Feb

3

I am as multi-dimensional as a pancake

Category: Evils of Ironman, quotables, training | 3 Comments

Today I turned to Ben and absent-mindedly asked "so. What kind of nap are you planning to take?" To me (and him) it's incredibly obvious that this is a training question infiltrating non-training life. What kind of run are you doing, are you going to the track? What kind of ride? What kind of swim? What kind of nap? * Nap intervals? Nap LT? What?? The question, and its obviousness to me, both mean that obviously I am even more boring than the endless stream of WTC announcements. All I think about right now, even subconsciously, is training training training racing training. I'm really hoping I can score a rec center guest pass for when I'm in ...
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Feb

2

72 and rain?? It’s so cold here!

Category: Grad School, i'm moving here, training, trials and tribs | 3 Comments

Hey kitty, stop imitating me! It's been rainy here in Hawaii for the past week. Which, even though it is indeed the rainy season, and even though I have gotten dumped on during 4 of my past 5 bike rides, I continue to be both surprised and unprepared for the sudden downpours. Today I started off with my run workout, when it was dry and dark out so I didn't see the clouds coming. Then I got on my bike for climbing intervals. I'm trying to do ...
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