Health

OK I really should have taken photos. Next time. I am SURE there will be MANY “next times”! Just picture here a drowned rat grrl from running, and a swim workout with a flashlight on it! I did the swim workout at about 7:00 p.m. yesterday, because I ha …

Today we were to do Strength Training (I think), and then do another Run/Walk combo for about 40 minutes (5 min/1 min). It was a “buddy run,” and Paula, another lawyer I’d met at the Kickoff, and I met at Tennessee Valley. Paula is an old hand at this …

First of all – if you’d like information on what I’m going to do next year, here is the link for a TV presentation of the 2009 Louisville Ironman. This will show on Thursday. OK, maybe I shouldn’t watch, I’m already signed up! Today, I tried a trick th …

First of all, check this out Pretty exciting, eh? Many folks who are considering sponsoring me through a tax-deductible donation on my fundraising website are curious what each of the miles “mean” for Ironman Louisville. This is the best I can find out …

Today was another Swim workout, and I decided to do the “Group 2″ workout to see how it would go. That workout was: WarmUp    300 EZ 3×50 25 kick on back/25 free    RI 10″ 3×50 25 Catch Up (CU)/25 free    RI 10″ 3×50 25 scull/25 free RI    10” 3x 25 ki …

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 famil …

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 – …

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 …

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” an …

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 …