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Hope my friends here in the northeast (well, everywhere else too!) are cozy and warm throughout this snow storm. Luckily my office closed a little early today. (Although that just means I did my stupid-long commute for basically no reason…but I digress.) After a slightly treacherous drive home from work, I made it back to NJ and am currently snuggled up in my most comfy down comforter and am hanging out with Brendan, drinking a glass of wine, and reading Runner’s World magazine. Um…can every day PLEASE be like this?! The only sad thing is that I had to cancel… View Post

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Happy Memorial Day weekend, my friends! I hope everyone is having a lovely weekend and enjoying good weather. (The sun finally decided to come out today here in NJ!) Work ended at 1PM for me on Friday, so after a quick lunch with my roommate and a movie on the couch while the rain poured down outside, I kicked off my weekend of workouts with some spinning and a hot yoga class at my gym. To start: For the 20 minutes of fastest sustainable effort, coach notes say: “try to see how close you can ride to your ventilatory threshold… View Post

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After taking Erin’s class on Monday, I realized something. I’m supposed to begin training for an Ironman next month. I have an informational meeting to attend tonight and I’m nervous. Yeah, I can run pretty far. Can I run far after swimming far and biking far? Not even close. Yet. And nothing is worse than not feeling prepared. After realizing that I wasn’t totally keeping up with Erin (AKA I could only do like 3 TRX pikes), it hit me that I’m not as ready for Ironman pre-season as I should be. I keep wavering between fear and motivation. Thought… View Post

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