Another friend claimed by a cancer that I am running to cure: Peter Warmerdam. On November 7th, Peter passed away suddenly after a most courageous battle with Leukemia. He will be remembered as a man of faith, integrity, and spirit, who loved his family deeply. He is survived by: his son Matthew Warmerdam and Wife […]
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Run and Swim: First Team/Coached Workout
Yesterday, Moddie and Iron Mel and I drove together from Marin to Seattle – oh I mean Pleasanton :-) We had some pretty funny issues with Ms. Toyota (as Mel called the GPS in my van). “She” sent us a different direction than the written instructions – we wound up trusting the written instructions instead, […]
Bento Box – who knew??
So, today was the 20 mile coached bike ride, with our Team In Training team. I had pretty much worked myself up into a lather about it, grumbling about the use of words like “easy” anywhere close to “rolling hills” and “20 miles.” I got to Redwood High School early, and met the other folks. […]
Down and Down
Today is a “Down Day” on the triathlon schedule. And it’s a down day for me, too. Last night H “sat me down” (after I was complaining how exhausted I was – went to bed in the very early evening in fact), and said that he had been “thinking about it” and this “Ironman thing” […]
Run and Strength Day (including run playlist)
Tunes for today’s run: Scar That Never Heals, Jeremy Fisher My Sharona, The Knack Pony, Far She’s Got The Who-Hoo, Sugar Ray Jerk It, Thunderheist Single Ladies, Beyonce Daniella, John Butler Trio Get The Party Started, Pink Mony Mony, Billy Idol Fuego, Pitbull HipHip ChinChin, Club des Belugas In These Shoes?, Kirsty MacColl U Can’t […]
First Training Bike Ride
So, today the workout was as follows: Warm-up 10 minutes in middle-middle chainrings. Repeat the following drill set TWICE. Stay in big ring up front the entire workout, Shift to 3rd from largest ring in back. Alternate removing one foot from the pedals for one minute at a time, returning to two footed pedaling for […]
Why We Do This: My Brother’s Brother
So, is this the most gorgeous family you’ve ever seen, or what? This is my brother Jeff’s brother, David. Yeah, that sounds weird. Let me explain. Jeff and I met at the Kindergarten bus stop when we were like 5 years old. We hit it off and perhaps more importantly, our moms hit it off. […]
Why Tony Robbins’ Unleash The Power Within can be hazardous to your…
…couch potato time!!! This is HOW I got on my “Ironman quest.” Back in the summer, I went to Tony Robbins “Unleash The Power Within” (the “firewalk thing”) with my bff Maria. I was pretty depressed about the economy, my sorry state of health and fitness (haven’t really committed to working out since 2006), and […]
Team In Training IronTeam kickoff; first training day
Arrrrgh – just had a computer hiss-fit and it pulled down what I had already written here. Grrrrr…OK, “hit Save hit Save hit Save.” There now I might remember it… SO, yesterday was Kickoff day for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training. I had a couple of “familiar faces” there – Lizzie Duemig […]
Forefoot Running
Thanks to Kelownagurl, here is a link to an article on Forefoot Running. I am posting it here because I will be able to find it again. Hey, a cluttered brain is next to godliness…because the devil would get STUCK in there sortin’ stuff out. S