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A Triathlete's Manifesto: CAN!
"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." - Steve PrefontaineFight CancerBeat CancerLast One Picked In Gym ClassTo Let My Children Know That Anything Is PossibleThe...
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Ramping Up For Rev 3 And Watching Rugrats Run
I had a really great build week last week thanks to the fine art of torture planning Coach Mary laid out for me. I had a great six hour ride on Saturday through some hills followed by a nice 30 minute...
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The Friday Top Five: Top Five Things I Love About Training For Rev3 Cedar...
Do you know why it's Sunday and I am posting the Friday Top Five today?! Because I am convinced my coach is trying to kill me. Honestly, I am not sure what I did to piss her off.... I think that...
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Ground Control To Major Tom: Countdown to Rev 3 Cedar Point
T-Minus 10 9 days and COUNTING. I've realized a some things: 1) With ten days left to go, I should probably book my hotel for Rev3Full Cedar Point. I am NOT kidding. This is just how I have to roll. I...
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Rev 3 Race Report
Well, I had to sit down and finally write this report. I am not sure if this will be a race report or an online therapy session for me. I am still psychologically recovering form my race. I think this...
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Pardon The Interruption....
Yeah, so, I am not even going to "front" (as those of who are truly in touch with our hip hop sensibilities like to say). I have been absent. I will spare you the details, but let me just say this:...
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The Friday Top Five: The Five Worst 80's Artists
Remember the 1980's? I do. Skinny leather ties, John Hughes films (I was no-so-secretly in love with Molly Ringwald), leg warmers worn over jeans, Atari, and Garbage Pail Kids (wifey still has a huge...
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Blogs, Bambini, And Bonking And The Friday Top Five
Blogs:It's not me, it's you. Really. Look, it's not that I don't love you, it is just that I need a better way of managing all of my fellow bloggers. Currently, I sift through ALL 170 of my dedicated...
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Lazer Awesomness! Tardiz Helmet Giveaway!
Friends! (Triathlon nerds and their supporters)Amazing news. The fine folks over at Lazer have once again allowed me to giveaway another one of their super fast—and fashion conscious—Lazer Tardiz aero...
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The Friday Top Five: The Top Five Things You Give Up When You Become A Parent
5) Being Cool: Although some parents try desperately to remain cool by declaring to all the world that they would "would never be caught dead in a minivan," having an infant pee, poop, and vomit on...
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The Friday Top Five: The Top Five Greatest Tunes About Rock n' Roll
The Friday Top Five: The Top Five Greatest Tunes About Rock n' Roll As someone who actually teaches a course titled "The History of Rock and Roll," I feel a unique sense of entitlement with all things...
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Lazer Helmet Give Away: And The Winner Is...
Congratulations to some chick named Laura Wheatley. She is the proud new owner of a Lazer Tardiz helmet. The rest of you should be green with envy. Thank you to everyone who signed up to participate...
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2012: A Fresh Perspective
It is a new year. I am a little wiser. Where have I been again?Well, for starters, I put a lot of "time in the bank" at home over the winter recess. I know how incredibly busy my semester is going to...
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Vegans, Beer 4-Packs, And Training!
"If God didn't want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat.?"— Homer J. Simpson As much as I love Israeli couscous and quinoa, I start salivating like Pavlov's dog at the mere thought of a...
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Kick Out The Funk
There is good funk: James Brown. George Clinton. Sly and the Family Stone. At its best, funk is a perfect recipe of soul, jazz, and Rhythm and Blues that deemphasized melody and instead placed emphasis...
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Missing My Mojo?
The fact that I have not written a blog post since—what seems like the Paleozoic Era—can have several possible explanations: 1) I have had the busiest year of my professional life. It was difficult...
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REV3 Quassay Race Report
Flashing a little Rev3 Love, yo! I had a blast at Rev3 Quassay Half Iron distance. What can I say? How do you prepare for the first race of the season, and probably the most difficult half iron...
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The Friday Top Five: The Top Five Reasons I Race Triathlons
Do you remember when the Friday Top Five was a staple of my blog? I do. It has made a return... AGAIN. The Top Five Reasons I enjoy Racing Triathlons: 5) DIET: Look, I am Italian. If I did not train...
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Mountain Bike Race and HIM Preview
Nothing, in my humble opinion, gets you ready for a HIM like going out and racing your first mountain bike race, ever, accompanied by your eight year old who also went out there for his first attempt....
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The Friday Top Five: The Five Things I Have Learned Being Married
Those of you with living with a domestic partner understand how difficult it is to negotiate space, time, and responsibilities. Relationships constantly evolve as we evolve as people. I mean, are you...
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Musselman Half Iron Distance Race Report
A new PR! Today I ran the Musselman Half Iron Distance Triathlon in Geneva, New York. This race was my very first Half Iron distance race six seasons ago, so it holds a special place in my wee...
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The Friday Top Five: My Five Least Favorite Things About Triathlon
Ironically, my idea for this top five came while I was out pedaling away on the Musselman course this past weekend. You have a lot of time to think when you are pedaling 56 miles. Do you ever just...
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My Pearl Armada And Career MTB Race #2
Um, I can explain. What appears to be a photo of Imelda Marcos' prison floor is really just part of my Pearl Izumi collection. Yes, I said "part." I am an endurance athlete, back off. On the far end...
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Say What? A Blog Post?
The Year In Review: Here I go again. I have been on hiatus for a long time. But like Val Kilmer said in his role as Chris Knight in Real Genius—the greatest film ever made about lasers liquidating...
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The Friday Top Five: The Five Greatest Albums From 1991 You've Probably Never...
If you are like me you most likely have severe psychological trauma induced by traumatic popular culture phenomenon from the eighties that you had absolutely no control over: parachute pants,...
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