Just like Biggie Smalls…

How ‘ya livin’ Biggie Smalls?

In Mansions & Benzes

Givin’ ends to my friends & it feels stupendous. . .

Ok, ok. . .I don’t drive a Benz & my house is more like a beach cottage (if you’re feeling charitable & don’t deem dishwashers a necessity) than a mansion.  Also, not to ruin…

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200 Miles for Monarch

A few years ago, I had the pleasure of helping to organize an after school running program for kids at the Monarch School.  These kids are exactly like all the other runners that I’ve coached:

They love to run, especially if it was at the beach.

They love to complain about running, but only at

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Unicorns, happiness, and faster run splits?

When was the last time you were completely and unapolagetically satisfied with a race? Even a workout?  I stumbled across this video recently. It’s worth the 12′ and change it takes to watch it:

We’ve heard ad nauseum that a positive outlook leads to better performance, but if our definition of success is tied…

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Santa Barbara Half Marathon

Happy Veterans Day! Andy & I took advantage of the 3 day weekend by hightailing it up to Santa Barbara for the half marathon.  His mom, brother, Jason, & Jason’s girlfriend, Elisa, all ran too. Yep, it was a family affair!

I was planning on spending the day spectating, since I have been giving myself…

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Recharge your batteries

I’m on a recovery kick.  Tip of the day on having a successful offseason: become a technophobe.

Put the Heart Rate Monitor away. And the Garmin.  Off season is a great time to reconnect with your “feel” of endurance and recharge your batteries.  While HR monitors, garmins, SRMs, and the like certainly have a very…

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It’s 5 o’clock somewhere. . .

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yesterday’s 5 o’clock sunset

And, as it pertains to training, my body has declared that 5 o’clock happy hour (otherwise known as “off season” in training terminology) is here and NOW!

I’d hoped for one more Ironman this year, but while the mind was willing, my body was responding in ways that let me know…

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Ironman Lanzarote recap in 5,000 words (of pics)

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Now that I’m back on U.S. soil, I’m making good on the promise of pics from Lanzarote.  Most of these are from the lens of photographer James Mitchell , Lanzarote local & triathlon afficionado.  I have a game. . .see if you can guess which ones are from his fancy schmanzy cameras vs. my camera…

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Lanzarote–Estamos Aqui!

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4 days till showtime!

Dear Reader (aka, my Mom.  . .happy Mother’s Day, by the way; ) . . .Yes, I do know that there should be an accent mark in Aqui, but figuring out how to type that would have taken at least as long as scribbling out this nearly incoherent…

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Ragnar Report

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I was hoping to get this up last week, but if you have a year’s grace period for wedding presents, surely you have at least a few weeks for a race report.  My stance is that you have at least as long as it takes to recover from the event.  Based on how my legs…

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Brand Betty–Spandex Couture

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Since I live half my life in spandex, or at least it seems,I’m thrilled to be working with Brand Betty Designs to design my race kit this year!

After all, what gal doesn’t dream of custom designed clothing?  So what if haute couture items generally fall into the realm of wedding gowns and…

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