Amara in Training

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  • Week 8 HITS 140.6 Palm Springs Training: Action Always Beats Intention

    What a week, folks. I’ve been thoroughly stressed out about things non-training related (for once!) and I’m so glad to have a community of people who I can rely on when things get really tough for me. Thank you. You know who you are. It was actually a bit light on the training side during…

  • Week 6+7 HITS 140.6 Palm Springs Training: Warrior, Not Worrier

    Week 6 and 7 are in the books. Only 10 weeks left to go before the big day! I’ve spent the last few weeks pretty stressed and exhausted. I never knew what it was like to be so tired that I couldn’t sleep. My legs and body would be sore but my mind would wander…

  • Race Recap: 2013 Lake Stevens Olympic Triathlon

    So, let me tell you about a time when I finished last place. You read that right, last place. I headed out to Lake Stevens with my training group. There was a handful of us who had trained since the Seafair Triathlon for this event. I didn’t doubt that my teammates could go from non-swimmers…

  • Week 4 HITS 140.6 Palm Springs Training: Inspire Through Example

    Le sigh. SIGH SIGH SIGH. I feel like I’ve made some good progress with swimming this summer. However, I’ve made almost zero progress with my cycling. I think I have actually digressed because at the beginning of spring I rocked a 56-ish mile ride and did great, and now I’m struggling through a 28 mile…

  • You Can’t Run Away From the Quantified Self

    When I first started my health and fitness journey with running a few years ago, I logged every mile and for a stretch, logged every morsel I ate. I think that measurement gave me a barometer by which I could measure progress. I could see when I stalled, when I made progress, when I was…

  • HITS 140.6 Palm Springs: Racing for a Cause

    So, after much deliberation, I finally narrowed down my fundraiser to three charities. Well, technically I couldn’t decide between three charities, so I’ve decided to fundraise for all three of them: I’ve decided to dedicate portions of my iron-distance triathlon to these causes: swimming 2.4 miles for the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, cycling…

  • Week 2+3 HITS Palm Springs Training: A Twisted Ankle, and Then Some

    Oh boy. I got one good training week in and then BAM — I was hit with another twist to the ankle on my morning run. I was down by half my training time this week (week #2), and I’ve reloaded it on week 3 hoping that it doesn’t overload my week 4 which, coincidentally,…

  • Week 1 HITS Palm Springs 140.6 Training: Nothing Worth Having Comes Easy

    With Ironman Louisville in my hypothetical rear-view mirror, I plodded along and laid down the plans for my new backup race in Palm Springs. This morning I thought about the last four weeks and how I’d been off my feet for three of them. This morning I didn’t feel any worse off having taken time…

  • Race Recap: Seafair Olympic Triathlon 2013

    A new race distance only means one thing…an automatic PR! So I wasn’t fast, but I finished with a smile on my face. That was the goal all along. The team (and then some) were at the finish chute cheering me along, which was really nice! Anyways, let’s head back to the beginning. The day…