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How Hard Can it Be?
Being a Luna blogger is an exciting journey for me, and I have been searching for the words to express who I am, and maybe why I love triathlon, being active, and most importantly decided to take part...
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If you don’t have anything nice to say…well, you know the rest
“I should have pushed harder.” “I could have gone a little faster.” “ I walked almost that whole steep section.” “Ugh, why can’t I run up the hill?!?!?!” Negative self-talk is the bane of my racing...
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Rest is not a four-letter word
This is not the blog I wrote to send in this week. I had a plan for what I wanted to write about, and I prepared something I thought was interesting and funny (yes, I crack myself up) and a bit of a...
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Letting Go of the Security Blanket
In less than two weeks I am heading to Ironman Texas. I am beyond excited, as this is my first Ironman outside of Arizona and the course is supposed to be amazing. I love long course racing, the longer...
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Keep Moving
Life is unpredictable, and sometimes things happen that you could never expect. That has been the theme of this last week for me, and I find myself sitting alone in my house wondering how I got here...
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Ironman Texas
I am so tired, I can barely think about the past 10-sometimes painful and sometimes amazing-days. Saturday was Ironman Texas, a race I signed up for with a lot of excitement, and looked forward to for...
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Taking a Break
I have a tendency to keep myself busy, sometimes overdoing it in my enthusiasm to be doing something. I used to think this was a good thing, but it was pointed out to me recently that sometimes it’s...
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A little help from my friends
This last weekend I decided to run the San Diego Half Marathon with some of my friends. It was two weeks after Ironman Texas, and except for some lingering fatigue, I have been feeling pretty...
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Balancing Act
It’s hard realizing you have to get back to work on things that are not high on your list of fun options. Don’t get me wrong, I love my job and I am passionate about my degree, but I am also at the...
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Finding the Fun
It’s always funny to hear triathletes and runners talk to each other about racing or training. After long or challenging sessions, we come together to talk about how tired we are, or the new gear we...
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You didn’t really just do that, did you? Why yes, yes I did.
Running with the Devil. Not the Van Halen song, although that does often find itself in my music rotation. No, I am talking about the June-time race in the Nevada desert that offers the chance to see...
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Returning to Italy
I just spent the last 20 hours traveling from Tempe to Fiesole, Italy a small town in the hills above Florence. It’s tiny streets, stone walkways and expansive areas of green take my breath away. This...
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Taking My Breath Away
I spent the last week at a workshop in one of the loveliest places I have ever been, and while the topics, group work and schedule were incredibly intense, I was surprised to discover moments of...
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How I Watch What I Eat
After years of restrictive eating to lose weight (when I was in my 20’s I weighed more than 200 pounds), I am learning to look at food in a whole new way in my 40’s. Unfortunately, I did not start down...
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Uphill and into the wind
This is one of my favorite weeks of the year, when I pack up my car with my bike, computers and school stuff and drive to San Diego for the ESRI International User Conference. Its five days of fun in...
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Ultra marathon dreams
For me, the Badwater Ultra Marathon represents everything amazing about ultra marathon racing. The race covers 135 miles from Death Valley to Mount Whitney, and with temperatures reaching up to 130 F,...
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Something to believe in
This week I was planning to share my new found fascination with heavy lifting. That was until I went running this morning, and something amazing happened. And it all started with my ponytail. Its been...
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Everything you want is on the other side of fear
I have been working with a personal trainer who I like to call the evil pixie. She looks like one of the sweetest people you would ever meet, but like many personal trainers, she knows how to push you...
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Finding balance
I cannot believe it is less than three months to Ironman Arizona, and I am even more shocked it is already time for Fall semester to start. The past four weeks have seemed like a blur of work and class...
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Holding my breath
Its been a roller coaster three weeks with working on my dissertation, lots of training and actually getting out to have fun with friends. I am exhausted and looking forward to rest week, but I admit,...
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