Only 3 days, 17:23:40 to go til Vineman’s start! My bike is cleaned, my trifuel jersey ready to be packed, and my toenails are painted grape colors. Now to just do the actual packing!!
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OMG so sexy! (and a great weekend)
So my bike is about ready for Vineman… (click here for a bigger pic. You can ignore the mess in the picture… we are also in the middle of moving and have to be done the weekend after Vineman so you can imagine the craziness) I still need an adapter for the presta valve so…
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mmm bike
My bike is getting totally sexified for Vineman. It’s gonna be so hott… I just hope I don’t get so distracted by it that I forget to pedal! Upgrades round 1: new Continental Grand Prix tires (black) and a new xlab rear bottle cage setup! The color isn’t great in the pic (phone camera) but…
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mind numbering
Again a post where the title probably makes me laugh more than anyone. Oh well… it is numbers, and they will probably be numbing to minds other than mine. In my worries of Vineman, I took a comparative look at the training the 4 months before IMAZ and the training these last 4 months. IMAZ…
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tapering thoughts
I typed the title, and then read it not as “thoughts about tapering” but that my thoughts themselves are tapering off. I figured it works, given how sucky I have been about maintaining my online personality lately. Sorry, I’ll be back more reliably someday. However, it is taper time. And I’m finding it hard to…
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a local inspiration
I bike commuted today… yes, crazy, eh? It had been almost 3 months! But I wanted to get back on so I did. On the train, I overheard a lady telling a story about a close family friend. Her friend does triathlons, and recently missed one since she got hit by a car and hurt…
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hi again
I’m alive, Utah was awesome, I have pics, and I will post them. I’ve been in an odd state of semi-existence since I got back. I put in over 70 hours at work last week (yes, in one week) because things are a bit down-to-the-wire and hectic here. That combined with a vacation (very needed…
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pics
So I have finally copied some pics from my phone to a computer… so here are some images to accompany some of my recent stories: View from the top of GMR April 29th The beautiful morning at the top of Marshall Canyon June 8th. It’s a mtn bike loop — that’s the reward after about…
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1st day of school
I feel like a proud parent on the first day of school… This morning did a 10mi bike (fast and flat) and then a 20 min run right off the bike. But as I was about to turn onto my street, what did I see but my roommate, out walking/jogging a loop I told her…
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a quote
“If we’re growing, we’re always going to be out of our comfort zone.” — John Maxwell Which reinforces my (mental) training to be ok with uncomfortable 🙂 AR has drastically helped my tris for that reason.