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There is something about sharing goals that makes them more real for me… but first I’ll start with the beginning. A fellow blogger on the other site I use posted a great “1st 50k” report, and I told him so and that someday I’ll be there. He told me he’s read my IM report, and…
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HOLY SHIT WE GOT IN TO PQ2006!!!! (assuming I really end up racing with the team I’ve been talking to ;-))
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My friend (also an Ironman) put what I’m feeling very well — Ironman blues. I’m not super motivated to train right now, so I’m not as happy ’cause I’m not training as much. I don’t have the pre-race jitters for weeks. I don’t have that big, all-important goal in my future. I need to get…
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I expected to be sore after the Ironman. I mean… duh! It’s an IRONMAN! But I really wasn’t. Yeah, a little stiff that evening, and it took a few steps of walking to be “ungimpafied” the next day or two, but never really that stiff, sore, oh god more stairs!?!? kind of feeling. However, I…
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Things I learned at IM AZ Goggles are worn for many reasons. One is for keeping water out of eyes. One is for helping block some of the glare of a rising sun as you swim into it. Another is to block against fingernails and hands entering your eyesockets. It’s crowded in the water with…
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Good swim this morning. It was lots and lots of 100s (I think 21). I sat out a few, as my side has been a bit unhappy and I don’t want to push it right now. Might go for a ride this afternoon. Trying not to do too much, but also not too little. Tapering…
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So life is getting crazy busy right now. I’ve dropped some in the training hours (for bike especially, and some for running) which is ok since I should be tapering anyways. IM AZ is 11 days away! I’m nervous and excited. They have changed the bike course (it’s less hilly now) and so I’m more…
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til IM AZ. I get scared every time I look at the countdown clock or see that I’m scheduled for vacation 4/7-4/11…
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For Christmas I’d like 4 more hours each day… and a pony. Seriously, there just doesn’t seem to be enough time in the day. I’m lucky that my main job has flexible hours — I don’t know too many other places where a lunch break is long enough for a slowpoke like me to run…