Mary Eggers

Practice what you preach, lead by example, there are two thousand ways to say it. But what I did over the weekend, or rather, what I didn’t do…. only needs one word.Stupid. Saturday I ran the Hearnish 10K (which was 6.5 according to my Garmin, and for the record, 4 miles too short!). The hilliest [...]

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It was a perfect birthday, I couldn’t’ have had any more fun!It all began at Masters where even Ken’s eyes widened at our given set. My mouth hit the floor. But we did it. I did not get lapped once. I made every interval and I had to lay down after practice for a few [...]

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Thank goodness I am a triathlete. Age is looked at with respect, and there is always a new place to go. New age groups, new opportunity. Every few years you get to the the youngest.Yes it it true, today I am thirty four years old. My age doesn’t freak me out, the fact that I [...]

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I don’t believe Ironman Lake Placid to be a hilly course. Before you slap me understand that where I live, it’s hilly. Ironman Lake Placid doesn’t have any stand and grind hills. Every hill on that course is a slow rise. Around here we have some good steep and die types of grades. So when [...]

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As you may or may not know, I am the mom of a child with what has become the catch phrase “Special Needs”. Most of all I think he is a 7 year old boy. But he does have some delays. With those delays however, there isn’t a child more full of sunshine than he [...]

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It was all going great until my husband got involved. His involvement has since been trouble. Nothing but trouble. You see, until now I have been in charge of the coffee at my house. He cooks, I make the coffee. And I am good at it. He even bought me the coffee makers of all [...]

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(I saw and stole this picture from Chuckie V’s Site…..for you Marit Even though my friend Ass Cold has made a triumphant return to Western New York, I have been waking up smiling and ready for each and every day. Things are going well here at Train-This on so many different fronts, and I am [...]

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If you are looking to absorb some great material about training click here. This is Coach Paulo’s blog page, he is thought of by some as controversial, but I don’t quite find him so. There is nothing that he says or preaches that is actually new. He does a terrific job in my opinion of [...]

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The first time I ordered a Skirt from Skirt Sports, I got a phone call from Nicole DeBoom herself. So convinced it was a joke I even told her so. But Mary! I remember her saying, This really is Nicole DeBoom! It was impressive that someone of her name and stature would call just to [...]

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We are pretty excited here at Train-This for a really great reason. We are sinfully close to sealing the deal on a third coach for our little company. We’ve Got Coach Erika heading up Train-This DC, me here in Rochester and we’ve got one on deck for Buffalo. She’s actually an old friend of mine, [...]

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