Category Archives: triathlon

What To Do, What To Do?

I have choices to make – quite a few of them and I’d like your input, please. I find myself awash in an embarrassment of riches with respect to training opportunities. This evening I could go for a group run … Continue reading Continue reading

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All Ya Gotta Do is Doodely Do It

When my kids were little we would go every summer to Berkeley Touloumne Family Camp. The accomodations are tent cabins with nearby bathrooms, showers built of stone that are open to the sky and a dining room where they served … Continue reading Continue reading

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Hump Day Miscellany – The WF Obsession Edition

Unless I am working or actively engaged in conversation about something else, my brain is fully occupied with thoughts of Wildflower. Any conversation I get in to soon turns to that topic. “Did you hear that they are insulting each … Continue reading Continue reading

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Harder, Faster!

Children of the 21st Century are sort of notorious for having a lack of respect in general and toward adults in particular. I think most of that is poppycock and comes under the heading “In MY day we had to … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Reluctant Triathlete

Enthusiasm, enthusiasm
wherefore art thou, enthusiasm?
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Now THAT’s hot

Thanks to Bold for pointing the way to this poster: That is what I a call smokin’ hawt athlete. Click on the image and you can see more hawtness – all of it with an appropriate athletic focus (and I … Continue reading Continue reading

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Now THAT’s hot

Thanks to Bold for pointing the way to this poster: That is what I a call smokin’ hawt athlete. Click on the image and you can see more hawtness – all of it with an appropriate athletic focus (and I … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Stuff of Champions

I was just reading Cameron Brown’s IM New Zealand race report on TriFuel. He won this race for the 6th time in spite of having suffered with an intestinal bug for much of the week before. He concludes his report … Continue reading Continue reading

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The Black Hole That Was February

February just whizzed by, now didn’t it? And what happened to my training? It got lost somewhere in the dark cold mornings and in the rain. Training Log for the Month: Swimming – 10x for a total of ~14 miles … Continue reading Continue reading

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Hump Day Miscellany – the WildFlower Edition!

Now that we’ve all had a chance to drool over my bike (which btw is worth more than my car!!) let’s talk about a subject that sits right on top of my little pea brain every single day – WILDFLOWER! … Continue reading Continue reading

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