For me, post-pregnancy running and training isn’t pretty. Unfortunately it got a little uglier this week. While in Tulsa two weeks ago I fell. Nothing serious (or so I thought). I turned my left ankle wearing high heeled boots and fell to the ground. The next morning I got up and ran. I actually had …
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In the circles I frequent (especially the ones on social media) there are lots of new mommas, especially new mommas who happen to be runners and triathletes. A pretty frequent topic of conversation has been “what will running be like post-partum” and “what doctors and health care professionals don’t tell you.” While there are lots …
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While I’ve been back at work since Thanksgiving, I was lucky to avoid travel for the last two months. My luck changed this past week and I needed to travel to Tulsa for a case. Traveling for work is not new. In 2016 while pregnant, I travelled a total of 37 days (right through …
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From time to time, I have a good idea. This was not one of those times. In the middle of December, while kicking around the Internet at work, I discovered that USA Cycling would be hosting their Cyclocross (or CX, for those in the know) National Championship event here in Hartford in January. Me, …
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Yesterday was Ivy’s first day at daycare. I know this day has been coming for a very long time (we registered Ivy and put down the deposit when I was still 8 months pregnant). Finding the right daycare was a tough process, there are just so many places that feel like baby jail, but we’re …
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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 birth, staying home with Ivy …
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To make a long story short: I’m fundraising for the Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake, NY through the Ironman Foundation’s “Your Journey, Your Cause” program. In more detail, then: The last time I tried to go iron-distance racing was nearly two years ago. It ended disastrously. (warning: graphic.) Then last fall, Owen spent an all too …
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Dear Ivy: Last night Americans elected Donald J. Trump as their forty-fifth president. President-elect Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, a woman with forty years experience including serving as Senator from New York and Secretary of State under President Obama. Like me, Secretary Clinton is an attorney. While I took a job in Big Law after graduation from …
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Since I’ve started in running and triathlon, I’ve alternated good years and bad years. Odd years are good ones; even ones are less so, all the way down to terrible. Breaking that down further: 2010: enter the sport officially 2011: good running race results, finish my first two 70.3s 2012: avoid the injury bug, but underperform …
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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 weeks. While its been on …
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