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Top 5 Friday: Best advice for beginners
posted on July 30, 2010 at 10:10am
A friend who started running recently asked me what to do about sore knees her workouts. She doesn’t have any pain and is fine when walking around but get to a set of stairs and her knees just ache.
I have to be honest. I kinda smiled. Because it’s s...more
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West Nile, Flat Tires and Mental Training
posted on July 29, 2010 at 12:17pm
On an easy run day, Best Boyfriend Mark asked if I wanted to do a trail run with him and and a friend. Sure, I said after confirming that  (a) his training plan called for an easy paced run and (b) it would, in fact, be easy paced by my standards.
Once ...more
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Chisago Lakes Triathlon 2010- Race Report
posted on July 29, 2010 at 11:23am
I decided to race Chisago again this year, somewhat on a whim.
My race schedule originally had penciled in my first ultra, the Voyageur 50mile trail race, near Duluth, Minnesota for this weekend, but my lack of long runs at mid-June and early season illn...more
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Q&A;: Words of wisdom from the Lake Placid pros
posted on July 28, 2010 at 10:09am
The present, and the future, of Ironman gathered under the special events tent on the Olympic Oval Friday morning. The traditional press conference, open to questions from the media and from the public, allowed a glimpse into the mindset of the profession...more
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Lake Placid: My first 2.4-mile swim
posted on July 27, 2010 at 1:11pm
The freak out began as soon as we arrived at the beach. Mirror Lake was already hopping before 8 a.m. on Saturday with Ironman athletes getting in a last swim to keep fresh while others not racing the following the day were getting in some quality trainin...more
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Weekend report: Ironman Lake Placid
posted on July 26, 2010 at 10:14am
When the pros race, it can be a sight to see.
s many cyclists were just getting on the bike course, Ben Hoffman and Maik Twelsie were running side-by-side, starting their marathon. Hoffman was the stronger runner on the day  winning his first Ironman t...more
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Friday Top 5: The best of Lake Placid
posted on July 23, 2010 at 8:34am
Walk down the main street in Lake Placid any time from Thursday through the weekend and you will see Ironman. The branded race is everywhere and the people are everywhere. Nearly 3,000 athletes descend on the area — more than the number of people who ac...more
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The magic of Lake Placid
posted on July 22, 2010 at 10:21am
The Olympic theme song — the one played by NBC to signify its coverage that sounds like a dignified march — kept playing over and over in my head. Images of my favorite Olympic moments played like a slideshow and I was lost in a world of awe.
Such wa...more
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Marathon swimming: Surviving open water
posted on July 21, 2010 at 9:46am
There’s something alluring about open water swimming.
Granted it was, and continues to be, the hardest part of triathlon for me. It’s scary. It’s hard. It’s lonely. And yet there are times out in the open water when swimming is peaceful, free an...more
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A few words from a former data-junkie
posted on July 20, 2010 at 11:54am
Hello, my name is Megan, and I am a recovering data junkie.
You see, I’ve been clean now for nearly three weeks. My GPS watch has been stowed away in my suitcase since my trip to Florida, and I took the PowerTap SL+ out of my online shopping cart. My h...more
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Finding the right thoughts
posted on July 20, 2010 at 11:12am
What do you think about when you run?
A friend asked me that question recently, in sincere curiosity, and at the time I struggled with my answer.
Hmm.
What do I think about when I run?
Some days, I think about things in my life: work, family, relation...more
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Weekend recap: Recovery Training
posted on July 19, 2010 at 9:46am
Sometimes the best way to approach training is to think of it as an adventure. And so, that’s what happened this weekend during long distance recovery days. The end of my official recovery from Musselman 70.3 long distances as my training focus turns to...more
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Top 5 Friday: Best Race Swag
posted on July 16, 2010 at 9:39am
Each year I sift through my closet and make a pile of clothes to donate to charitable organizations. Inevitably the pile includes a fair amount of race t-shirts. Some of them I keep — from races that were memorable for some reason or because I really li...more
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Disabled Triathlon messes with rules
posted on July 15, 2010 at 3:51pm
Frederick Dreier of the Times reports that the New York City Triathletes is changing its rules in order to require that all blind triathletes who wish to qualify for the world championships to race in the same category. This means that those with partia...more
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Goals, outcomes and creating new plans
posted on July 15, 2010 at 12:51pm
When the run turned ugly, my thoughts turned to thinking about my goals.
What exactly did I want to accomplish? I really had not thought about true target times and my coach didn’t give me any specifics on pacing in large part because the Musselman 70....more
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Musselman Musings
posted on July 13, 2010 at 10:15am
This marked the second year of my participation in Musselman weekend. And I have to say that the race is one of my all-time favorites.
Why?
Simply because it is so well run. Everything is easy to follow. Directions and information are plentiful both on ...more
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Race report: Musselman 70.3
posted on July 12, 2010 at 2:24pm
A 70.3 race is no joke. It’s long and it’s hard whether you’re a professional or just an age grouper trying to finish. Once you hit long distance racing, it’s not just about your physical training anymore. It’s about your mental game and about y...more
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Top 5 race day necessities
posted on July 9, 2010 at 10:50am
Today we leave for Geneva. It’s race weekend and time to dive into another 70.3 race, this time the Musselman triathlon. It will be my third 70.3 distance race as I completed Muskoka last year and in April tackled Texas. I understand the distance. I’v...more
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Weekend report: The pursuit of happiness
posted on July 5, 2010 at 10:48am
On a weekend celebrating our right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the bulk of my time was spent running and riding. To me, training is one of the ways I choose to define life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. So, good thing for me I h...more
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Why yes, I owned the track this morning
posted on June 29, 2010 at 2:21pm
The radio alarm clock cracked and cackled to the classical musical station, not quite tuned properly on the dial.
Snooze.
It was 4:30 in the morning and a late night at work meant just five hours of sleep before rising for my track workout.
There wasnâ...more
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Race Report: Welland Triathlon
posted on June 28, 2010 at 9:44am
The smile just wouldn’t leave my face. For a brief moment I had flashes of Chrissie Wellington, the three-time defending Ironman Champion who always seems to be wearing an infectious smile during the most grueling parts of her races.
Of course, I wasnâ...more
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Water temperature, wetsuits and adventure
posted on June 25, 2010 at 10:02am
The email prompted some furious googling. The official prerace report from the Welland Triathlon appeared in my inbox this morning and right at the top of the information was a note on water temperature.
“We expect that once again wetsuits will be opti...more
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Breaking up with doubt and unworthiness
posted on June 24, 2010 at 1:09pm
If left to my own devices, I will eat my favorite foods in large quantities. It’s not that I deny myself culinary treats, but rather that I attempt to show restraint by either (a) sharing my favorite goodies or (b) somehow storing them so that consuming...more
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Title IX: Celebrating opportunity for all
posted on June 23, 2010 at 12:44pm
It was a particularly lackluster practice and in typical fashion our basketball coach threw a bit of a fit. He went on a verbal rampage trying desperately to explain to this group of high school girls the possibilities that existed for them in sport.
He ...more
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Warning: May be habit forming
posted on June 23, 2010 at 9:56am
There are some things that I just can’t get the knack for. Like remembering to put on sunscreen before a century ride. Or remembering to take my multivitamin in the morning. Some things just don’t come easy to me. I’d probably walk out of my house...more
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