As I sit here, I’ve officially been back to work for almost four weeks after a fourteen week maternity leave. Our fourth trimester went by incredibly fast and its hard to believe its almost the end of 2016. Pretty much everything in the last year has been an adjustment — being pregnant, giving Read more…
One of the difficulties I’ve faced training post-pregnancy is that nothing fits me (carrying an extra 40 lbs will do that to you). Although some of my pre-pregnancy workout gear is stretchy enough to remain in use, I’ve had to purchase a fairly extensive exercise wardrobe in the last few Read more…
This week marks my “official” return to training and eventually racing. The plan this week (its exciting to have a plan loaded into Training Peaks) is to do about three total hours of swimming, biking and running coupled with lots of core work. As awesome as it would be Read more…
We’re working on tidying and continuing to make room for #LittleOtter so I have more tri / run clothing that needs a new home (its amazing how much stuff I have). All of the items are women’s size large, 10 or 12 depending on the brand. Brands include Oiselle, Coeur, Read more…
Back in December / January I thought it would be a really great idea to run Ragnar Cape Cod at 25 weeks pregnant. I mean, how hard could it be? I’d take a set of sort legs and coast through 13 ish miles easy. Yeah, I was not bright. After Read more…
April 2, 2016 was the tenth (yes, tenth) edition of the Greater Hartford Quarter Marathon held. It was cold, rainy and miserable, probably the worst weather we’ve ever had for the event. Despite the craptastic weather, we had a really great event. Over the last ten years of directing this race Read more…
Sometimes I get a stupid idea, a really, really, really stupid idea. After Ragnar Cape Cod, Ryan and I were experiencing a massive post-race let down. Ragnar had been so much fun that we wanted to race another relay again and soon. Ryan found the 100 on 100 relay — Read more…
brobird noun: a male runner who wears Oiselle apparel: I saw a lot of brobirds at my last marathon. Oiselle has been making running apparel for women since 2007, when Sally Bergesen took her years of branding and marketing experience and applied it to her dream of better fitting, better styled running Read more…
Intro: For a long time I’ve been a Saucony Kinvara girl. I’ve run hundreds, if not thousands, of miles in the Kinvara 3, 4, 5 and 6 (and have several special editions as well). While I love the Kinvara post bike crash and knee surgery I wanted something a little Read more…