My stories of training & racing around the world
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Week 5+6 Desert’s Edge Tri Training: A Little Bit of Adventure
The antibiotics are done and the cold/flu has mostly worked itself out of me. The exhaustion is still lingering but I am able to get most of my rest. I’ve registered for the sprint distance, and oh… Read more
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Week 3+4 Desert’s Edge Tri Training Recap: Out Sick!
In the early part of week 3, I caught a bug that quickly flatlined me. I tried my best to work through it — meaning, I worked from home for as much as humanly possible. I tried… Read more
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Week 2 Desert’s Edge Tri Training Recap: Making Time For Your Goals
I’m into my second week of this modified training plan and I have to say…I’m liking it so much more. The hours are so much more manageable compared to my last plan. I find that my motivation… Read more
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Week 1 Desert’s Edge Tri Training Recap: Stay Stubborn On the Vision
After a few false starts with my 70.3 base training and 13-week race training plan, I decided to scrap it for something more manageable. During my bad weeks, I was swinging around 3-5 hours comfortably, so I… Read more
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Revising my plans
I’ve started and edited and trashed this blog article a few times over the last few weeks, mostly because I thought that I could course-correct. After about 6 weeks of trying to get my 70.3 training in,… Read more
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Failing your training plan
Have you ever been so proud of your progress and then completely fell off the bandwagon? I have! So many times… I buy my training plans from TrainingPeaks. I find the software useful since I use a… Read more
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Race Recap: Rock n Roll San Diego Half Marathon 2018
This race weekend took me to lovely, lovely San Diego! It’s so hard not to love this sun-drenched city. This was the first city where I actually got to enjoy my Hall of Fame status! Coming to… Read more
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Race Recap: Great Wall of China Half Marathon 2018
TL/DR: I made it all the way to Beijing and picked up my bib. I even made it to the start line. I went up and down the Great Wall and back over in one piece. I… Read more
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Race Recap: Rock n Roll New Orleans 2018
It’s hard to believe we’re three months in to 2018 already. Time is flying. We headed to New Orleans for my birthday weekend. My best friend booked a ticket to The Big Easy to join in on… Read more
Amara in Training 