Author Archives: 21cm

Monday Monday – Of Insults and Injuries and The Bounty of Life

It was a good weekend – good for training, good for racing, good for having fun and I was productive, too. In fact I’m feeling so good I’m going to expose myself to you on the internet. Consider it a … Continue reading Continue reading

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4th of July – PR!

Like 80% of every other blogger I read, I ran a 5K yesterday. I had not run a 5K since I did this race last year and last year I did not PR in spite of having a pacer. She … Continue reading Continue reading

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Hump Day Miscellany – Events

I’ve been listing stuff to include in this edition of Hump Day Miscellany and the list seemd long but as with all things in the life of a triathlete that seem long and hard I will forge on (most all … Continue reading Continue reading

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Chums or Chum? That Was the Question

On Saturday June 28th I met up with FeLady, Mr. FeLady and their friends Mr. and Mrs. Chico to take my second shot at swimming from Alcatraz to Aquatic Park without getting eaten by a Shark. It was the FeLadies … Continue reading Continue reading

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Monday Monday – Never is a Very Long Time

I have so much stuff to write about that I think I’ll have to do a giant Hump Day Miscellany. I have yet to say anything about my version of CdA and then there’s the bittersweet experience of having my … Continue reading Continue reading

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Hump Day Miscellany – Some Good, Some Not So Good

1). I am blogstipated which is to say I’m full of stuff to say, none of which wants to come out. 2). CdA was a blast and I have pictures and I will post them soon. So many have posted … Continue reading Continue reading

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Good Vibes to all you Racers!

Whether you are doing an Ironman for your first or fifth time, running your first marathon (Steve in a Speedo ) or your 9th (his lovely wife IronPharmie) or doing your first ever triathlton (Go Jeanne!) make this your day! … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in community, Events, Ironman, Racing, Running, triathlon | 5 Comments

Hump Day Miscellany, eh?

Today’s Hump Day Miscellany celebrates – Canada! That’s where I went last weekend. Toronto, to be precise. I had no idea it was just a big, bustling city. Frankly I’d rather drive in either San Francisco or Boston than Toronto … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Events, Family, Hump Day | 11 Comments

Testing and Gatorade – but not testing Gatorade

This is a test of my RSS feed which I think is totally broken, If you happen to see this and you know the answer could you please tell me about the Gatorade swim at an IM? How many people, … Continue reading Continue reading

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You Know You’re Hooked When…

So I’m off to Canada until Monday night and I’m missing 1 long bike ride, 1 swim and 2 runs. Actually, that would be 2 swims because I’m supposed to do a 40 minute recovery swim on Sundays but I … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Family, motivation, training, triathlon | 1 Comment