I love the hot weather!!!! I’m grieving the end of summer- at least the end of the hot days. I just loved running this week in the blazing hot sun. I know I’m extremely outnumbered here in Michigan. No one here seems to like running in the the humid Alabama-like weather. I’m a Southern transplant Continue reading →
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king’s horses and all the king’s men, couldn’t put Humpty together again I often feel like Humpty Dumpty in training for an Ironman. Just the training schedule alone, not even considering the race, just tears the body down. That’s why ironman Continue reading →
It’s Sunday, July 21 and we’re at the end of WEEK 3!!! Wow, was it a hot week!!!! It’s a good thing I’m measuring miles and not measuring sweat loss or gallons of liquids consumed! This week instead of the 3 hour easy bike, I did the Tri Del Sol Olympic distance triathlon yesterday. It Continue reading →
It’s Sunday, July 14 and we’re at the end of WEEK 2– 2 down, 18 to go!! Chris Mabie and I are racing together this year at Ironman Arizona on November 17, 2013. Chris is my dear friend from the Y who came to watch my last two ironmans. This year, the only watching she’ll Continue reading →
I find it funny how much I’ve learned about parenting from – get this- the Ironman! I never thought those two things had anything in common. Then I trained and raced two Ironmans. There’s definitely something about an Ironman that can be all-consuming, expensive, and exhausting, like parenting, but I’ve found more similarities along my Continue reading →
I just finished reading a very inspiring book, One Letter at a Time, by Rick Hoyt. If you aren’t familiar with this famous father/son team called Team Hoyt, they have completed over 1,000 running and triathlon races with the father, Dick, pushing and pulling his son, Rick. Rick was born a non-verbal, spastic quadraplegic with cerebral palsy Continue reading →