Two More Days in the Bank

DAY SIXTEEN (Tuesday) Tuesday was a blur. I have been shaking a head cold for what feels like weeks. I know it’s not weeks, but it feels like it. As far as food, I’m sure I had some eggs and kale and something else not so delicious.  I had  an hour bike and swim for workout. […]

CPQ = Calm. Peace. Quiet.

I have made it fourteen days into Eight to Great. DAY FOURTEEN (Sunday) I woke up on Sunday completely unmotivated for my workout.  Not sure why. Maybe because sometimes 4.5 hours of training isn’t really what I want to do on a lazy Sunday morning. Maybe. Maybe. Can’t imagine why. So I whined. And then I […]

Update on My Fatness

I hope someday to have a post which reads:  “Update on My Six Pack” (which doesn’t mean my Heineken Light).  For now, this type of title will have to suffice. Today was Day Four of eating as I have been prescribed.  Which is quite remarkable considering that two of the four days stretched over a weekend.  I […]

What the Nutritionist Said…

“STOP EATING, YOU ARE A COW.” Okay, I’m kidding.   But she did listen carefully to my tales of eating woes (and eating everything in sight), and likened my “grazing” to a cow.  And how in the world can cows get fat on grass?  Well, because they eat all day long (in my case, all […]

Tomorrow, I Love Ya, Tomorrow…

Tomorrow is the day. Appointment with the nutritionist.  I am giving up and begging for help. I cannot do it alone. I am hoping that she gives me helpful advice, and doesn’t just instantly produce wires to clamp my jaws shut. Sixty-six days until 70.3. Eeeeek. I have actually done pretty well eating-wise this week, with the […]

Are You Happy?

Happiness, oh, happiness.    In general, yes, I think I am happy.   Tonight? NO! Okay, I’m being a little dramatic. Was supposed to put down 8 mile run after work.  I had my new shoes (as a recap, the Kwickys got returned, and I have been in mourning), so Brooks Adrenaline was what Fleet […]

Wednesday Wisdom: Diet Derailleurs

Beware the diet deraillieurs.  (Oh, you like the bike humor.) Yes.  Diet busters lurk all over the place. But really, what is the biggest diet buster of all? Here are the clues: sweet, but not chocolate pint sized, but not ice cream delicious, but not edible [Insert scary music here] The biggest diet derailleurs are…. ….children. […]

GU (Goo)

Check it out.  No, I am not giving this way (you wish).  But I did the math and figured this was the number of GU and Shot Bloks that the Expert and I will need from now until Miami.  Crazy.  If you look at it, all in one place, it’s scary. The nuun was just […]

Brick Bonk

Today, was the first time (since the monster gear incident) that I actually believed I could NOT handle this triathlon thing. I started out at Harbins Park for a brick.  28 mile bike, plus a run off the bike of four miles. I had my cycling route mapped out, zipped up in a plastic bag and stuffed in […]