Learning to Run

I was not always a fast runner. I’ve gotten more competitive but it didn’t start out that way. For years and years I raced open marathons and triathlons as a very middle of the pack participant. I was thinking about this today after a friend commented on a post I’d written recently about knowing it […]

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Salt, Gels, Powders and Bars

Yikes. Doesn’t really sound like much of a menu offering, does it?  More along the lines of what you’d find in the bath section of a beauty supply shop! I fell victim to it, too. For years. Even as an endurance athlete who was completely Paleo with the exception of using manufactured sugars for long […]

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Seize the Day, Enjoy Every Second

It’s so odd not to be racing at the big show today. Ironman World Championships are today in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, and at 7am, when the race begins, all the athletes who’ve worked so hard to get to Kona will begin the day they’ve been training for, waiting for, dreaming of, perhaps fearing a bit but […]

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Pulling Back to Move Forward

Last year when I was preparing for Ironman World Championships, I pulled a muscle in my back. Far from the worst type of injury, of course, but significant enough to affect my training and to draw my attention to what my body was telling me, and likely had been telling me for a while but […]

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