I’m setting my sights on a new race: the Planet Adventure Winter Half Marathon on January 26, 2013. Anything that has the words “planet adventure” in the name has GOT to be awesome! The course is twice around a trail at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis. And in a complete change of pace from most Read More

1. Age is just a number. Quite literally. We all had our ages written on our right calves, and it quickly became obvious that there were a LOT of people over the age of 40 who were competing, and competing well. It appears that the sport of triathloning improves with age. The winner, in fact, Read More

The short of it: my goal was to complete the triathlon – consisting of a 500 meter swim, 16.8 mile bike, and 3.75 mile run – in two hours. My final time? 1 hour, 55 minutes. Beast mode was ON! The long of it: Pre-Race I woke up at 5:00, had whole-wheat toast with peanut butter, Read More

In about two and a half weeks, I will be a triathlete. Insanity. And although I’m starting to feel the familiar flutters of anxiety about the race itself, I feel surprisingly prepared. In the last couple weeks, I’ve add more “brick” workouts to my training. That’s a triathlon term that means you do back-to-back event workouts, like Read More

As I was training for my half-marathons, I discovered Larabars as a great source of clean energy. They have just 3-5 ingredients, and are made with a base of ground dates and some kind of nut. I was a huge fan of the peanut butter cookie and lemon flavors, but not so much a fan Read More