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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]