Aug 16, 2013
I had planned to dedicated today’s blog post about my newfound swimming skillz, and was looking for a pic from last night’s swim session to post online. And then I found the pic. I gasped. Then I cried a little (but only on the inside). And then I told...
Jun 28, 2013
In just a little bit over a month I’ll be starting my 2014 Ironman 70.3 training. It will be my second attempt to finish, after a spot of over-hydration took me out of the race and into the medical tent earlier this year. Yeah… I was a little over-zealous...
May 16, 2013
People have taken to calling me Hopalong. Friends, colleagues, family – I should have seen it coming… Anyhoo, after a quick visit to Dr Narramore’s office yesterday, the good news is that my foot is healing well. It all started with two concerned...
May 14, 2013
So here I am, back on my bed, with my foot propped up on four pillows. The cut is burning (is that a good or bad sign?) and every time I move my foot inside the cast it feels like a thousand tiny woodpeckers are chipping away at the bone (is that a good or bad...
May 10, 2013
Mother’s Day is around the corner, and if you have school-going kids, chances are that you – like me – would have been invited to some kind of school celebration at some point this week. Of course, this is also the perfect time for self-proclaimed...
May 3, 2013
I learned something new today: Last week this time I had the kind of super fitness required to participate in the Freedom Swim. Less than a week later I found myself hobbling from the parking lot to my orthopedic surgeon’s office, reaching my max heart rate...
