My Second Duathlon – Results Are In!

I haven’t competed in the same race twice which is kind of hard to believe since I’ve been racing for 81 years! OK, that’s a bit of an exaggeration. It’s only been 11 months but it FEELS like 8 decades since I splashed around haphazardly in a lake in Tallahassee trying to finish my firstContinue reading “My Second Duathlon – Results Are In!”

Running On Empty, Living For More

Some of my best ideas and thoughts come when I put on my running shoes and hit the pavement. Sometimes I even run in the rain. I’m not insightful enough to discern what it is that makes running such a purifying experience, but I love that it’s not just a physical workout. I recently watchedContinue reading “Running On Empty, Living For More”

My First Duathlon – The Results!

Kieran, dim the lights. The results are in and America has voted. Is that your final answer? When it comes to little Johnny, I am NOT the father! Ok, that’s a mashup of random shows that don’t jive with what today’s post is about whatsoever. Except that we ARE talking about results and the resultsContinue reading “My First Duathlon – The Results!”

Running is hard – sprint triathlon just a few weeks away!

My most recent run was more than what the sprint triathlon distance is (3.1 miles). I decided to go 3.5 miles like I had done about a week before. Let me tell ya, runners out there will say 3.5 is kind of a short run but by golly, I was exhausted after! I didn’t quiteContinue reading “Running is hard – sprint triathlon just a few weeks away!”

Coming Up For Air – My Second Sprint Triathlon

I just sat down at my computer to check how my times matched up against the results from my first sprint triathlon and I’m so happy to say I did better in each of the three events. Swimming, which was my weakest event in the first race, was improved a lot! This was because IContinue reading “Coming Up For Air – My Second Sprint Triathlon”