Mary Eggers

This morning I raced a great 1/2 marathon in Geneseo NY. Whew, a tough course! One of my old acquaintances Boots designed this course. He has a knack for making some thrillingly though courses, but he’s right, they all have a flow to them!!!Now I will always carry the dram that I will wake up [...]

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KATHLEEN! (From the airplane and IMLP!!!) I got your post but not the message! Shoot me an email at Maryeggers “at” gmail “dot” com!!!! I cna’t believe you found me!!!!!!!! CONGRATS IRONMAN!!!!!!!!! WOO HOOOOOO!!!!!

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For the record…… I didn’t even try for Ironman Canada. But 2 of my athletes got in!I stood in my garage at 5am Thursday morning and all I could think about was closing my eyes. Then I did something I never do. I went back inside. I got into bed and I slept until 9am. [...]

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Yesterday we went bowling. At the end of the school year they issued cards that read “Say no to drugs and yes to bowling”! Now, bowling is a cheap sport if you are recreational beginner bowlers like us. The cards made it even cheaper. Hip hip hooray! We’ve been bowling a few times a week [...]

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Let me get this onto the record right away….. I am not signing up for the 2009 edition of Ironman Canada. But thank you for the 84 (yes, eighty FOUR) emails that contained this message Wednesday……Limited online entry slots available for 2009 Subaru Ironman Canada August 27, 2008Penticton, BC – A limited number of general [...]

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Our sport means so many different things to each of us. Even within ourselves it means different things. Some days…. many days it is my therapy. There are just things I experience on a 100 minute run that I can’t experience, work through, or cope with in any other venue. The sound of my feet [...]

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How amazing are the girls at Splish? How amazing? Here it is the official “Hook ‘em Horns” suit. 6 weeks until Austin. Austin or BUST!!!!I don’t know what it is, but the more I observe my son the more I learn. This is really turning into one hell of a “my kid is the best” [...]

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I am a bit pissed off. Last Tuesday my Cancer surviving friend got hit by a drunk driver who was texting. She broke her hip. Running career ended. Another friend broke her collarbone in a bike crash. 2 others had very close calls. I was riding my bike through Mendon Ponds Park. In the middle [...]

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So glad I have a long trans-brick this morning, else I’d be glued to my computer while the Ironman Canada bike is happening. I mean in the time I complete my 3:30 workout…… they won’t be done with the bike, so I can relax. All eyes are on Ironman Canada this morning and I am [...]

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GOOD LUCK BREE AT IRONMAN CANADA! KICK BUTT AND GET THAT SPOT TO KONA! TO HOME! I have to answer a question I was asked several times yesterday….. is it really this great to be a Mom????? Yes it is. There are hard days. Especially with a kid with “special needs.” In the grand scheme [...]

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