotional baggage on my social media sphere, small blog readership, and sympathetic friends and family members, my South...
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vignettes: 5.24.14
The musician Michael Franti has a song including the lyrics “Don’t be a horserace, be a marathon.” If I were to draw an analogy from triathlon for the pace of life right now, I’d say it feels somewhere...
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low-alcohol libations
During the thick of Ironman training this past winter/spring, I shelved so many ideas to share “when I had the time.” But life always happens: Recovery and family visits and cram training for races you...
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back on the mat
I did a lot of yoga in December. I know, I know, a triathlete who turns into a yogi over the off season is about as cliché as it gets. But I just really like it. So sue the (so comfy I live in them)...
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return of the tweak
Yesterday marked two weeks to Ironman Copenhagen, and, as per usual, my body found a sneaky way of letting me know it was time to back off. As I mentioned in a previous post, my training plan for this...
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can’t stop won’t stop
I know I said I was handing my blog over to momma, but my mind has been spinning lately, and blogging seems like as good a release valve as anything. (Just slightly behind running, meditation, and...
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san diego scrapbook
My mom has taken over semi-regular triathlon blogging for the most part, but I couldn’t help but throw a little blog-o-rific scrapbook up of my recent stint in my old stompin’ grounds. (Sorry, mom!)...
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