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Beach Days-Summer 2022
Seven, this year’s magic number! I made it to the beach seven times this season. My normal goal each summer is to make it to the beach once a month during June, July, and August. This should not be a difficult goal to reach but every year I seem to fall short. After reading the book Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving, Celeste Headlee I made beach days one of my priorities. As I wrote in an earlier blog, my first beach trip this season was in June. The next beach day we had, the water was still too cold for my liking. We did…
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Triathlon #2
I was as ready as I was going to be. I did not have much confidence in my training and I was nervous about the run. But as many of us know, “if God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.” The first great surprise I found out just before race day, my youngest and her team would be volunteering at the race. I did not expect to see my daughter during the race, she thought they would be working the 5K event. Surprise number two, they were working the transition! It was great seeing her every time I entered and left transition. Many of the tri…
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God’s Will- Training for Triathlon #2
Less than 3 weeks out from my second triathlon and I had not run a single step. And after my unsuccessful swim, I was really worried about being able to complete the triathlon. I mentioned it at PT and they had me get on the treadmill and try. I ran for a minute and 54 seconds, a long way from the 3.2 miles I would need to cover. Cleared to start running I was advised to alternate between running and walking. My first time out I made it for a total of 5 running minutes. As I learned after the swim, I had missed the cut off to defer the…