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  • Climbing Out of a Slump

    "You’re in a slump. Put your kit on."  Sal is standing in the bedroom holding my bibs.  I am laying on the big king bed holding my ugly doll with a pillow over my head: "I DONT WANT TO GO!" That is only half true but I am throwing a tantrum so this has to be dramatic. ...
    Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-12-2008
  • No Really, Get Your Iron Checked.

    I’ll admit it.  I was mega-skeptical about this whole iron thing when it came up.  It’s one of those things where one person tells you about something and then you start hearing it all over. The iron buzz!!  Get your iron checked!  Everyone is doing it! It all started...
    Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-16-2008
  • Progress, Diversion, Perspective. In doses.

    I have always complained about the way cycling is all-consuming.  I complained about it in the beginning when I was a Cycling Widow and I will complain about it now that I am a Cycling Harlot. It takes over everything.  Everything. The clothing - it must be constantly washed and cared for. ...
    Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-08-2008
  • Training While Sick: What’s the Verdict?

    My cousin asked me about this a little over a month ago when she was down with some really nasty cold/flu stuff.  "Should I run?" I told her to stop and get better.  Or, if she did want to get a few miles in just for sanity’s sake, to go someplace warm (a gym) and do them [.....
    Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 02-27-2008
  • Yoga Blocks and Motivation

    People frequently ask me "how I stay so motivated". It’s true, I’m a pretty high energy person (the people in my life right now are laughing at my use of understatement), but I’m definitely not always motivated.  I was thinking about this yesterday because Skwigg answered...
    Posted to The Everyday Athlete (Weblog) by Anonymous on 12-14-2007
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