This past Sunday I did one of the most useful training sessions I possibly could have done for my upcoming triathlon (Charlottesville Sprint, 6/27/2010). I attended Tri2Bmore’s triathlon racing clinic, where local coach Liz Flynn (www.tri2bmore.com) and her team taught 25 aspiring triathletes techniques for racing in a multisport event.
The day started at 7:00am at a local outdoor pool with introductions, a bike check, and body marking. Then the 25 of us (mostly women, interestingly) broke up into two waves (WAVE ONE RULES!) and started in on the clinic. My …

A week ago I opened my mailbox to find this:

A representative from Sony had contacted me and asked if I was interested in trying out one of their new products, the Sony W Series Walkman MP3 player. Of course! The idea is really cool – instead of having a set of headphones attached by a wire to the mp3 player that you carry, Sony has slimmed things down by putting the mp3 player right on the earbuds, negating the need for a long, dangly cord. The two earbuds are connected …

Burn-out Mesh Back = Awesome

I recently bought this top from one of my absolute favorite running sites – RunningWarehouse – because it was on sale and I need more sleeved tops for summer (Gotta protect that skin from the sun!). The description said it had a “Burn-out Mesh Back” which I didn’t really understand until it came in the mail:

Meshy Breathable Holes

The holes

See all those holes? They wick sweat like none other! The shirt is a bit looser fitting than what I normally wear, but I think this helped keep …

Wow, what a week! Things on DailyMile are really heating up. The weekly challenges (created by RunTalkRadio’s Thomas N have been amazing so far – I look forward to them so much, and they’re always creative and fun. One of the best things about them is that they create quite the conversation in the DailyMile community!
(By the way, RunTalkRadio is amazing. What a fun, informative, and hilarious site!)
So imagine my surprise when this week the challenge had my name on it! My …

Woohoo! I’m running again! One morning I woke up and the pain was … different. Not *totally* gone, but very slight and different. Hardly noticeable. So I have been doing short runs (1-2 miles) with lots of walking in between. So far things feel good – fingers crossed! Hopefully the healing will go well and I’ll be able to start doing some regular mileage again. Tomorrow I’m going to shoot for an easy 3 miler and see how that feels.
A huge thank you to everyone who has helped me stay …