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one year ago, life changed forever. I didn’t know it yet, but tragedy had struck friends.  I was up in Lake Placid that weekend, watching Ironman, bitter that I wasn’t yet in a position to be able to tackle one … Continue reading →

Another TBT recycled race report for you.   When I was writing the post earlier today, I said I was 0-2 on previous Olys going well.  I dug up this as evidence… and it’s evidence I maybe need to cut … Continue reading →

I’ve learned a ton of things, good and bad, about myself during the last few messy years. One of the chief things I learned is if I give myself a choice about training, I’m likely to skip it, even if I know … Continue reading →

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better. -Georg C. Lichtenberg short version: process goals beat the shit out of outcome goals and … Continue reading →

My dearest internet, I must admit that I’ve gotten out of the habit of writing them, since they’ve been going so badly (spoiler:  you get out what you put in).  I’ve been shying away from analyzing my life in general, … Continue reading →

Here’s a quick recap of the last ten-ish months.  I hired a (really awesome) coach*. I started making green boxes. I saw some big improvements, but was still struggling with some calf issues/plantar faciitis . I went back to therapy. … Continue reading →

Yesterday was a rather challenging day. I had a deadline at work, so I went in early to finish things up. You know it’s bad when I do that, since mornings are not my friend – but I was at … Continue reading →

Story of week one:  get up, go to work, do what’s on the plan, eat dinner, go to bed, do it again the next day. That’s a hell of a lot more success than I’ve had in recent memory.   … Continue reading →

Yesterday was day one with my new coach, and I celebrated by actually doing the workouts on my plan.   It was an interesting day – instead of spending the afternoon thinking about what I was (or was not) going … Continue reading →