I've been triathlon-ing for a few years now and getting progressively more serious about it. It's neat to read these old blog posts and see how new I was. It's also interesting to look back at goals from previous years and see how my ambitions have (or haven't!) changed ( Read more... )

Summer is slowly ending here with some rainy days and cooler mornings. And the days of riding my bike home from track practice are over with sunset coming around 7pm.

I've made it through part of the travel outlined in my last post. Cheering for IM in Madison was wonderful. Madison itself was awesome and I loved the GIANT farmer's market that they ( Read more... )

I'm looking ahead right now to a busy fall... Overall, I guess it's been a busy year, since most of my posts here seem to be enumerating all the things that will keep me active for a weekend. Right now the plans include

• Trip to Madison, WI to spectate and cheer for the Ironman (Sept 10-13)
• Possible trip to western MD to spectate, cheer and camp at ( Read more... )

I've been keeping up with my farm goodies much better this year and am excited by some of the new recipes I've tried.

Last week's box featured cabbage and cucumbers. I remember the first year with my farm, I just ignored my cabbage while it sat in a back corner of the fridge slowly getting crispier and crispier. This year, I made an Asian sort of ( Read more... )

I was up in Geneva, NY last weekend for a race. What a beautiful, fun weekend and what a great way to earn a raspy voice for two days now ( Read more... )

This will be my third summer of trying to get through June without turning on the AC (which doesn't work well and makes my energy usage skyrocket). Memorial Day weekend was so sweltering, I totally thought I'd cave early, but the last few days have been the best kind of weather ever. It's ride your bike to the pool and have a bbq and watch an ( Read more... )

So, I'm sure you've all been dying to know how I made it through those busy weekends!

• Apr 17-18: First tri of the season on Sunday plus camping and playing in the lake on Saturday
  • Wow it was windy out there. I tried out the new tent and it worked quite nicely. Driving down to Lake Anna took longer than I'd expected, which meant I got to set up my ( Read more... )

I was planning an outing with someone and realized that I've got a busy couple of weeks ahead of me.

• Apr 17-18: First tri of the season on Sunday plus camping and playing in the lake on Saturday
• Apr 23-25: Swim meet Friday night (new PR in the 1000yd free, guaranteed because that is a freakish event that I never swam in school). GW Parkway 5k on ( Read more... )

(a copy of the note I posted on the Team Z discussion board ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago, I finished a 13 mile training run in 4 hours and felt pretty good. Yesterday I finished a half marathon in 3:16 and feel mentally awesome and muscularly shot. My goal for the day was to finish around 3:30 with a pace of 16 min/mile, so feeling good going 15 min/mile for the first part was an unexpected benefit ( Read more... )