Posted on May 30, 2011 by maryeggers
This past weekend was the 7th annual Fly By Night Duathlon, held at the Watkins Glenn International Speedway. If you have ever played with matchbox cars, boy or girl…… you develop this secret dream of racing on a racetrack. As a kid my father took us to the Daytona 500 and as loud as it [...]
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Posted on May 27, 2011 by maryeggers
Ahhh, Friday! It’s been a bit of a crazy week for me. Wednesday and Thursday I was sick… low grade sick. Fever, migraine, just not feeling good at all. It definitely impacted training this week, yet I know from too many years of pushing through that rest is best. Funny how much wiser we get as we age! [...]
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Posted on May 26, 2011 by maryeggers
My heart was absolutely pounding for him. It was the annual spring concert, and a concert at our school is a little but different from a concert at a general education school. This is a really.big.deal not only to these kids but to the parents of these kids. It’s not easy for them to get up [...]
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Posted on May 25, 2011 by maryeggers
Click here for this summer’s free clinics with me! The coldest water I have ever swam in was 48 degrees. I did it without a wetsuit. I was much younger and in those days, I never wore a wetsuit. Swimmers are generally against them, until they wear one. In those days they weren’t made as [...]
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Posted on May 24, 2011 by maryeggers
I believe in Lance Armstrong. That’s a controversial statement to make these days but I believe in him. I believe he is clean. I believe he did not cheat. I am willing to also be proven wrong. I live in a country that states we are innocent until proven guilty. I know there are some [...]
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Posted on May 23, 2011 by maryeggers
I love to ride to Bristol and Naples. There is just something about riding down there that fills me up. I also love to my long rides primarily alone. What others call a long ride I typically call…. a break. On a daily basis I work with so many people in so many different capacities [...]
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Posted on May 21, 2011 by maryeggers
What a field at Ironman Texas today!!!! Deepest field outside of Kona if you ask me!!! Best of luck to my QT2 teammates at Ironman Texas today!!!!! And of course to the one and only White Hot. I met White hot down in Panama City beach at the Gulf coast triathlon… thanks to Marit…… way [...]
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Posted on May 20, 2011 by maryeggers
Click here for my latest article on Xtri! My interview with elite age group triathlete Kim Scwabenbauer is the first in the line of some great interviews with some pretty awesome ladies of our sport! On deck we’ve got Heather Leiggi, Jacqui Gordon, Kat Donatello, Rachel Ross, Cait Snow , Beth Shutt, and more! No worries boys… I [...]
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Posted on May 18, 2011 by maryeggers
For a long time now various friends have been nudging me to write a book. My neighbor Chris, my high school friends Jill and Rachel, strangers who have read this blog. This has literally been going on for years. It’s an incredible compliment, I am a writer by hobby, not by profession. I don’t know [...]
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Posted on May 17, 2011 by maryeggers
I have an extremely personal reason in asking for your help. This message came to me from my friend Leah, remmeber Leah, she’s the one who is involved with Melissa’s Living Legacy? Here it is: Our hole in one contest is in trouble—and its the rain. We’ve had a few golfers showing up with big [...]
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