Oh Deer

It’s been….. an interesting week to say the least. It’s been one of those weeks where you feel like you are being pulled in ten different directions. If things don’t get written on the to-do list they don’t get done. Weeks like this I find myself still waking at 4am. Even in the off-season I [...]

Coaching Integration

Don’t forget! Webinar tonight with Jesse! If you are a USAT Coach it’s a perfect opportunity to earn some CEU’s and if you are not a coach, it’s the perfect opportunity to learn from one of the best. The topic is “13 Concepts for Long Course Racing” and the information to join us is right here! I don’t promote [...]

USAT Elite Nationals… BUFFALO!

Coming home. It’s always wonderful. I live 60 minutes away from where I grew up yet it’s been years since I have traversed the roads I frequented so as a Buffalonian. As I drove down route 5 from Orchard Park this morning…… it brought back memories. In 1997  (or 1998, I forget)  a group of us stood [...]

Yoga Girl

You may already know this…. but I am a yoga girl. I don’t talk about it that much, mostly because yoga is so widely misunderstood. I teach yoga and I practice yoga. I am nowhere near flexible. I have told you before….. I am not your typical yoga teacher. The first time I stepped foot [...]

Off-Season

Off-season is treating me well. The entire three days of it so far. I am not a big fan of allowing yourself to get totally out of shape during the off-season. I am a big fan of waking up and saying to myself…… what do I feel like doing today to move? So far it’s [...]

Syracuse 70.3 Race Report

As I was driving home this afternoon I listened to the Buffalo Bills Post game show. Moments before I held my breath with the rest of Western New York as the final 6 seconds rolled down and the Raiders made one last attempt. INTERCEPTION. SCREAM! Oh.My.God. The Bills had just pulled off the greatest comeback [...]

Let’s play triathlon

It’s been a few weeks since I have raced. I have been to races (announcing), I have tracked Nationals, Ironman…… I am never out of the triathlon loop. The break in a bit of competition leaves me hungry as I head into Syracuse 70.3 this weekend. My compression socks are on, I sleep with my [...]

If

A psychologist once sat in front of Curt and I…… Luc was about 3, and told us “Good luck with this kid.” I felt something rise up within me. Not anger, not bitterness….. the feeling of…. don’t you dare write the end of this story. Don’t you dare. More than us teaching our son that, [...]

Tempo

Gain time on the downhill. Put time in the bank and see how much you can hang onto on the uphill. It was tempo night and I have been running this route, this workout for months. In total I have dropped 40 seconds per mile off my time on this route. The set is nothing [...]

Remember

I don’t want it to be ten years. Not already. Throughout the past ten years every single time I have seen an image of those towers I have had to squeeze my eyes shut. I can’t watch the coverage. It’s not that I want to pretend that it didn’t happen. I know all too well that [...]

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