Ivy turns one tomorrow. I had so many plans and goals for Ivy’s first year — getting back into shape, losing all the baby weight, running a marathon, qualifying for USAT age group national nationals, racing a half, training for Ironman Florida — and I failed at all of them. Read more…
When I woke up on Monday morning (actually when I woke up for the second time — Ivy was up at 1:30 a.m. but I didn’t check my email during that particular late night frolic) I found the following note from my coach in my Training Peaks account: Did I Read more…
June was a rough month for me — a trial at work, filing for divorce, lots of trips to and from Maine and then racing Challenge Atlantic City. By the end of the month I was completely burnt out and sick. Ridiculously, unhappily, miserably sick. I spent the first two Read more…
“Words, words, words.” ― William Shakespeare, Hamlet Words matter. While we all may spew thousands of words a day and think of many of those words as throwaways, the words we use have meaning. In some cases, lots of meaning. When we wrote about the Professional Triathlon Union (“PTU”) last week, we Read more…
As the newly-formed “Women for Tri” Board of Advisors sat down for their first meeting this week, a number of concerned citizens of the triathlon community penned a letter to the board members asking them to consider the question of equal slots for female pros at World Championship races. A Read more…
On January 26, 2015, I am speaking at the Triathlon Business International (“TBI”) Conference in Marina Del Ray, California about wage and hour law and how it relates to endurance sport events. You can read my previous takes on the topic here, here and here. In light of the Liebesman v. Competitor Read more…
A few months back I wrote about professional prize purses in triathlon here and here and more recently I wrote about Rev 3’s elimination of professional prize purses here. The issue of professional prizes purses has again reared its head in the triathlon world, and this time probably for the wrong Read more…
Yesterday we finally left Connecticut for Challenge Atlantic City. Atlantic City will be my seventh 140.6 triathlon and at this point I feel as if I have the pre-race preparation down cold. My routine is to lay everything out on the bed to make sure I have everything. I’ve gotten Read more…
Sunday June 1, 2014 was the sixth running of the Rev 3 Quassy Half Distance Triathlon. While the race is a quality race with a challenging course, it represented a sad day for the triathlon community. On April 25, 2014, Rev 3 announced that it would no longer offer prize Read more…
In college I had a friend that, after every party or formal, would come back to the house, stand in front of the fireplace and ask “so what so we think, thumbs up or thumbs down?” as she moved her thumbs up and down to gauge the group’s approval. Read more…