intent & wonder

Category: humor

  • Random Thoughts from the Swim

    If you didn’t start swimming until you were an adult, you may already know that swimming is an incredibly mysterious thing. There are so many questions in a 35 minute “form-focused” workout…   Why does my swim cap sometimes fill up with air and start floating off my head? How come I can do a bunch of turns and then just…

  • Perfectly Imperfect

    I had a hint of how things were going to go, the night before, when I was copying my morning swim workout on to paper: 50 breaststroke no rest. Text to coach: Hey, coach. I don’t know how to swim breaststroke… The day didn’t start for me until well after 6:00 thanks to a crazy night of…

  • Rogue One, Too

    This has nothing to do with he plot of the movie. It has more to do with pants.

  • Other People’s Shoes – A Triathlon PSA

    The following is a special triathlon public service announcement:

  • It’s a half ironman, but a whole race, I swear!

    I admit to enjoying a post race high – for several days. Oh yes, I’ve been conspicuously wearing my Patriot t-shirt and socks and drinking from my steel pint glass.

  • my husband’s a cyclist

    He’s also incredibly supportive of my triathlon training, though the finer details of swimming and running don’t interest him. (This I forget.)