The hard work is done. Celebrate your dedication, commitment and training. We are heading into some exciting fall marathon and half marathons! 1. Set your Race Day Intention! State what you want to get out of the event. Will this be a new milestone distance? Are you going after a new personal record? Is Boston [...]
It's been a long time since I have posted. 2016 is looking to be an awesome season and I wish I had been more consistent with the blog. I love keeping a record of all my adventures for me to look back on and I like sharing the journey and tri-life lessons but I simply fell [...]
Running on bike fitness! Since late November all I've really cared about has been my bike power. I've been so focused on cycling that I've only been running two to three times a week and keeping it all light and conversational. However, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to run one of my favorite local [...]
Your training is awesome. You feel stronger than ever. Pushing new paces, meeting milestone mileage and keeping up with your hard training group are the norms for you. This could finally be your big year and you're secretly convinced you might just be invincible. Then, one terrible day you wake up and something isn't right. [...]
I fell behind on race reporting. I never blogged about my best race ever, the Shamrock Half Marathon in March. It was when I realized I was very much succeeeding at self coaching. I wanted that for the confidence in the knowledge I've gained as a student of the sport and the ability to apply [...]
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 [...]
.... Continued fromIMMT Swim and BikeOf course, I forgot to un-velcro my shoes to slip them out for a "flying dismount"as I pedaled away from conquering the punchy climbs of Chemin Duplessis and back into the village area for transition. I know hassling about seconds in an ironman might be a tad silly, but it [...]
