Its official. I finished my first, and possibly only, triathlon. And I just want to say it was waaaaayyyy harder than I thought it was going to be. The weekend started with Friday off, remember how Mark and I were both off work? We decided, well I decided, it would be a good weekend to...

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Today (Yep, its 12am) is the first official day of Summer. How fitting is it that neither Mark or I have to work tomorrow?! My supervisor at work gives us the opportunity to rotate schedules with each other since we work pretty long days sometimes.  We have to make sure there are a...

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When I first started my triathlon training I wasn't really concerned about practicing the swimming portion out in the open water. I felt like I was a pretty strong swimmer and I read about people who waited until race day for their first open water swim (OWS). I figured I could pull that...

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Last weekend I finished one of the most unique races I've ever done. I was going to say the toughest race I've ever done, but I think the marathon is still winning in that category! Have you ever heard of Tough Mudder? It's a 10-12 mile race full of obstacles inspired by the...

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Summer is off to a swinging start around here. We're not even mid-way through June and I feel like I've done so much already! I literally have been gone every weekend (and a whole week at the end of May) since May 23rd.  It might take a while to fill you in on...

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