I have been sleeping pretty poorly all week. Partly due to the taper and partly due to my nerves. Last night I slept the worse yet. It is weird how…Read more
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A Reminder of Why The Scale Is Not a Good Measurement of Fitness
Each Tuesday morning I weigh myself to keep track of my fitness. I started doing this over a year ago and have been pretty consistent with weighing in each week….Read more
4 Days Remaining – Taper Day 3 – Taper Blues, Blah, and Mental Visualizations
I now remember why I hate the taper. My mind and body are both so confused. I am finding this particular taper to be the hardest. Probably because it is…Read more
6 Days Remain – Taper Day 1
Today is pretty simple in terms of workout planning. Do nothing. sounds so easy, but when you train and train hard for 180 days to actually do nothing on purpose…Read more
7 Days Remaining – Final Big Workout….72 Miles
Yesterday was my last big training day of last week. It marked my largest bike ride to date as well as ending a great week of training. I woke up…Read more
8 Days Remaining – Big WORKOUT Yesterday and HOT MORNING RUN!
Did not have a chance to post my training yesterday. Here is a quick recap of yesterday and the hot run this morning. I had intentions of swimming at 5…Read more
10 Days Remaining – 6B46
Headed out early this morning. I have been debating what to do this morning with my training. Part of me wanted to go ahead and get my run and swim…Read more
11 Days Remaining – 4th of July Trainer Ride
I did not wake up until 8 am this morning. This is by far the latest I have slept in ages. I woke up briefly at 4, told myself to…Read more
12 Days Remaining – Run/Swim Brick Workout
Woke up at 4:15, ate my chocolate chip waffles, drank my coffee and headed out the door to the Y. I knew the morning running group was going to be…Read more