“Some guys get all the luck Some guys get all the pain Some guys get all the breaks Some guys do nothing but complain Woahwoahwoah” -Rod Stewart Amy Grant? Sure. I was in an unusually goofy mood leading up to the start
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The sun blinded me with every gasping stroke. Pull, breathe…SUN! Pull, brea…SUN! I focused on exhaling in the water – not something I usually think about – in order to dedicate each head turn to getting as much oxygen as possible. We
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It’s fitting that it’s Canada Day as I start this post. Well, that’s as far as I got when I started that post. It’s even four days past U.S. Day, a.k.a. July 4th, that I pick up on this again. (It’s July
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It’s already been over three weeks since my race at the Chattanooga 70.3. I thought I’d have a comprehensive analysis of my race by this point, but since I waited weeks to write it all down, I can’t exactly remember the play-by-play.
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The race portion of this piece is also found in the Aaptiv Magazine. To jump right there (also, their UI is much better!) visit here!! “Wow, this is so beautiful.” “Eyes on the road!” “I should take in this moment I flew 3500
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Although she asked about the lows as well as the highs of professional racing, that wasn’t even the toughest question during my chat with Ally from Asphalt Green last week. Thankfully, she left out the pauses and the “umms” and summarized what I blabbered on
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If you would have asked me 10 years ago, at the last XC race of my collegiate career as a Bucknell Bison, if I’d still be wearing orange bunhuggers in sub-30 degree temperatures running on grass fields in 5 ounce shoes with
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I got to share on Aaptiv’s digital magazine what a typical offseason week looks like, from swimming, biking, running, and working full time, to all of the eating in between. Because I was encouraged to really make it my own, there are a few
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When I got off the bike almost 14 minutes down from the leader at Toughman Championships in my last race of the season, it was impossible to ignore the simple of math of what it’d take to win: over 1 minute per
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As I sit too long on this flight, I can feel my soreness starting to set in. My hair still has salt from the Dublin Bay in it. But it feels like I finished the Dun Laoghaire 70.3 a week ago. Maybe
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