Tag Archives: swimming
YMCA Women’s Only Sprint Triathlon Recap
Going into this race, my mind was in a strange place. Have you ever had so much going on that you choose not to do ANYTHING? That’s kind of where I was for a good part of September. I was … Continue reading
Filed under Health/Weight, Races
Fort Ritchie Sprint Triathlon – Race Recap
Let me just open this little story up by saying this: changing from the Olympic distance to the sprint distance may have been the smartest thing I’ve done in my entire life. This race was hard. Really hard. Like, crying-tears-of-frustration-and-pain … Continue reading
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Hagerstown Sprint Triathlon Race Recap
So much about this race was just so un-racelike. I’m not sure what it was, but I just wasn’t in the adrenaline pumping GOGOGO state of mind that I’d thought I’d be in. I didn’t set any pre-race goals. I … Continue reading
Filed under Health/Weight, Organizing/Schedules, Races
The week between
This summer has been gogogogogogogo for us. We’ve had swim lessons and trips to the library and hanging out at the YMCA while I swim, and road trips, and swimming, and learning to go down the water slide, and trips … Continue reading
Filed under Organizing/Schedules, Silly Gooses, Travels
The one without a clever title
I have to say, I can’t tell you if it’s a good or bad thing that the following race report will be BORING! Bad because boring posts are boring to read. Good because the race went off without a hitch. … Continue reading
Filed under Health/Weight, Random Happy Thoughts
Tri and Stop Me!
I don’t even know how to start this post. I have no great opening statement or pithy comments. There is so much story to tell of that day so I’m going to just get on with it. You might want … Continue reading
Filed under Bucket List, Health/Weight, photography, Random Happy Thoughts, The Sisterhood
No Excuses
Back in April, Mizfit put up a series of posts on knocking down the excuses we come up with whenever we are faced with a challenge. She encouraged her readers to take a plain white t-shirt and write down all … Continue reading
With the stuff and the things
O.K. So I started week 3 of the triathlon training and can I tell you something? TRIATHLONS REQUIRE A LOT OF STUFF! I’m trying my best to only purchase what I absolutely have to have, but there is just so … Continue reading
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Summer Goals
I try to plan a fairly busy summer. I don’t want the kids sitting around for 2 1/2 months beating each other up because they are so bored. We’ve got 2 road trips (Ohio and Illinois), one family vacation (North … Continue reading
#35
This week’s Monday Project over at The Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans is all about conquering fear and doing something that you have been putting off. I decided that there was something I’ve been putting off for long enough. So, … Continue reading
