Hooray!  March is here….and although it’s been here for 11 days, I’ve decided it’s time to write something…..it being more than 2 weeks since my last post and all.  Well, I’m excited to say that March is underway.  I sort of knew February was going to be tough…..it might be the most hated month.  Cold, dark, etc – something that usually doesn’t bother me all that much, but this year – tough one.  Of course, like most things, it was […]

Why do we do what we do?  Why do we voluntarily put ourselves into situations that we know are beyond our abilities……The last few weeks have been a series of foothills for me.  On the one hand, they’ve felt a lot like speedbumps, but when I step back and look, they’re really foothills, which are challenging, but more than anything, a sign of the real climbing that is about to come and although I’ve been terrible at maintaining even a […]

Not back to myself yet from a routine and training perspective, although last week was a bit more orderly than previous.  Got a swim a bike and a run in, so that felt good and things felt a bit more normal. Swim – good to be back in the water…..not fast and not smooth, but after several weeks away, it wasn’t a huge surprise.  Shoulders were cranky the next day and I was happy about that…..sort of one of those physical […]