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The Boston Marathon is a harsh mistress

“Luna herself is a stern schoolmistress, and those who have lived through her harsh lessons have no cause to feel ashamed” — Professor Bernardo de la Paz addressing the Federated States on Earth after the coup.
In many ways this quote from Robert Heinlein’s 1966 book rings true for me. When I started runnings marathons […]

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Biketastic

I have been traveling internationally since last Friday and so I am quite happy to be home. This week has been Tres Low Mileage for me. Due to work commitments up until this morning I had only run 2.5 miles this week. Which is not awesome.
After walking Christopher to school I put […]

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Ironman creeps ever closer and still I don’t ride my bike

You might be asking, why not?  Is it because I am lazy? Quite possibly.  Is it because I travel too much also quite possible.
I was hoping to ride this morning before heading on the road again, but it was raining so now it will be at least another week before I ride.  Then the following […]

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Two a day training and white-knuckle riding

I woke up Sunday morning planning to ride about 30-40 miles give or take. Several things worked against me from the get go. The first being I slept in until almost 8am. (Which by the way was awesome). We had to meet my parents and my great uncle for breakfast at […]

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Christopher is my co-pilot

If you’ve been following along you now that I have finally really gotten serious just started bike training for Ironman Idaho.
This Saturday was a boys day, as Shelley was running a Debate tournament and left us all alone. We had a busy, busy day, that started off with Christopher’s first flag football game. […]

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