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Tag: Training
September 19, 2013
I Need A Bike?
The peer pressure to move into triathlons is tremendous. It’s like there’s supposed to be a natural progression from distance running is to move to distance swim/bike/run. And the thought of completing an Ironman Triathlon is an undeniable life-achievement for the bucket list. My friend Hong Vuong recenty completed his second Ironman Triathlon! His race report is epic and intense! It’s a very detailed, almost graphic description of what the 140.6 feels like. To my comment that the race seems like a nightmare, Hong replied that I should “go sit on a couch and feel good.” Despite the first-hand horror…[…continue reading]
September 18, 2013
Fall Training Schedule
Before anything else in today’s post, I want to highlight a comment that Prudence made to yesterday’s post about my Pizza Dream. I’ve never had my dreams analyzed, and her description gave me a lot to think about! I love everyone’s comments, but this one took the cake (or the pizza…) On to today’s topic… I whipped up a little something for myself for the next 6 weeks. The Niagara Falls Half-Marathon will be here really quickly. I can’t think of it as ‘just a half.’ It’s an endurance event and I need to be prepared. It’s my goal race for[…continue reading]
September 17, 2013
Unusual Dream…
So, I had a really strange dream on the weekend. I thought that my lovely readers would get a kick out of it. I was dreaming that I was running a race. That kind of dream is not unusual, well, not unusual for me anyways! And I knew it was a race because I was a water/aid station. I was expecting the usual cups of Gatorade and water. But instead they were serving Chicago-style deep dish pizza slices! And in my dream, they were delicious!! I had authentic Chicago-style deep dish pizza when I was in Chicago last year for[…continue reading]
