Last week I had a few great days of quality time with the fam for Christmas. We’ve always been big fans of the Vacation movies, and especially during the Christmas season, my father fancies himself to be another Clark Griswold. He once received an unsolicited award for our Christmas light display, and to this day [...]
22 December 08: Sunday Treadmill Day!
Yesterday morning I had a couple of hours of quality bonding time with my BFF: the treadmill. It seemed the safest location for a long run, given that, historically, the injuries I have sustained while running indoors have been less severe than those resulting from my encounters with the pavement and various trails. Of course [...]
15 December 08: December in Germany
I just had to post a picture from last weekend in Germany, because this may be the first and last time you ever see me with so many clothes on–if I have anything to do with it, that is! This is me and my German tag-team training partners here in Darmstadt at the Christmas Market [...]
10 December 08: My Superstars!
What do my athletes do in their off-season? Why they run marathons, ultras, etc., of course! This past weekend, “my kids,” as I affectionately refer to them–even though most of them have a few years on me–did me proud on marathon, half-marathon, and ULTRAmarathon courses all over the country.
Helping to guide other athletes towards their [...]
2 December 08: On the program!
Training program, that is . . . December 2nd means that the old “weight belt” and I are exactly two days into a proper training schedule. The demise of the weight belt is imminent, and I am a happy girl not just for that, but because I do much better with this kind of structure in [...]
27 November 08: Person Family Thanksgiving
I’ve just returned home from my second Thanksgiving run–just a short one, and mostly just an excuse to use my new headlamp, which is on loan from Dougie. (Last week, in Tucson, it enabled us to see my first live rattlesnake, which was slightly disconcerting.) I am pretty obsessed with the headlamp, and with the [...]
24 November 08:Iron-Spectating and more…
The last ten days have been nuts! I’ve been from Vegas, to Cabo San Lucas, back to Vegas, then back home to Tucson for a couple days, then to Tempe for iron-weekend, back to Tucson, and now I am home with my family in Palos Verdes (California). I would be remiss not to follow up [...]
14 November 08: Surprise Weekend
After two weeks very, very easy following Kona, and then another two weeks easy (getting moving again), this week I have gotten down to business a bit. Cliff instructed us to be in off-season mode until this week, so as soon as I returned home from Boston on Monday, I felt free to begin the [...]
8 November 08: Family reunion in Cambridge!
This weekend I’m in Cambridge for my annual Harvard visit. My little sister, Cameron, is in her final year of law school here. Luckily for me, Cameron has done the honors for the family. Although we eventually succeeded in turning my dad into a (USC) big Trojan fan, my parents were more than a little disappointed when I opted for [...]
2 November 08: Home Sweet Home
After a weekend in Vegas with friends last weekend, I was ready to be done with my two weeks of full-on “off season.” I am just not cut out for that lifestyle! This week I have been back in Tucson, doing a little bit of training that bears some resemblance to proper workouts, while actually [...]
