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Race Report: Ironman Canada 2011

By On September 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Ironman Canada 2011: August 28, 2011

Pre-Race:
MellowJohnny and I had been planning our Ironman trip for a few months now. He’s not a big planner, but his kids would be with him for the week so we decided to be prepared for it. It made for a different type of pre-race preparation than [...]

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Better to be Under Trained?

By On July 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

After Google-ing “Under trained Ironman” to see if there were any tips out there in internet-land for people like me who are not as prepared for Ironman as they would like to be, I saw in several websites that it is better to be 10% under-trained than 5% over-trained. I sure hope that is true [...]

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Recovering

By On March 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This week was one of recovering. I wasn’t just recovering from running the race, but also from being so cold. My core body just doesn’t seem to want to get warm. I don’t think I was hypothermic at the race on Sunday, but I think it has affected my body’s ability to regulate its temperature [...]

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Being a Woman Athlete

By On March 1, 2011 · 2 Comments

Sometimes being a woman athlete isn’t easy. There is usually one day a month that swimming just isn’t an option on that day. One time I raced on that day and it was NOT pretty. Nobody else noticed, but I was completely freaking out the day before (luckily my woman training buddy helped calm me [...]

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Not so bad

By On February 27, 2011 · Leave a Comment

This past week I felt like I did nothing… like I had been slacking off. It is true that I didn’t work as much as I have or as much as I expected myself to. One reason for this is that I signed up for a 3-evening Buddhist retreat.

I have been really getting into [...]

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A Quick Update!

By On February 23, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The past week and a bit have been pretty interesting for me. I am potentially in a bit of a manic state, but I am using meditation to keep me grounded. I have also decided to be more diligent about my diet. I have become a calorie counter! In order to help me do this, [...]

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My First Video Blog Entry!

By On February 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Here is a video I did today while biking on my wind trainer, talking about my training, food, and the struggles from this week. It is almost 8 minutes long. Here it is:

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Having fun on the trainer!

An Easy Week

By On February 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Last week somehow turned into a rest week. I guess it makes sense after the week before’s pummeling of my body. On Sunday after the swim it kind of shut down. I could feel myself lagging in the water. I felt ill. Somehow I made it through the swim and spent the rest of the day on [...]

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The Dreaded Trainer: Week 1

By On November 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Last week was my first week becoming re-acquainted with my dreaded bike wind trainer. I haven’t put my bike on it for about a year and a half, after taking last winter off completely.

On Wednesday I had my first indoor bike session of the 17-weeks to Spring coached program that I’m taking and coaching [...]

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Ouch… DOMS takes over

By On October 29, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Since I’ve been back into training, over the past4 weeks or so, I have been experiencing a lot of DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness). Since I don’t usually work out for this long at a stretch – at least I haven’t in quite a while – I am not sure if this is going to [...]

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