At the beginning of each week during a training cycle, I share my weekly training recap to provide you a glimpse of the workouts I do. You might have noticed there was no recap this week. That’s because I completely swapped my training and workouts for mountains, hiking, hot springs and *sigh* burgers. Yes, I […] Read more
How we train, what we eat and when we rest and recover all have a huge impact on our performance. But so does the gear we use every day to be successful. At the end of each month, I share my favorite finds for running, triathlon and general fitness. Here are my favorite finds from […] Read more
Nutrition is one of the most powerful weapons in recovering from a hard workout and maximizing our body’s response to training. One of the things I’m working to be more disciplined about this year is eating within 30 minutes of every hard workout. While I don’t always have much of an appetite right after a […] Read more
Today officially kicks off the start of my 2014 triathlon training season. Although it has been glorious to focus almost exclusively on running the past 6 months, it’s back in the pool and back on the bike I go. Since my half iron triathlon last October, my biking and swimming have been pretty sporadic. I […] Read more
It was a normal Saturday morning in 2012. My running group at the time had their regularly scheduled long run … like every Saturday. I was training for the Marine Corps Marathon, but there were many runners training for a variety of fall races. With less than 2 miles left in the run, a woman […] Read more