I’m going to go out on a limb here and say this was the toughest week of MAYhem. It’s going to be smooth(er) sailing from here on out. As a result, and because it’s triathlon week, the workouts were a little sparse. Monday: Rest (sick kiddo home from school) Tuesday: Unscheduled Rest (sick kiddo home) [Read More]
Smores Energy Bites and Runfessions
Tell me how it can be the final Friday of June already, will you? Sigh, time flies. It’s time to open the runfessional and spill all the transgressions of the month so we can head into July footloose and fancy free. Let’s get started, shall we? It’s Runfession Friday and we’re waiting to hear yours! [Read More]
Espirit de She Triathlon Race Report
This was my second time doing the Espirit de She sprint triathlon. Read last year’s adventure here. I am an Espirit de She Race Series Ambassador and Founding Finisher since 2013. After a steamy 100-degree the day before, tri day dawned cooler and clear, albeit on the windy side. I was up and restless 30 [Read More]
Tri Week Shenanigans
It was a perfect week workout-wise….if you don’t notice the elephant in the room. Yeah I didn’t swim. Not a single time. Being tri week and all, a swim or two would’ve been good. Yeah not so much. Monday: Open water swim (didn’t happen) Tuesday: Run 5 miles Wednesday: Evolution Cycle + Strength Thursday: Run [Read More]
Coffee Talk: When the Wetsuit Hits the Water
I’m linking up with Deb, Coco and Lynda for a coffee date. Boy we’ve got some catching up to do. If we were having coffee, my coffee would be iced, since summer has arrived here with a vengeance. It makes running a challenge but I am SO not complaining. I’d tell you that I’m stressing. [Read More]
Runfessions: Triathlon Edition
Can you believe May is almost behind us? That means its time for another edition of Runfessions. Feel free to share your deepest, sweatiest secrets and link them up right here. Ready? I haven’t been on the scale in I don’t know how long. I have nightmares that my wetsuit will not fit. And yet [Read More]
The Week That Changed Everything
Before I get to the rest of the weekly goodness, here’s how my workouts went. Monday: Rest Tuesday: Run 6 miles Wednesday: 1 hr evolution cycle + 1000 yds swim Thursday: Run 5 miles Friday: 800 yds. swim, 10 miles bike Saturday: Strength Sunday: 9 miles As far as weeks go, this one was fairly [Read More]
5 Things to Love About Triathlon
In case you missed my frustrated triathlon training face on Facebook or Instagram yesterday, I had a difficult swim. I know another one, what else is new? Of course I didn’t want to get in the pool at all and once I did, I wanted to get out after five minutes, then 10, 11, 12 [Read More]
Spring Races: Where will you find me?
This week’s Tuesdays on the Run topic has a, shall we say, split personality. If you shared your spring race plans last week we’re sharing scenes from where we run. Since I shared scenes from my run last week, (and my spring race plans were high up in the air) I’m throwing down some races [Read More]
