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Short and Punchy: July 2009
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009. So, I finish my run tonight, and I am hot and sticky and grumpy. The cloud cover that had deceptively intimated a coolish run had, instead, supported a scirocco-like wind. I am tired of the heat. And I am irritated. There's a knock on the door. This has been happening with increasing frequency in the evening. The front lawn, which has been growing unfettered (sorry Muffin), is attracting all manner of itinerants wanting to make a few dollars. Generally, I ignore the knocks. Since ...
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SWTrigal: 6/1/14 - 6/8/14
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Musings of a Menopausal Triathlete. Tuesday, June 3, 2014. Back to my Real Job, oh wait I mean Hobby. Well, here it is June 1st, a mere 19 weeks until the big day in Kona. I know that 4 months will go by quickly, it always does unless I am on a 5 hour training ride closer to the end of the plan. Then time seems to go particularly slowly. I feel like since I am after all, training for Kona the IM World Championships,. A few running races , you know just to mix it up a bit. But alas, Kona calls! We spent t...
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SWTrigal: 3/23/14 - 3/30/14
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Musings of a Menopausal Triathlete. Wednesday, March 26, 2014. Part Three.Post Race.The End (but not really). I woke up Monday morning fully expecting to realize this had been a very long complicated Ironman dream and the race had not really taken place yet. Nope it happened, I pinched myself and H said,. Yes indeed you won. I am riding my bike home! So off we went in our street clothes, a mere few hours after IM, sore legs and all, bags in tow. By now, the rain has started to pour. Monday afternoon, we ...
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SWTrigal: 10/5/14 - 10/12/14
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Musings of a Menopausal Triathlete. Thursday, October 9, 2014. I simply lost my last start to a blog post. Oh well, wasn't meant to be? It is Thursday and I will just highlight the journey in the present. All checked in for the race. It was a quick easy process and soooo exciting! My friend Ted and I were one of the first ones in. I felt chills! Afterwards, they shuffle you into the "Ironman Souvenir Store". A good marketing strategy for sure suckers (like me). Yes, I bought stuff-of course! Went to the ...
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Short and Punchy: Long, Slow Training Day: The Duke City Marathon
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Sunday, October 18, 2009. Long, Slow Training Day: The Duke City Marathon. Today I did my first marathon. T told me to go slow. He signed us up by telling me that this was to be a training day. No racing, just training pace. That was easy to do. For a number of reasons, I haven't slept well in days. Not only was I tired, but I woke up sore. So I groaned my way out of bed, telling myself that Time marches on and soon the day would be over. I found it funny that at 6:00 am, as one of the first people to ar...
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SWTrigal: 4/6/14 - 4/13/14
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Musings of a Menopausal Triathlete. Sunday, April 6, 2014. Back to reality and allergy season. Tristan, you see spent a year racing 52 Marathons all over the world in 52 weeks. He has written a book Run Like Crazy. Which I highly recommend. It is about his experiences during that year. I am already 2/3 into the book and guaranteed to keep you wanting to read more and more! The apartment in Melbourne had a bath but it was a kid's bath or something, was so small I could take a bath but I was basically hugg...
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Short and Punchy: August 2009
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Sunday, August 30, 2009. Magicians, Movies, and Mangoes. Hurricane Felicia was on it's way, downgrading all the time, and scheduled to hit O'ahu. As a tropical depression on Tuesday- so on Monday night when Mark and I went out for a movie, we had the entire theatre to ourselves. When the lights go down, the usher tells everyone to please recline their seats- it's mandatory. You can bring in food and drink. Here's Mark, getting. Comfortable- with his mangoes. Those mangoes were ' ono. Well, sort of. I thi...
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Short and Punchy: Just a Thought
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Sunday, October 4, 2009. Some years back I owned a tiny Toyota Corolla station wagon. Cute as a button. The engine came from a Corolla sedan that had been rear ended by a truck- engine good, rear trunk bad- and I found the body from the comment of a passing stranger who said his neighbor had a shell of the same kind of car sitting in storage in his garage - body only, no engine, perfect. As an aside, and just in case your wondering, the sedan was $35, and the station wagon body cost $90. I was young and ...
