Post Tagged with: "Triathlon"
Amica Ironman 70.3 Providence Race Recap 15
on July 12, 2010 at 10:27 pm / in Fitness, Jane

Amica Ironman 70.3 Providence Race Recap

When my alarm clock went off at 3:30AM Sunday morning, a few things crossed my mind: 1) Why didn’t I go to bed earlier the night before? 2) Just five more minutes… I’ll even take two! 3) Really? I SIGNED UP for this? Willingly? I’m talking, of course, about the Amica Ironman 70.3 Providence triathlon that, by now, you’re undoubtedly [...]

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First Time Triathlete: My Matty 3
on June 28, 2010 at 2:22 am / in Audrey

First Time Triathlete: My Matty

My husband had his first triathlon this past weekend. I was beyond excited (and a little nervous) for him. I’ve blogged about my husband’s weightloss journey before… 2 years ago he committed to losing 50 pounds. That 50 pounds turned into losing 70 pounds. He completely transformed himself. I was beyond (beyond) happy and proud and impressed. He did it [...]

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My mom, the athlete 8
on June 24, 2010 at 5:17 am / in Fitness, Jane

My mom, the athlete

When I tell people my mom is training for a Half Ironman, I’m often asked if she has done this kind of training before… If she has always been an athlete. And while she has always been athletic… (She always could hold her own in an impromptu softball game or tennis match… or on ice skates… or in a pogo [...]

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IronGram 4
on June 15, 2010 at 1:11 pm / in Fitness, Grandparenting, Sharon

IronGram

Last evening was my first open water swim in preparation for my Half Ironman, which is less than 4 weeks away. For the past 16 weeks, I’ve been swimming laps in a 25-yard pool with cool blue water and visible lane lines and a lifeguard. And you know… in a bathing suit, cap and goggles. Open water swims are a [...]

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Triathlon Deals for Memorial Day Weekend 2
on May 28, 2010 at 4:38 pm / in Deals, Fitness, Jane

Triathlon Deals for Memorial Day Weekend

For my tri readers – some triathlon deals for the Memorial Day Weekend! Happy Training! Xterra Wetsuits: 50% off selected wetsuits – Enter code MEM50 at checkout (Expires Saturday, May 29) Bike Nashbar: 15% off ONE item – no coupon code required; discount taken at checkout. (Expires Monday, May 31) SpeedoUSA: 25% off entire purchase + Free Shipping on orders [...]

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Tri training, 8 weeks away from Ironman 70.3 2
on May 18, 2010 at 12:09 pm / in Fitness, Jane

Tri training, 8 weeks away from Ironman 70.3

It’s official – it’s impossible to not look like a complete dork in a wetsuit. Case in point: It’s cool, though. When I’m out there training or racing, looking stylish isn’t the main goal (though, I am partial to freshly-painted nails and toes); it’s having fun and doing my best. This past weekend, with 8 weeks to go until Ironman [...]

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The Apex of My Anatomy 1
on March 14, 2010 at 8:10 pm / in Fitness, Sharon

The Apex of My Anatomy

I knew that training for a Half Ironman would be challenging. There’s the strength and distance stuff in the swimming, biking and running. Then there’s the time to fit it all in… the 20 weeks or so, especially in New England from March – July. (I must admit here that I have done very little training since my Half Marathon [...]

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A bloody sock to rival Curt Schilling’s? 8
on July 22, 2009 at 11:26 pm / in Sharon

A bloody sock to rival Curt Schilling’s?

Although my first Sprint Triathlon was an amazing experience, it didn’t come without incident. Note the bloody sock. It seems that after my swim in a little slice of the Falmouth Atlantic Ocean, I didn’t get all the sand off my feet before putting on my socks and sneakers for my bike ride and run.  I had been advised to [...]

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on July 20, 2009 at 8:27 am / in Uncategorized

My mother's FIRST TRIATHLON!

Throughout my life I have heard my mother say to me… “I’m proud of you.” It’s something I say to my own sons now. But today I want to tell MY mother that I’m proud of HER. My mother competed in the Falmouth Sprint Triathlon in Falmouth, MA yesterday. She had put this on her “bucket list”… and never wavered [...]

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on May 9, 2009 at 1:08 pm / in Sharon

One pedal at a time…

Not to be confused with petal… I am talking bicycling, not gardening. I did it. This morning, I mailed my entry form to Time Out Productions for the July 19th Falmouth Sprint Triathlon on Cape Cod. This is where the word pedal comes in. Completing a Sprint Triathlon is on my New Year’s Resolution List 2009. Here it is, coming [...]

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