Tag: motivation
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Race Recap: Rock n Roll Montreal Half Marathon 2018
There is something so special about international races. Perhaps it’s because I’m out of my element, or because some of the street signs are in a foreign language. It’s just far enough away from home to make it feel special again. This race took me to…Canada! The journey to Canada took about six hours from…
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Another DNS, A Run Streak…And Ramping Up for Honolulu
A few days after my last post, there was a sudden change in plans. We ended up not making it to the start line at the Rocking Chocolate Half Marathon, and I never made it to the start line for the Desert’s Edge Sprint Triathlon either. That makes two triathlon DNSs (did not start) this…
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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 to stay coherent on work phone calls, and I hope my emails and data analyses made sense. I’m…
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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 still waxes and wanes during the week, but I am able to rearrange them without much struggle. This…
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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 decided on a sprint triathlon plan that I already owned in Training Peaks. This would give me some…
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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, it looks as though I will have to forgo the race after all. The training plan is 13…
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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 smart bike trainer that sends data to my various apps, which then uploads it to TrainingPeaks. I also…
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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 San Diego, I feel strangely sad that I am not doing the Hall of Fame this year. It’s…
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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 finished the thing! This was my face before I knew what I was getting into: Now, for the…
Amara in Training 