smooth like springtime
Here's to more daylight hours for training, and hard work and laziness in the right doses. Here's to always having something to strive for, so to keep the claws of boredom dull.
Category Archives: life
my after
Five tips for a successful post-Ironman transition. And, for the .001 percent of you who are interested, a week-by-week narrative of what it's looked like for me.
taper time: control freak
Tapering casts your daily habits and rituals in a new light. Food is suddenly not about "fueling" anymore. It's just food.
hard knocks and letting go
Things change quickly. Things we have no control over. Things we don't agree with. Things we have to let go of.
diary of a post-Ironman funk
Four weeks ago today I stepped over my first Ironman finish line in Mont Tremblant, Quebec. And then, boom. Life resumed.
letter to a city loved
Dear Syracuse, I regret not taking the time to say a proper goodbye. When I left for the bright lights of D.C., I bid you a brief farewell, and then let other things distract me.…
en route to D.C., in words and pictures
Last weekend I said goodbye to a city that had just started to feel like home. Sadness and excitement tumbled at the edge of my emotions, keeping real tears at bay. As the burritos and…
eating down the fridge challenge
One of my favorite radio programs features a game called “Stump the Cook.” In it, listeners call in with lists of ingredients in their fridges and cupboards, and the host has to create a dish…