Fun with the Dog
All I want to do today is eat and laze around. And eat some more. I introduced my dog to his first swimming pool today. …
Pre-Race Dreams
Last night, I had a series of dreams, all with the recurrent theme of not being able to get where I needed to be because …
Lots of Good Stuff
Last time I wrote, I was coming off a bad day. So I thought I would look back at the last few days and focus …
Deep Breaths
Yesterday was some kind of melt-down of sorts. I woke up tired and off, feeling extremely run down–both mentally and physically. So I took the …
Beautiful Bastrop
On Saturday, I went out to Bastrop State Park with friends to get in my longer run for Palo Duro. We wanted to be out …
If It Works for Joanie….
Here’s what my own personal hero did lately (excerpt taken from USA Triathlon NewsWire): “The Pumpkinman Tri (1st annual) here in Southern Maine went off …
Workouts Plus Odds and Ends
Ok: I’m behind on putting up my workout totals, so I’ll get that out of the way. August 26–September 1, 2007 workouts swim 46.36 …
Swim, Swam, Swum
Yesterday, I went to the noon workout at Courtyard to try out the master’s group there. T3 coaches it, and I had talked to the …
Letting Go of the 50 Miler
Well, my 5-hour run out at McKinney Roughs on Saturday told me that I had to be smoking crack to think I would be well-enough …
Training is a Numbers Game
I just realized today that, what with the wacky kid schedule this week and doing my long bike ride last Saturday and then this Sunday, …