It’s a strange 4th of July. Hurricane Arthur is creeping up the coast giving us downpours and thunder; it is the first year in a long time I did not participate in the Bellmore Striders Firecracker 4 miler; and I am sitting at the kitchen table blogging instead of getting the potato salad ready. But…
I am in deep. I am writing proposals, doing research and connecting with my network during the day while the rest of my awake time is spent on Ironman. Ironman training, Ironman thinking, and drinking the Ironman kool-aid. The countdown is here, two more months I will be toeing the line at Ironman Lake Placid.…
Nope, this was not a brunch in bed kinda morning. Actually those days are long gone. After eating the biggest peanut butter and jelly muffin they had at Whole Foods at 3:45 in the morning, I packed up my things and left the house to join my teammates for a hell of a workout out…
Last night at Open Water Swim master’s program, I hit a milestone. I walked onto the deck and was welcomed by smiles, waves and big greetings from my Tri Global team mates. Life has thrown me a few curve balls lately and I have been in the clouds. So when I dove in head first…
Last year we had a fairly mild winter. But to continue with my training on those really cold, snowy days, I invested in a fluid trainer from Nashbar. I would get on it and catch up on some TV shows, not mindful of how hard I was working or what I was doing altogether. I…
