Posts Tagged "Triathlon"

I’m excited to be a new columnist for Women on Bikes SoCal, an organization that celebrates the joy, beauty and benefits of All types of bicycling for women and their families.  Riding bikes is empowering.  It’s a mode of transportation, it’s a means to fitness and it’s a lot of fun. After spending almost six years in Washington, D.C., I saw firsthand the gains that bike commuting made in the community through effective bike advocacy and understanding individuals in leadership, with the addition of bike lanes, a popular bike share program and increased safety and awareness. I’m looking forward to being a part of continued advocacy efforts with Women on Bikes SoCal and being engaged in my new community here in California in all...

Epic Race, Fourth Place

Sickness. It’s a fact of life. Whether we like it or not, there are times when germs break down our best defenses, and we get sick. It always seems to come at the least convenient time. Like now: I (should be) right in the middle of a tough training block (Tetrick training camp!), and everyone knows Christmas is the time to belt out Christmas carols and stuff. Instead, I’m hovering under my covers in sweatpants, sweatshirt and beanie on my head, still shivering from the cold almost two weeks after initially getting sick. And I have no voice!   Talking to my Granni on the phone yesterday, she says, “I can’t hear you; you’re cutting out!… Hello?!?” I’m like, “No, Granni, we’re on a land line; that’s just my voice…” (Only about...

Last year, I had growing back my toe nails, as one of my high priorities… With all nails fully intact, here are a few of my 2012/13 “Off Season” Priorities:   10. Hiking.   Walking around isn’t something that I do much of while spending so much of my time swimming, biking and running. Why take the stairs when you can take the elevator? Why use any energy at all when you should save it up for workouts? Oh yeah, us triathletes are tons of fun. (Cyclists aren’t much better, right Ali?).   9. Paddle Boarding.   I have YET to actually go paddle boarding. I’ve been tantalized by my friends and family with all sorts of amazing paddle boarding pictures in exotic locations (thanks, Alz, for NOT waiting for me! Grrrr). This year, I’m...

The “off season” is a term that triathletes throw around as an excuse to do everything they deny themselves during the “on season.” But what is “off season,” really, and how does one avoid sounding like a total tri geek when they start talking about theirs?*   Triathlon – and sport – is a way of life. Once “off season” starts, do we really morph into candy and chip-eating, sedentary couch potatoes, with four layers of fat and our most strenuous activities involving flipping the remote or padding to the kitchen in slippers for another bowl of ice cream? Hardly (at least not for any extended period of time).   While we may feel as if our skin is crawling from inactivity, what happens in winter is a far cry from what most would...