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New Year, New Drop
Haven't run in 7 months. Can't start again yet, but when I do, it's going to be a new era – the era of low-drop shoes. Plus retraining myself to run in them/run with a mid-foot strike with help from Aaptiv and the Urban Wellness Clinic. Slow and steady…
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Hot Hot Heat!
Yesterday I completed my 8th NYC Triathlon with a time that was 15 minutes and 38 seconds slower than my slowest tri. I couldn't care less about my less-than-stellar performance because it was SO DAMN HOT and I took it slow and listened to my body (which was saying, "Girl, WTF do you think you are
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Derailed
The good news: I've booked a bike trip to Belgium, Luxembourg & Germany for late July! The bad news: I have tendinitis in my right ankle, likely caused from ramping up my triathlon running training too quickly. So . . . in order to be able to go on my bike trip injury-free, I'm most
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NYC Tri #7 — Damn, I’m Consistent
Just got back from a week in Maine, relaxing and recovering from the NYC Triathlon. More on that later, but here are my results. Perhaps next year I'll focus on speeding up on one of the legs (just one . . .). 2016: Swim 21:41 T1 11:47 Bike 1:45:55 T2 4:16 Run 59:02* Total: 3:22:41 2014: Swim 18:06
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Race Ready!
Hi gang! If all goes according to plan, I will complete my 7th NYC Triathlon this Sunday, 7/24, and I hope to see you there! All details can be found in this handy Spectator Guide. If you're an early riser, and want to watch the swim or bike, I'm guesstimating my start at about 6:30
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Catching Up
Where to begin? Let's see . . . First, I just returned from a wonderful weekend celebrating my brother and Becky's wedding on a lovely farm in Western MA. Welcome to the family, Becky, and congratulations to you both! Also got to spend time with family, friends, and (best of all, but don't tell everyone
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Fitsgiving
I had an incredibly relaxing Thanksgiving weekend with very little on the calendar with one exception — workouts. As a ClassPass member, I have access to studios all over NYC (and other cities), so I decided to take advantage in an attempt to counterbalance some of the Thanksgiving calories and get a bit of a
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Miracle of Miracles
I went to a 7 am pilates class this morning. I haven't gone to an exercise class that early since 2000, which I was training for my first AIDS Ride — I was so terrified that I went to two spin classes and a body sculpt class at 6:30 am three days a week. Let's
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Respect Yourself
I did my first triathlon in 2007 — a sprint distance tri in West Point. Since then, I have completed one triathlon per year (with the exception of 2013): the NYC Triathlon, which is an Olympic distance — twice as long as a sprint. I completed my 8th triathlon this weekend in Jersey City. I