I’m slowly easing into the new training schedule, but certainly feeling the effects of the added hours and miles that i’ve put in. Pretty much my entire body is sore, legs, arms, chest, core .. and i’m only halfway through the hardest part of the week, so I guess it could get worse. Monday was […]

I survived week one of half-IM training, which really is just picking up where base training left off a week ago. Here are some highlights and a summary of the week: Monday – 15 mile bike ride outside – I had to use my road bike since my triathlon bike was in the shop. Was […]

I’ve decided that I want to document my journey for Ironmon Rhode Island in July using my blog in the same way that I used it when I completed my first marathon 6+ years ago. I still enjoy looking back at that journey as a source of inspiration and motivation, so I expect this to […]

Its been almost 4 months since I last wrote in my blog, so this post will probably go pretty much unnoticed, but its an important one for me. Most everyone around me is tired of hearing about triathlons by now, so I am pretty safe in thinking that I can talk to myself here and […]

I am glad to say that I successfully recovered from a rough two weeks of training earlier in the month. This is kind of common for me though because it also seems that for one reason or another, I always seem to lose motivation or I get sick, or something comes up during my training […]

I was excited this morning to get ready to head out for my first pre-work bike ride outside (instead of going to spin class). I figured that the weather was okay (a little drizzle), but there was no other reason to NOT get outside. I actually sat in bed deciding whether to hit the gym […]

I never thought i’d be happy see a recovery week coming up in my training, because its been brutal the past week as I stretch the distances and time spent doing training. I have 7 days until a recovery week, and although i’ll be out of the town for most of my upcoming recovery week […]

I wrote the other day about how thrilled I was that spring had finally got here, but it seems more like winter over the past 3 days than it has for the last 4 weeks. Thankfully the last few days of training have been indoors, except for Monday morning when I headed out for a […]

I really didn’t plan for this to be posted so close the ACTUAL start of spring (7:21pm EDT), but it just kind of worked out this way. I’m happy its finally spring, although it doesn’t feel like it outside (or at least for the next week it won’t). I figured I would celebrate by putting […]

When I look back at my blog, its been since just after the new year since I last wrote, and boy what a ride it has been.. I’m just one week away from starting my 16 week training plan for the Got the Nerve triathlon on May 21st. Its taken me some time, but i’ve […]