Day 9:

A day cannot be bad when it is a Monday and one is not at work, which is exactly the predicament I found myself in on Day 9. I rewrote my triathlon training plan for this week and followed it on Monday (I have utterly failed on it after Monday but one day [...]

Today was marked with the worst bike ride ever. Okay, maybe not worst, but worst last 7 miles. I set out with the intention of doing 20 miles – 10 out and 10 back. The first 13 miles were fabulous and then I noticed that something was wrong. I quickly realized that I had a [...]

I had an odd day today, starting off with waking up at 10:30 a.m. M and I have been sleeping in amazingly late when given the opportunity and today was no exception. We went to Big Apple Bagels for lunch and then to the gym. At the gym, I did 5 miles in [...]

Another decent day behind me. Today’s my last day of work until Tuesday so I was pretty excited to get the day of work behind me. I’m really hoping that when I return to work I’ll be more optimistic about it. I’ve been in a bit of a rut lately. Thankfully, the rut has only [...]

Today was a fantastic day. First, I had a great lunch with a friend. Second, work was immensely better than it was earlier in that week. Third, M and I had plans to go to the gym tonight, but as I was driving home in the cloudless beautiful weather I thought, “Why do you have [...]

I’m about 1.5 pounds over where I was at the March weigh-in. I have been at this weight pretty consistently for the past month and a half. This would be great and all if I were trying to maintain my weight, but I’m only half way done with where I really want to be. This [...]

Well, just as I decided to recommit to everything, I find out that after running 13.1 miles in record fast time I managed to force myself into a running hiatus because of a kitchen chair. I wish the story were better, but I stubbed my toe on Sunday and after watching it swell all day [...]