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February 14, 2012
Another Start
“Training for your next race starts at the finish line of your last race” It has been a while since I last posted. I hope to bet more regular with updates as the season becomes more intense. After the Goofiness that was the Goofy Challenge at Disneyworld (pics and race reports coming eventually…), I tried jumping right back into training. A week into training I went down with the worst flu of my life. I’m back and recovered now, but I appreciate that I should respect my recovery more. It was a frustrating hard slog getting back into training. Back[…continue reading]
August 22, 2011
Body Image Issues
Let me be very clear: I am very happy with how I look. It would be nice to have a physique like a comic book superhero, but I’ll leave it as a ‘would be nice.’ There is certainly a notion in advertising and popular culture of what a ‘beautiful’ people look like: Women should look like Barbie, skinny with impossible curves. Men should have huge shoulders, 6-pack abs and biceps as large as their necks. Images and goals are not terrible, but they are dangerous when they come at the expense of real health. It struck me really hard when[…continue reading]
August 9, 2011
This is why I don’t do triathalons… (yet)
The title of the article says it all: Second athlete dies after Nautica Triathlon in New York Dies?!? More story links: Triathlete’s death ‘just so out of the blue’ When extreme exercise turns deadly Second Triathlon Swimmer Dies, Prompting Review of Race Protocol
