Tag: time management
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Move Over Louisville…I’m heading to Palm Springs for my 140.6
So there’s been a lot of developments lately in my personal life, some of it good and some of it bad. For many reasons — I didn’t have enough base training/fitness in the bank…because I was out for a week with a dislocated shoulder, and then was out again for another week and a half…
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Week 14 Ironman Louisville Training: All Great Changes are Preceded by Chaos
What. A. Week! I’ve learned a lot this week…learning a thing or two about making a schedule and sticking to it. Learning to “embrace the suck.” Learning to view my goals as non-negotiable. Learning to read my body a little better. I’m trying not to go crazy but my wisdom teeth are giving me problems…
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Week 13 Ironman Louisville Training: Strength is the Product of Struggle
Just wrapped up a 12-13 hour week…I have a 17-hour week on the books for the next seven days. I’m too sore to walk now, which will make for interesting training later today. Things are going well despite my internalized open water swimming fears that are creeping up on me again. This reminds me of…
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99 Days + 4.5 Races To Go Until My First Ironman
I don’t think you can fully appreciate a full 48 hours of rest until you go through Ironman training. My weekly training is stacked like a part-time job: 14 hours here, 15 hours here, 17 hours there, eventually it’ll increase to almost 18-20 hours a week. Can you imagine what type of progress you can…
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Week 11 + 12 Ironman Louisville Training: It All Sounds Like Crazy Talk
The tumultuous journey is practically half over. 12 weeks out of a 24 week plan?! I don’t feel half ready!! This post wraps up the last two weeks a bit early — I still have two more workouts tomorrow — but I’ll be heading out for my flight at 5am and I need to catch…
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Week 9+10 Ironman Louisville Training: Give Up Giving Up
Week 7+8+9 were especially hard but I think in week 10 I’ve pulled through the slump I found myself in. The slump included some insecurity, mixed with a dash of sadness and depression, had some trauma flashbacks. These were the weeks that made me question a lot of my intentions. A lot of it had…
Amara in Training 