Posted on November 30, 2007 by maryeggers
Thank you so very much to all of you who emailed me over the last few days about the “My Choice” entry. If you didn’t see it, it was a bit about my eating disorder and the 13 year recovery I am blessed to call my own. It never ceases to amaze me just how [...]
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Posted on November 29, 2007 by maryeggers
I am extremely excited to announce my participation in an event that I fully believe in, that will be happening here in Rochester this coming February. I was recently invited to speak at a Symposium that will be held at the University of Rochester, as part of a traveling exhibit highlighting Eating Disorders. It is [...]
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Posted on November 27, 2007 by maryeggers
Please forgive me in advance…. I am going to take a victory lap. Because tonight I opened up my bike box, which was sealed on November 4th as I rolled it onto an airplane after Ironman Florida. A day that held many great things for me. My fourth Ironman. My first sub elven finish. My [...]
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Posted on November 25, 2007 by maryeggers
The swimming questions keep coming! Thanks so much for writing in, keep at it and I will keep throwing back the best answers that I can! Keep in mind that all of this is my big opinion. I have swum forever and it’s my first love. I have had terrific coaches and they taught me [...]
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Posted on November 24, 2007 by maryeggers
I am not sure what I have gotten myself into. Last week I received an email from Jen Harrison… it was an invitation, and it was intriguing. An invitation to a weekend of training. In North Carolina. So far so good. Then I read the list of characters…. no one whom I knew, but I [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2007 by maryeggers
I received a few questions about the below post, that I thought I would clarify;1. What is a ceiling? I call a ceiling … the slowest I’d go. In the below set30 X 100 on 2:00 with a ceiling of 1:20; the 1:20 is the slowest I would go. The early ones it is “easy” [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2007 by maryeggers
It’s a common belief (and of course I’d support it…) that swimmers make the best triathletes. In my experience it is much easier to teach a swimmer how to run, than a runner how to swim. . Now I know plenty of amazing runners who became awesome swimmers, and I know plenty of good swimmers [...]
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Posted on November 19, 2007 by maryeggers
And so it begins… the most wonderful time of the year…. at least in my book. A time when we gather as families with those we see a lot, and those we don’t’ see quite so much. A time when we share Turkey and Pumpkin Pie and watch the parade on TV. The eyes of [...]
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Posted on November 18, 2007 by maryeggers
If you know me and Kelly B., you know we are great friends. I call it more like a sisterhood that began way back in 2002… the last time I ever beat Kelly B in a race. We had just done Ironman Lake Placid 2002 and I bombed it, she nailed it and qualified for [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2007 by maryeggers
Something terrible has happened. And I never expected it to. I may have fallen back in love with being a nurse.As you know I am a pediatric emergency nurse … very… very… part time. Not too long ago I had set out to change careers. In January of 2009 I would quit the nursing profession [...]
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