Category: training

  • Quest for Knighthood

    Add this to the list of things that “seemed like a good idea at the time”.

  • into Cyclocross – 7 Steps, 1 Leap

    Ok, I feel a need to backtrack – how the heck did I go from triathlon race reports to becoming the “Luckiest Woman in all of Cycloross”? Cyclocross seemed like a great triathlon-off-season sport since…

  • My Heart was Racing

    The USA Triathlon Olympic-Distance National Championships was this past weekend. Last winter, with snow frozen to my eyebrows, I wouldn’t have imagined being a DNS.

  • Letting Go of the Perfect Workout

    What’s wrong with this picture? It’s a beautiful day. No rain, no snow, mild temperatures in the mid-70s…and I’m on a fluid trainer. While I spin away at least ten other “riders” cycle past me…on my fluid trainer. As they pass, I think about how I “should” be on the road today. I try to…

  • Cycling Heat & Science

    It’s just hot. It would have been ideal if I ‘d gotten out on my bike earlier, of course. But the best ride is the one you get, sometimes. I grab my  mostly white Craft kit and head out during the hottest part of the day. At least I’ll be moving. I”ll have a breeze.…

  • Turtle crossing!

    Why did the turtle cross the road? Why, oh why?!  (This isn’t a post about my speed in the sudden heat of New England, by the way.) Around here, in June, there’s an influx of turtles on the road.  I see many turtle casualties on my workouts. It’s sad. Today, I paused my Garmin to help…