April 2011

30 April 2011

Neglect and Preparation Woes

24 April 2011

City by the River(s): Running and Hangin' in Pittsburgh

18 April 2011

Ironman Cramming

15 April 2011

Venn Diagrams and Personality Disorders: the Blog for Letty Lulu

Several months ago, after making a comment about blogging graphs and diagrams, I was challenged by one of my good friends to come up with a Venn diagram and use it in a blog. Until yesterday, I had forgotten that promise - but, as all great friends are obligated to do, she called me out on Facebook yesterday: "Once upon a time, you promised me a Venn Diagram.

14 April 2011

Fear Factors and Functional Thresholds

Two major Ironman training-related things happened this week: (1) I saw a promotional video of Ironman St. George that scared the living daylights out of me and (2) I did a retest of my cycling FTP (Functional Threshold Power). These two things seem unrelated, but people like my husband Jim would have you believe that they are cosmically intertwined. Let's just say it was a random coincidence that they occurred within 24 hours of each other.

10 April 2011

In Praise of Cleveland Metroparks: Final Century before Ironman St. George

09 April 2011

Spring Blight

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