Always evolving, Never Average
If you’ve been around here for a while you know I had a little brother who died when he was three years old. I was sixteen at the time, and a junior in high school. My brother’s name was Christopher, and he was diagnosed with leukemia at about eighteen months old, had chemo and radiation …Read More
Today I’m doing something I haven’t ever really done before. I’m doing the Pat Griskus Sprint Triathlon at Quassy Park in Middlebury, CT. But that’s not the thing I’ve never done before. Well, it is. But it also isn’t. This is the second triathlon I’ve done this summer, and it will be the seventh I’ve …Read More
I did a triathlon today. It was a sprint triathlon — a half mile swim, ten mile bike, and 3.1 mile run. The kids all came to cheer me on, along with my parents. I did very little to prepare for this. And when I say very little, I mean I have swum approximately five …Read More
Tomorrow is triathlon day. It will be the 6th one I’ve ever done, and the first one I’ve done in four years. I hadn’t put my wetsuit on since 2014, so I figured I’d better make sure I could still get into it. All I have to say is that it’s a good thing I …Read More
I am doing my first triathlon in four years on Sunday. I had pretty big plans for it. I was going to be in the best swimming shape I’ve been in in years. I was going to have many miles logged on the bike. It’s only like my sixth or seventh triathlon, so it’s not …Read More
This last week in my journey to a healthier life presented a few challenges. Our town was devastated by a macroburst, we unexpectedly lost power for four days and relocated to my parents’ house, school has been cancelled since last Wednesday and at least for one more day tomorrow (making it a total of five …Read More
Swimming is one of the best gifts you can give your body. It’s a great cardio workout, but it’s also much gentler on your body than running is, and it works your entire body. I know if you aren’t a swimmer, getting in the pool for the first time can be a pretty intimidating thing. …Read More
I know sometimes I have some errors in my posts. Lately, between the blog, and the e-course, and the working out, the swim lessons, the cleaning, and cooking, and laundry, the family reunions, the practices, the games, the meets, oh, and the 7 kids, I’ve been even more rushed than usual. Very often, I haven’t …Read More
