My stories of training & racing around the world
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Week 6 Ironman Louisville Training: Ankle Sprain Got Me Down
Such a glorious training season came crumbling down this week, due to a lot of different things but mostly an ankle sprain that has me off my feet for a bit. This week was a bit light,… Read more
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Week 5 Ironman Louisville Training: Blood, Sweat, and Tears
This week has been hard. Really hard. Work stress has been piling up, leaving me with unpleasant things like work-related nightmares. That can’t be good. I almost saw a child die on my long bike ride on… Read more
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Week 4 Ironman Louisville Training: Recovery from Setbacks, Ordinary Training Days
140.6 miles. I think about it every day when I’m in the pool or on the bike. I also think about how I’ll feel on race day, who will be there, how hot it will be. I… Read more
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Week 3 Ironman Louisville Training: Hope is Not a Strategy
This week was a great week. I’m coming off a high of a pretty awesome training week. I really feel like things are coming together. It’s not easy but I’m seeing progress (despite setbacks here and there).… Read more
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My Hammy Isn’t Happy
So yesterday, I decided to make up a strength training session in advance, because I knew I was going to miss my Tuesday morning class. I was introduced to something new, and in the process of doing… Read more
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Week 2 Ironman Louisville Training: Challenges and Changes
My birthday week was one of my most successful training weeks yet! I made it to all of my workouts with exception of taking Wednesday night off. I was incredibly exhausted from training and found that I… Read more
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The Training Day That Tested My Patience
Uhm…what a day. It wasn’t a particularly busy or difficult day by any stretch of the imagination, but it certainly tested my patience. Having been exhausted from the night before (mostly emotionally), I tried to face Monday… Read more
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Week 1 Ironman Louisville Training: Love Yourself Enough to Work Harder
It’s my first week of my official Ironman training and it went better than expected. Of course there were highs (finally hitting my stride in the pool and gaining some smoothness in the water) and the lowest… Read more
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Week 13 + 14 Base Training: Relentless Forward Progress
These were rather light-duty weeks. I was incredibly busy with work and things have taken a turn for the crazy, so I haven’t been able to keep up as well as I used to. I’ve also been… Read more
Amara in Training 