If a monkey can ride a dog….   I went into this week with a renewed focus – my semi-annual cold was a thing of the past (“see you in the spring it muttered as it flew out of sight”), and the holiday schedule-blitz was supposed to be over…..life was going to settle and I was going to post big training numbers.  No more monkey-business – time to get back up on that, um, border collie and ride.  MONDAY – started […]

I’m hoping for leg warmers this year  Most every athlete knows that training goes in phases, or “periods” if you want to tip the cap to the eastern-block origins of “periodization” in sport…..and where on the professional side we typically refer to these with a thick layer of jargon, I like to keep myself grounded with a bit of a normalized translation.  Since the training cycle is, well, cyclical (duh) you can start from any “phase” and work around…..but since […]

When it’s outside your control, learn to roll w/it You know the phrase, don’t sweat the small stuff? That was my mantra this week in regards to training. Of course, at some level this is at odds with what we’re supposed to do when life throws lemons, but you get the idea.  This week, “roll with it” was far more applicable on the training front….so I did my best. It started on Monday with some brisk temperatures….so I got on […]