I feel like an abject failure on the bike. Good sense would have told me to learn to ride a bicycle and THEN sign up for my first triathlon. Unfortunately, I didn’t listen to my good sense. So, now here I am just 16 weeks from my first triathlon and still [...]

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Back to edit: I’m not sure exactly what happened, but I seem to have lost all of my navigation stuff from the left hand side of my blog. I’ll have to try and slowly get it all set back up again.
First of all, let me apologize for being so [...]

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George Carlin was probably the first comedian I was ever “aware” of as I was growing up, although I didn’t TRULY appreciate his comedy until I was grown. ;) The world has lost an amazing talent. Here’s a clip of my favorite Carlin bit:

Of course, it’s hard to post a tribute to [...]

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I’m back at the hotel. Let’s just say it was an “interesting” 5k. Nearly a mile of it was done on the dirt horse racing track at Del Mar. I knew in advance that we were starting and finishing at the track, but I didn’t know they meant ON the track. [...]

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Hey everyone! Sorry for not posting for a couple of days. I’ve been pretty busy and when I wasn’t busy, I just didn’t feel like making the mental effort to post. I’m still going strong on my OP streak. Today is day 12 for me, so no worries there. [...]

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Please send me all positive toe vibes possible! I am scheduled to do the Iron Girl Del Mar 5k race this weekend. Unfortunately, it seems I have reinjured the toe that I’m pretty sure I broke earlier this year. I’m scared to go to the doctor for fear he’ll tell me I [...]

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I went to my first weigh in today since rejoining Weight Watchers last week. I was down 4.2 pounds!!! The most amazing part of that is that in the past couple of days I’ve eaten some very out of the norm foods for me.
On Sunday, I went [...]

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Race photos were published today. For the first time ever, I’m actually happy with one of my race pics! This photo was taken just before I reached the 3 mile marker, so it’s about 2/10ths of a mile from the finish line.
And, no, my right leg [...]

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Official results are in for my 5k. I finished in 52:04. So, I only missed setting a new PR by 18 seconds since my previous was 51:47. Here are my stats for the race:
Overall Place: 744/775
Female Place: 361/384
Overall 40-44: 79/81
Female 40-44: [...]

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I’m home from my little local 5k here in Anaheim that I did with my friend Darla. Here are my unofficial results taken from my Garmin:
Time: 52:57
Lap 1: 16m 07s, 1.00 miles, 16m 07s /mile
Lap 2: 17m 12s, 1.00 miles, 17m 12s /mile
Lap 3: 17m 59s, 1.00 miles, 17m 59s /mile
Lap [...]

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