The best exercise is the type that pushes you to the edge–works you as hard as you can, but doesn’t injure you. It’s not easy. The century is a lot like that for me. It’s a really long ride by most people’s standards–100 miles–although it’s a lot easier on the joints than the marathon is. […]

I’ve been talking for awhile about triple workout Thursday–my attempts on Thursdays to get in a cycling, swimming, and some other (sometimes running, sometimes weights) workout. This week I decided to change things up a bit on the weekend, going for quadruple workout Saturday. Two hours on the bike; one hour in the pool; a […]

I admit it: I’m a horrible swimmer. I’m even worse as a swimmer than I am a runner, although I don’t hate swimming like I hate running. How can I get better? I’ve already gotten quite a bit better than when I started swimming, one of the reasons being the addition of goggles, and another […]

I’m getting back to where I need to be. I was on the bike for two hours yesterday and a little over two today–the goal today was three but the weather looked like it was deteriorating, so I headed back a bit early. I’m sure I could have made it the three, which would basically […]

I’m trying. I feel like I’m without the time or energy to reach all of my goals–but I think I always feel like that. My weight is back down to 184 post trip, which is essentially the same as it was. I’ve done a couple of bike rides, I’ve gone geocaching, and I’ve run. I’ve […]

I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: My story, if nothing else, is about not giving up and just starting over. I’ve lost some fitness the […]

I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: Before you can run, you need to walk, the saying goes (although I have parents who swear their babies […]

I’m on vacation this week. Some of these posts may be a bit short, but they were written to give you something to read while I’m traveling as well as to continue on our ongoing themes: Every day is another challenge. It’s another opportunity to do great things, and it’s another opportunity to slide backwards. […]

I’m on vacation, finally, after a really long work stretch of eleven days, a relapse of a cold, and a lot of stress. I still have many things to do before I get on the plane on Monday night, including preparing enough blog posts to make sure I don’t miss any days while I’m on […]

In my quest to improve my swimming (my coworker is totally killing me swimming, but she’s been going up to six times a week versus my one!), one of the things I’ve done (in addition to trying to figure out another time or two a week I can swim and borrowing a book from the […]