On Endurance

Pardon me as I take a bit of a departure from the usual rhetoric of my blog. I've been itching -- really, dying inside -- to be able to lift the veil of what I've been willing to share here. Sometimes, things seem so pixel perfect on the surface, and perhaps they have been packaged … Continue reading On Endurance →

Week 7 Ironman Louisville Training: May Hope Forever Wipe Away Your Tears

So I've been recovering (a.k.a. being really lazy) during week 7 of my training. I've been laying off of it but I think I can begin putting in more time and miles now that I have full mobility of my ankle. Things still seem a bit stiff physically but they pale in comparison to the … Continue reading Week 7 Ironman Louisville Training: May Hope Forever Wipe Away Your Tears →

How To Recover From a Sprained Ankle

After a painful weekend, I think my ankle is well on the road to recovery. I'm finally able to walk without limping too much and I can finally ambulate crutch-free! (Plus, I was pretty sure that I was more of a hazard with my crutches than without.) Here are the things I did to get … Continue reading How To Recover From a Sprained Ankle →

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, to say the least. I know that a lot of people who are in Ironman training shun a … Continue reading Week 6 Ironman Louisville Training: Ankle Sprain Got Me Down →

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 Saturday. I almost got T-boned when a minivan decided to run a red light today after I dropped … Continue reading Week 5 Ironman Louisville Training: Blood, Sweat, and Tears →

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 think about the time cutoffs and I think about race recaps and I wonder if I'll be better … Continue reading Week 4 Ironman Louisville Training: Recovery from Setbacks, Ordinary Training Days →

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). I spent some time combing through my training plan this week, doing research on the swim/bike/run route in … Continue reading Week 3 Ironman Louisville Training: Hope is Not a Strategy →

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 had actually trained 10 days in a row, so taking an evening off didn't kill a streak or … Continue reading Week 2 Ironman Louisville Training: Challenges and Changes →

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 as a new day. My alarm was set for 6am so that I could get some design work … Continue reading The Training Day That Tested My Patience →

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 of lows (retching over on a Friday morning at 4am due to not-so-good veggie patties and breaking down into … Continue reading Week 1 Ironman Louisville Training: Love Yourself Enough to Work Harder →