I love this girl! 2 weeks ago my daughter - who is training for her first 5k with Girls on the Run - and I did a 5k training run together. It was great fun! We talked, ran side by side, took a few walking breaks, took our gloves on and off, and smiled at one another. Last weekend we had talked about doing a run together, but she wasn't feeling it. Okay, no worries. This weekend, she wanted to get back out there. Continue Reading
I went to my first Chicago Tri Club meeting, and I grilled a girl
This week I joined the Chicago Tri Club and went to my first meeting. One of my cycling instructors at my gym let us know that he'd be speaking about metabolic efficiency - a way to burn fat (instead of carbs) - at the next Chicago Tri Club event. I was interested and wanted to attend. I took care of membership, the RSVP, and sitter (hubby was out of town). I focused on taking in as much as I could about Continue Reading
Oh. My. Goodness… This. Is. Expensive.
Holy moley. I went cycle equipment shopping today. I'm overwhelmed about these little CO2 canisters and tubes I have (good gravy, how does that work?) and about how I spent over $300 and didn't even get everything on my list!! And I'm not going with the high-end options, I'm going with the good-enough options. I came home and started tallying it up for my husband... "You know how much it costs to do an Ironman?? Get me Continue Reading
Uuuuugh, why can’t this be run, bike, run??!
Did my swim session yesterday. Ugh. I felt worried during most of it. The truth is, I probably did just fine physically, for me, for where I'm at. It was probably just fine. But it didn't feel fine in my head. I was fixated on how tired and winded I felt after one length of the pool. (yeah, 64 lengths = 1 mile. and I just did the math - which I shouldn't have done! - 2.4 miles = 153.6 lengths). That scares the Sh%^t Continue Reading
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