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Stronger, faster, fitter! Last week was a doozy. A totally awesome, kick my ass, body rockin’ doozy. I LOVE IT!   Monday: 2:30 hour bike and 30 minute run Tuesday: AM workout – 45 minute spin class; PM workout – 1650 yard swim and 4 mile run Wednesday: 3200 yard swim Thursday: 45 minute bike [...]

This weekend, the entire family (minus the cat) traveled to Tennessee to visit my mom. We had a great time! I don’t know about you, but I’m terrible at packing the car. It’s so hard to jigsaw-puzzle all of our gear into the trunk. My brain just doesn’t work that way. I end up tossing [...]

I did this swim workout this morning and… it’s the longest that I’ve ever swam! By a LOT, both in terms of yardage and time.  It took me about an hour and 20 minutes to finish. Courtesy of Coach Marni   Henry was in childcare while I was swimming, and towards the end I started [...]

Five things I need more of while training for a Half Ironman:   1) Time – Training is so time-consuming, and it’s always a battle to balance my obligations. I can’t imagine doing a longer event. My friend Meghann is doing an Ironman, and I’m always texting her for advice on squeezing it in. Because [...]

I am having one of “those” weeks. You know… those weeks. It’s all small stuff, mostly, but enough to put me in a general funk.  Henry is battling a cold, which means that I’m a little sick, too. Just a river of snot for Henry and a tickle in the back of my throat, but [...]

Remember my Two Ingredient Face Scrub? Well, I have another at-home facial recipe for you! This one includes my favorite thing in the entire world…. coffee.  I drink it, I eat it, I scrub it on my face.   And it feels amaaaaazing.   Don’t take my word for it, though – try it!  Like my [...]

Imagine my surprise when I cycled around the corner and saw this!  She was big – and right in the middle of a very busy neighborhood. Oh, dear.   Here’s last week’s workouts:   Monday – Rest Tuesday – 1:30 hour bike (outside) + 30 minute run (bike-focused brick) Wednesday – Surprise rest day… I [...]

Oh, Sunday. How I love thee. Mostly because Sunday is “TV night” (okay… every night is TV night – but Sundays feel more special).  But also because it’s the end of another week of Half Ironman training!  That much closer to my goal and that much stronger. Wahoo. I’ll be recapping this week’s workouts on [...]

Creamy, crunchy, sweet, salty… chocolately.  Everything I want in a snack.  Or, um, a breakfast. The ingredients:   Vanilla Greek Yogurt Blueberries Dark Chocolate Raw Oats Roasted Salted Almonds All together in my OBol...  Which, by the way, is a genius invention (when you eat cereal, you put the milk on the left and the [...]

Four weeks down, eight to go until the Half Ironman! Very, very pleased with last week’s workouts, but even more excited that today is Monday and that means REST.   Physically speaking, it was a hard week!   Monday:  Rest Tuesday:  1:20 hour bike (outdoors) + 2.2 mile run Wednesday: 2500 yard swim + strength [...]

I have been lucky enough to have several awesome workout buddies over the last six years or so:   Meghann and Megan (my Orlando running buddies) BFF Lauren (we trained together ‘virtually’ through emails for the Disney Marathon) Nicole (we used to be neighbors here in Charlotte, and it made it super easy to run [...]

I don’t know what’s come over me, but I am nesting like tomorrow’s my due date.  Every free moment, I’m organizing, sorting, pulling items for donation, cleaning, and decorating.  It’s weird.  I feel like I’ve been possessed by a strange combination of Young House Love and Mr. Clean.  First of all:  I’m really into farm [...]

Remember how last week, Vacation Mode and Training Mode were waging an epic battle for my time and energy?  Well, this week, I made it work! On Friday morning, I drove five hours to Charlottesville to see my friends Kath and Matt and their son, Mazen, who is a few months younger than Henry. Mazen [...]