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Being a beast
Pin ItMy favorite TRX teacher, Ami McMullen, has a new theme for her year: Be a Beast. I like it! While I haven’t been feeling like a beast this week with a crush of work responsibilities wearing me...
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I won! I won!
Pin ItI was going to write a blog post today about my crappy run on the treadmill and how I’m struggling with tight calves and shins. (By the way, I’ve been self massaging and seeing a chiropractor...
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What’s a punch-key?
Pin ItIt’s Fat Tuesday. And before I got all athletic and stuff that just meant another day to eat whatever I want. Growing up in Detroit, Fat Tuesday meant eating paczkis. That’s said more like...
View ArticleFitting it all in
Pin ItSometimes life and marathon training do not mesh well together, especially as the miles get longer. I’ve been working a lot lately. Traveling back and forth to Frankfort to cover the legislature...
View ArticleI admit it, I’m in love
Pin ItAll day yesterday there were hearts everywhere. People in Frankfort were scrambling to get home to spend their evening with their loved ones. I think all the love in the air inspired me to come...
View ArticleFeeling the gains
Pin ItOn Saturday, I set out for my 18-mile marathon training run. I’m not sure why, but I think I get more nervous for these long training runs than I do the actual marathons. I think it’s partly...
View ArticleBusy days
Pin ItI owe you guys an apology … with all that’s going on in Frankfort with the General Assembly, I’m afraid that the blog has been suffering a bit. I’m used to posting something most mornings when I...
View ArticleExcuse me, I burpeed …
Pin ItThis morning I dragged my tired butt out of bed to head over to The Training Studio on River Road for an early morning circuit/strength training workout with my tri team girls, Kim and Laken....
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Competitive nature
Pin ItI’m competitive generally speaking. I mean who really likes to lose? But when it comes to sports, I’ve never really had much of an expectation of winning so I never got super worked up about it....
View ArticleChanneling the inner mermaid
Pin ItI would like to know why swimming for nearly an hour and doing about 1750 yards of drills this morning felt so much better than jumping in that pool and swimming 400 yards on Sunday. I’m sure...
View ArticleThe long run
Pin ItAs Thursday starts to draw to a close, I feel my anxiety rising. To be honest, my anxiety and stress has been pretty high all week (or the past several weeks really) as I’ve been super busy with...
View ArticleFinding a vision
Pin ItOne of the things my coach, Barry Stokes, has on my training schedule for the next several weeks is some visualization time. He schedules me for 20 minutes of visualizing and thinking through my...
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Long run recap
Pin ItMonday was a really busy day with assignments in Frankfort and Louisville so there was no time for blogging. But I’ve got a little time this morning before the next wave of Frankfort hearings...
View ArticleLuck of the Irish
Pin ItI’m not Irish, but I’ve always really enjoyed St. Patrick’s Day. Not because of the heavy drinking as I’m sure some of you jumped to in your minds. But something about four-leaf clovers, luck of...
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Why do I always have to have a new goal?
Pin ItSaturday when I lined up for the Anthem 5K, I’d already done most of a mile to warm up and leave myself with only 10 miles to run after the race to get in my long run for the marathon training....
View ArticleDrill school
Pin ItWhen I first started doing swim workouts with Coach Mike Jotautas I wondered what I’d gotten myself into. Some of the drills he has us do are pretty difficult and spending an hour in the pool...
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Pin ItThis morning in my email I got my weekly message from my Team in Training coach, Dan McCann, with his notes to fire us up for our Paris marathon training. I enjoy these weekly emails because...
View Article20 miles and 20 days
Pin ItOnly 20 more days to go before I line up for the Paris Marathon with Team in Training! It feels like I’ve been training forever. And I’m ready to be there and run this race. I’m definitely...
View ArticleRainy days and Mondays …
Pin ItGiving myself a break and going a little easier has never really been my forte. But I have not been sleeping well the past few days as I’ve been battling a busy work schedule, my last looooong...
View ArticleRunning vs. Swimming
Pin ItSometimes when I’m swimming, I often wonder how come it seems so hard. I mean, I run marathons and I’ve seen lots of improvement in my speed and efficiency in running, particularly over the last...
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