Weighty Matters (A Four Part Series): Part 3

We all have our demons. It’s hard to share the things that scare us, that make us feel the most insecure – but sometimes you have to take a leap of faith and do things that you find scary in order to grow. Just like swimming the Chesapeake Bay was a physically scary challenge for […]

Weighty Matters (A Four Part Series): Part 1

We all have our demons. It’s hard to share the things that scare us, that make us feel the most insecure – but sometimes you have to take a leap of faith and do things that you find scary in order to grow. Just like swimming the Chesapeake Bay was a physically scary challenge for […]

Lanzarote Training Camp in Review

And with a bump the plane landed on Saturday early evening, and it was back to reality… Our week of training in Lanzarote was hardly what I expected it would be.  I saw (another) knee doctor on Friday – the day before heading out to training camp.  Doctor number two advised me that under no […]

Notes from Lanzarote: On Direction

At the end of last season I felt… Directionless. Directionless (adjective) Lacking in general aim or purpose. 2012 was not the greatest season of triathlon for me.  I fractured my ribs in a random topple just before the USA Paratriathlon National Championships.  I suffered hypothermia in my last race of the season.  I struggled to […]

Endurance Foodies: Recovery Meal

I’ve been blogging since 2009 – the year I decided to take triathlon a bit more seriously and to write about my experiences along the way.  I took the plunge into the “online world”, turning my twitter account into a source of triathlon knowledge and inspiration.  I found a community for myself online – people […]

Knee Update: Fate & Hope

Back in November I got an email via the contact form on this site.  Katherine reached out to she let me know that she had EDS-H (Ehlers Danlos Syndrome Hypermobility type) too and was thinking about taking up triathlon… She wanted me to know that hypermobility was anything but benign, and she encouraged me to […]

January in Numbers

This month was bumpy.  I kicked off January with a 5km run around some very muddy fields, the last run in my first pair of Saucony Echelons.  It was time for a change anyway, and I had lined up the Asics Nimbus in my quest to find a running shoe that would not rub my […]