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Obstacles & Spending

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I was slated to run this morning, but I rolled my ankle (again) last week, and it’s been hurting more recently.  So I decided to swim this morning.  Last night, though, we were remodeling the basement (tearing out wood), and I punctured m y arm with a nail.  It didn’t hurt that much, but this […]

For the love of the Hills

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This past Saturday I joined a local group and went on a 20 mile loop to the west of Madison. I’ve heard that west of Madison is pretty hilly (that’s where the “Horribly Hilly Hundred” is), but for some reason I thought that it was a different “west” of Madison. Ha. I was wrong. I […]

Stevens Point YMCA Lactic Edge Triathlon

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My Mother, Brother and I finished our first triathlon today.  It was exciting, fun, hard, exhausting, and rewarding all rolled up into one.  I finished in approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes, in 8th place among the Clydesdale category.  There were 11 or 12 of us.  Following are my experiences leading up to and including the triathlon itself.  […]

Very Soon!

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Well, the triathlon is 2 days away.   We had to change triathlons.  When we went to register for the Pewaukee tri, registration was closed.  Apparently they had filled up.  I wasn’t aware that they had a limited number of registrations.  I guess it makes sense.  So Mom and I scrambled and found another one – […]

Overdue Update

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Hello there.  I just did a quick scan of this blog, and realize that most of the posts are much the same – Haven’t been exercising, need to get back to it, sorry I haven’t been updating the blog, etc, etc.   I apologize.  It’s all boring, and all … a little disheartening, isn’t it?  Well, […]

Getting Closer

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It has again been too long since I’ve updated this blog.  I have been dutifully riding my bike and running, and it’s been great! I just rode my longest and fastest ride this morning – about 20 miles, at about 16 miles per hour.  Pretty cool.  My legs are letting me know about it, too. […]

2 Month Update

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Well, it’s been over two months since I’ve updated this site.  I haven’t heard any complaints, so I guess nobody’s reading it.  That’s okay.   This is more for me anyway. So, what’s happened since 1/23?  A lot.  I trained and ran in a 5k run on St. Patrick’s day.  I finished in about 34 minutes, […]

Irish Running

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So, I’ve half committed to a 5k run in March. I’m going to fully commit on Monday, I believe. It’s the Shamrock Shuffle, a 2 mile walk/ 5k run/ 10k run here in Madison. I have no way to train for it right now (-2 is not fun to run in, nor is it fun […]