When an athlete is injured, regardless of their level it can be a true LOSS. It is normal for grief and panic and anxiety and every emotion under the sun to surface. It needs to be treated as a loss & recognized as such so the person can heal the body and the mind and [...]
Every January, our city's run club, Richmond Road Runners, brings us with an incredibly popular 15K that is infamous for a weather living true to it's name "welcoming" runners for a tough but fun day. I have always wanted to do this race both for the social element (as we have well over 400 runners [...]
In a huge plot twist, there are appropriately, three winners of The Shining Tiger Award for Dedication to Triathlon. This is TRIathlon, after all. I have to confess, When I brainstormed names to create this award intended to honor the passionate and caring unsung heroes of triathlon, The Shining Tiger Award for Dedication to Triathlon [...]
This Award generated some questions. Read about it here and find answers in this post. http://kelly-tri-adventures.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-shining-tiger-award-for-dedication.htmlQ: I want this trophy! How can I get my "paws" on the prize? A: I'm sorry. If you want this trophy, you cannot have it. You need to find your shine from within. Once you no longer thirst for the [...]
Great announcement to follow. By great I am talking about something better than Great Cats!I am introducing........ The Shining Tiger Award for Dedication to TriathlonRegardless of individual goals, talents, backgrounds and commitment levels triathletes generally have a shared passion for the sport. This bonds us. The tri community is woven together with the hearts of [...]
I've started (ok continue to be) obsessing about shoes and want to talk about what I've learned as I've built my personal stable of run shoes. I now mostly run long and steady in a new pair of beautiful bright red pair of Saucony Ride 7s in Berry and I'm really happy with them. They [...]
Check out my new shirt. It is no secret that I'm a "data geek" in triathlon. I just wrote a blog post all about the Training Peaks Performance Management chart. You can view it here: http://kelly-tri-adventures.blogspot.com/2015/01/my-performance-management-chart.html I might as well have fun with my data geek status. I came up with this catchy phrase last [...]
The Training Peaks guys gave me a t-shirt at the 70.3 Worlds Expo this year because when they asked if I'd heard of "Training Peaks," I pulled out my phone and showed them my data in the mobile app with typical Kelly enthusiasm. Any opportunity to data obsess, right? I use the technology at my [...]
This week, I missed most of my training and was stuck on the couch with the dreaded ick & flu. It wiped me out for days on end. I spent New Years Eve at home in bed before midnight. I couldn't be productive during the week at home because I was unable to focus on [...]
Don't let the colorful autumn Maine scene fool you, this is a triathlon blog. I just like the picture. It's colorful, inspiring, familiar, natural and honest in a way that I have strived to share my triathlon adventures from one season to the next. This place pictured above will change and evolve through seasons. The warm [...]