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I want to talk about running, and especially, running FAST. Or slow. In other words – what pace you run at and how that pace is perceived. When I started running I had no idea about pace. I was pretty … Continue reading →

The race stats And my splits were: 600m swim – 11 minutes 27 seconds 20 km bike – 48 minutes 30 seconds 5 km run – 28 minutes 11 seconds Total time – 1 hour 28 minutes 09 seconds Position: … Continue reading →

Sunday – RACE DAY The 5 hours between bed time and alarm clock were hot, sweaty, uncomfortable, and wakeful. The fan was noisy, so we turned it off. It got unbearable hot, we opened doors, then they slammed, then my … Continue reading →

Race Weekend Somehow, during a frantic Thursday full of work, holding my second public meeting that evening, wrangling the toddler since my husband was out of town for the day at a meeting himself, and arranging for my (nervous) father … Continue reading →

Tuesday I didn’t do the cycle scheduled for today. I couldn’t do it in the morning before work because my husband left at 5.30 am on a work trip – I couldn’t do it during the day because I was … Continue reading →

Monday After a panicky day at work trying to sort out last-minute crises and prepare for my public meetings that I’m holding this week, I rushed into SSISA at 5 pm to do my 1 km swim before our transition … Continue reading →

Looks like a perfect day – warm and sunny but not too hot (since we start at 9.30 am we’ll hopefully be finished by 11.30 am), and the light rain only hits later! Sunday20/11/2011 02:00–08:00 22° 0 mm Light air, 1 m/s … Continue reading →

Saturday The jog yesterday went well. It seems that if I run slowly, and on the flat, 4.5 km doesn’t really even register as a run anymore. So that’s good news. Now onto today’s shenanigans… I presented myself (and my … Continue reading →

Thursday Today the sun is shining and the roads are dry. I have a brick session planned for the evening – to make up for the one I’m missing on Saturday. And I actually managed to do one! Once again … Continue reading →

Tuesday When my alarm went off at 5 am this morning I very reluctantly got out of bed. But I made the effort, and was up, in the kitchen, kettle on, all that stuff. My bike and gear was packed … Continue reading →