The Augusta 70.3 Taper Begins
Less than 2 weeks until the big 70.3 race. (Here’s a link to a great race preview video.) The Expert and I headed out for a swim (1500 yards), bike (36 miles) and run (4 miles) on Saturday. And I wore my wetsuit (insert scary music here), because Augusta is a wetsuit race. I can say that this […]
My Life Plan Sucks?!
I went to Coach Monster’s spin class this morning, and was then stretching out after class. I was talking with a gym pal who is also doing Augusta, and he has 3 kids and he’s an attorney—henceforth, Lawyer Pal—-so we were chatting about stuff like life, kids, work, etc… I told Lawyer Pal about my book coming out and […]
Run until the Pain Stops
The Expert is grumpy. Very, very grumpy. He told me that he’s feeling the effects of this training, and he’s ready for the taper (we’re in the almost 2 week countdown to Augusta 70.3). That’s because he never really trained for St. Anthony’s (Olympic), or even really Miami 70.3- I swear the dude just showed up and raced a half Iron […]
Stop Wasting Your Life
One of my favorite blogs, Marc & Angel Hack Life, had a post today about 8 Ways You’re Wasting Your Life. What a great post. And while none of those reasons are actually identical to what I just experienced or went through on Monday… I definitely think that fighting with your spouse about a pink […]
Swim. Bike. Run. Sunburn. Yeah.
Met Yoda at Mary Alice Park at 7:30 this morning for a “little” swim, bike and run. The Expert had his swim, bike and run yesterday with SBM friend, Mark, and had a great day. I was a tad nervous setting out. This was a big workout, dude. Almost 1 mile swim. Almost 50 mile […]
Bobby Ray, I’ll Be Back!
Every time I drop the kids off at the gym activity center, I watch the other parents doing the same… “Bobby Ray, I’ll be back after I run.” “Bobby Ray, I’ll pick you up in a bit.” The kids are sometimes crying, sometimes whining and the parents are gripping their running shoes, with a […]
Happy Yoga Month!
This is a SPONSORED Post by Athleta When I first began tri-ing, I did yoga once a week with the Expert. I was amazed at the benefits. But as I ramped up the “important” workouts (swimming, biking and running), my yoga habit fell away. And now I am left with decreased flexibility and lots of […]
Who Wants It… Early?
This baby is going off to the publisher in SIX days! 430 pages (!) of triathlon scoop (it’s a giant book!)…. with real expert advice and love (from Coach Monster to Bia Sport to Chrissie Wellington (?!!!)) …And of course, more giggles and talks of the Queen than you can shake a stick at. This has been a true […]
Just a Little Queen Busting Ride
My saintly parents have the Swim Bike Kids in Savannah for the weekend. So what are the Expert and Swim Bike Mom to do on a completely kid-free weekend? Why…swim, bike and run our way into oblivion, of course! And bike into oblivion… we did. But not before we had an open water swim. 7:30 […]