I often wonder if it's possible that I am cracking up. I think I feel better than I have in months. I am definitely not in a rut again.But I still feel cuckoo and pressured, combined with random waves of feeling great. I … [Read more...]

Today, I swam 1.06 miles, and managed to do so in about 55 minutes. Huge milestone. Still slow as hell, but something nevertheless. I am jogging a 5K on Saturday too and am actually excited. I want to be a real runner so … [Read more...]

Good lawd it was chilly this morning. I went for a swim in the outdoor pool. Apparently, the hardcore triathlon people do not like the pools heated because it does not simulate actual triathlon swimming, and therefore, … [Read more...]

I feel like a slug since coming back from Australia. But I am back on the train. A slow uphill fat trail. But still, a train. I jogged 4.1 miles tonight on the treadmill while watching "Good Will Hunting." How 'bout them … [Read more...]

Ok. Strike that last comment. I just cancelled our trip to Kona. If I see another airplane, I think I will jump out of it. Sydney was super duper awesome, but that flight is ridiculous. The Kona trip was a joyful flight … [Read more...]

I have been sticking to training by walking my legs off completely. I squeezed in a swim and the Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb. I am eating everything that doesn't eat me. But the exercise is not lacking. Still, I am … [Read more...]

The Expert (my husband) is out of town right now, so this makes for too much time for me to think and come up with big plans and schemes. Last night, I was working on drafting a complaint interspersed with watching You … [Read more...]

I managed a four mile run tonight, which I completely attribute to my head of freshly made red hair. Triathlon hair, that's what I say! Go ahead, you may laugh now. But you won't be laughing one year from now. Or ten … [Read more...]

In the book Your First Triathlon, supercoach Joe Friel talks about the importance of never skipping training days and how the level of committment to triathlon has to be hardcore. I understand that, I do. He also says, … [Read more...]