Finding the Sweet Spot

Somehow my training and racing plans have become the talk of the town around here, and I can’t figure out why. I have received so many emails from people I don’t even know asking if I am racing this race, racing that race… why did I have Fall Frolic on the schedule and now it’s [...]

Snapshot

One of the things I have grown to appreciate about life in Rochester NY, is the choices we have for training. Out my door I can run hills or flats. I can open water swim or hit the pool. I can run a hilly road, a hilly trail, flats or a track. I have Canindaigua [...]

Going for Broke

As I am approaching the end of my transition period, and the beginning of some focused training, I am realizing just how important it is to train the mind. It’s equally important as it is to train the body. I have spent a great deal of time over the past few years shifting my perspective, [...]

The Whisper

I have been waiting for this day, since we began running camp eleven days ago. The day where the honeymoon ended, and reality set in. Mind you each run I have done except for time trial Tuesday has been very slow and very short. Thursday however is double run Thursday, as the once stashed drunk [...]

Thank You!

It took just one day for us to find our first smile…. but I am proud to report that Luc is doing great and we are adjusting to life with a cast. For a 6 year old who spends the day swimming it’s a hard adjustment. Pain control is good, a bit too good in [...]

Limits

This morning was the big time trial. 5K on the track, coach present with a stopwatch. Thank God coach Trevor can count to 12.5 because I certainly can not. With the events of the past few days sleep is not coming as handily as it normally does. Now I can get to sleep, in fact [...]

Expecting the Unexpected

I have made it home from the wedding extravaganza of all wedding extravaganzas. It was an interesting weekend. Curt was allowed off the hook so he and Luc rode the Metro through downtown Buffalo a hundred times while Pelee came to yet another Eggers’ family function. I would introduce him as my friend, or “brother [...]

That Feeling

I glanced up at the clock last night as I stood in the trauma bay, over a teenage girl who was in a car accident. She was awake, speaking, likely had some broken bones. Plenty of Pediatric Nurses were around. Fifteen minutes past midnight and I had to be up at 4:45. But that’s every [...]

Saddle up… Buttercup

The two week Ironman vacation / off-season has ended, and this morning it was time to get to work. Coach Trevor is steering the ship and I am delighted to be following behind. This morning was a *** Gasp*** 30 minute run. Not too much to swallow for an Irongirl for the third time, just [...]

The Tri Life

Recently people have commented to my husband and I that somehow, we make our triathlon lifestyle work with family. There are no real secrets to a triathlon lifestyle, but there is understanding, priorities, and ground rules. For the past 8 years we’ve been lucky to have evolved through a lot together. From our son’s open [...]

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