Yesterday morning I called the car service at 3:45am, they came at 4am and we arrived at the transition area by 4:35, five minutes after it opened. My foot felt a bit gimpy, I wish I understood the issue with it. I don’t think that it’s an injury, but I was/am feeling some discomfort on [...]
I did the race! I wasn’t last in my age group!
The only place that I met/exceeded my goal was in the swim, where I took 5 minutes off last time.
I can’t sit up too long so I need to keep this short, but basically the bike was not my friend today. The 12 MPH headwind [...]
Yeah…so…yeah.
The race is on Sunday. I am even more unprepared than usual. My mother left at 6:15 this morning and I dragged myself out for a 3 mile run. It felt pretty good to loosen up. Tomorrow I’ll bike 5 or 6 miles and then them it’ll be time to do the thing on Sunday.
I [...]
The start times are up. I am in wave #16 of 34, starting at 6:48am. yuck–that’s actually 30 minutes later than I had hoped. Women 35-39 are the next to last women to start. That totally sucks. It means that lots of testosterone fueled lunatics will be screaming at me during the bike leg: “ON [...]
I just had a WW weigh in and I am down over 4 lbs in the past three weeks. I promptly celebrated with some beef Negimaki and california rolls.
I need to consult my books, such as my Nancy Clark guide. I don’t think I should be following a WW plan for the next week; I want to [...]
This weekend I rode 23 miles, swam 1300 meters and ran just under 7 miles. It doesn’t feel like enough, but it’ll have to do the trick. I’m supposed to taper this week and be sure to be rested enough for the race.
I will definitely be able to run two more times and swim and [...]
Yesterday was a crazy day. I love the early summer days, when there is plenty of daylight, when the local outdoor pool is open and free of charge and when I’m feeling strong.
The great and generous R agreed to watch my bike, so I was able to ride 20 miles and run 3.3 miles. I [...]
E and I met at 7:30 and did our 20 miles in the park. About an hour into our ride, we came upon a cyclist lying in the road with a police car and garbage truck parked next to him. E and I got off the bicycles to walk them past. It wasn’t clear whether [...]
In the past 36 hours I rode 23 miles on my road bike, ran 7.3 miles over the Brooklyn Bridge and back with R, and did a 3 x 520 yd swim with one minute breaks between the sets. I managed to meet the goals I set for the weekend.
Today was the first day since [...]
Damn cat woke me at 4:30. I should return to bed, but I need to be up in about 2 hours to go for an 8 mile run with R, who bought me a lovely dinner yesterday.
Yesterday I biked 23 miles and it went well. I rode over 13MPH and Pain-free E joined me. This [...]
