Stay Tuned
Badwater race report – part 1 at least – is coming soon!Run – July 16Distance: 6.6 milesTime: 55 minutesAverage heart rate:Course: Home from Culver CityConditions: Sunny, low 80’s Ocean Swim – July 17Distance: ~4,000 yardsTime: 1:30Details: Coached swim, 10 min. warm-up run, 10 min. warm-up swim, 4×800 yards with short runs between, 1×300 yards Brick…
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29:46:49!
Photo at the finish of Blake with our crew. 10th place overall. He killed it. And I had so much fun. I’ll post a full race report (or as much as I can remember!) once I’m home and recovered. What a great experience!
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F*** it’s hot!
It’s a beautiful day in Furnace Creek, Death Valley. We rolled in yesterday evening and have spent the last 20 hours getting to know each other and getting ready for the race. Blake’s wave goes off in 19 hours (10am local time). We’ve been getting to know each other on the crew, getting the supplies…
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Badwater, here we come!!
Tomorrow morning I’ll be heading up to Furnace Creek, Death Valley for the pre-race preparations for the Badwater Ultramarathon. As I mentioned last month, I’ll be part of Blake Benke’s 6 person crew, helping him make it to the finish and – do I dare jinx him – compete for the win. Blake’s wave goes…
Read MoreBroken toe? NO!
In a massive change of fortune, I am now assuming that I did NOT break my toe. I jammed it pretty badly and on Sunday it sure hurt like I did some awful damage to it, but I don’t think it’s actually broken. (I haven’t had a X-ray, so I’m just going by “feel”.) By…
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Broken?
This was supposed to be a post about the new ocean swim workout I did on Friday and about the great long brick I did yesterday and about the 4th of July and about the fact that it’s nine weeks until the Ironman. Instead, it’s going to open with my probably broken right pinky toe….
Read MoreMonthly Summary – June 2009
Here’s June: Swim: 26,731 yardsCycling (outdoors): 575.15 milesCycling (indoors): 0:30 (hours)Run: 66.1 milesStrength Training/Yoga: 1 session Approximate monthly total training/racing time: 51.25 hours Weight: 164 I can’t believe we’re half-way through 2009. Another good month of training. My body is holding up well (knock on wood) and I’ve been able to dedicate a lot of…
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NY trip continued
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind (and I don’t just mean the weather) so far, but here’s hoping for a nice, relaxing weekend, full of eating, reading, chilling and, of course, training! The weather has been up and down, mostly rain, humidity, and overcast, but there has been some sun – in fact, it…
Read MoreIn NY
Dreary, rainy New York. I hear you locals (Ha! Like how I wrote that now?) have been dealing with this all month. Ain’t nobody allowed to ask me why we moved to LA during this trip! It hasn’t rained the ENTIRE time we’ve been here, but I haven’t seen the sun either. Supposedly the sun…
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Stupid flat!
I flatted today. That was the first time that’s happened in a couple years I think. I’ve been very lucky. Today I was just stupid. I ran over a pretty rock; clipped it with my front tire and immediately heard the whooshing of my tire going flat. To make matters worse (or at least more…
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