Totals for the week ending 01.30.2011: Swim: 2:30:00 Run: 2:31:53 Bike: 2:39:50 Calories Burned: 6442 One full month of training in the bag, six and a half months to go. As early as it is in the process, I still needed a nap after this morning’s run just to be able to write this blog   Read More …

Totals for the week ending 01.22.2011: Swim: 2:05:00 Run: 3:03:15 Bike: 3:05:41 Calories Burned: 7066 Well, I crossed my calorie goal for the week by beating 7000, barely. This was a very tough and tiring week at work for me. I know that weeks like this happen, but I have a tiny bit of fear   Read More …

Was out for a ride this morning and got to thinking about what it means to be out for a ride in California in January. It meant, in no particular order: Three Wineries A dozen-odd vineyards Two lakes Two dams 67 degree temperatures 1800 feet of climbing on perfectly dry roads Short sleeved jersey Honestly,   Read More …

“What if, when I do succeed, it doesn’t change what I feel inside?” -Jodi, Heavy I just sat down to watch Heavy, a new show on A&E, which is the network’s melding of Intervention and The Biggest Loser (plug: My friend Olivia is on The Biggest Loser this season! Go Team Purple!). I wanted to   Read More …

I have always adored Indian food in general, and Lamb Vindaloo in particular. When I made a cookerful last week, I learned just how simple it is to make.  Lamb is not as lean as some other meats, but it’s still definitely a fairly nutritious and healthy mix of protein, fats, and vegetables when you’re   Read More …

Totals for the week ending 01.15.2011: Swim: 2:25:00 Run: 2:31:21 Bike: 2:35:45 Calories Burned: 6482 Well, this week wasn’t exactly the most consistent for blog updates, but it was a fairly solid workout week. This week added an additional hour of workout over last week, and the quality of my workouts was high enough that   Read More …

Totals for the week ending 01.08.2011: Swim: 2:20:00 Run: 2:03:35 Bike: 2:01:13 Calories Burned: 5278 My first week was not too awful. Of course, I’ve been working out fiendishly for months and used the few weeks before the start of the program to work out progressively more like this week, culminating in last week being   Read More …

For New Years Eve, I made two dishes at a big collaborative dinner with friends– a vegan-friendly falafel and tzatziki (which came out pretty well, it was my first time making falafel) and my old standby, a feta stuffed chicken breast. The chicken breast is great because it’s fairly quick to make a half-dozen pre-prepared   Read More …

If you are a triathlete, and one who is regularly or occasionally forced to swim in a gym pool, the noodle person needs no introduction. The noodle person is generally: Over the age of 85 Morbidly obese Not aware of any stroke not prefaced by “doggy” Surgically attached to a neoprene pool toy Extremely hostile   Read More …

Totals for the week ending 12.31.2010: Swim: 1:30 Run: 2:01 Bike: 2:00 Monday marks the first workout of my Vineman training program. I’m not anticipating too much of a shock as I’ve been working out similarly to the program for the last several months. I’ve spent the last month or so looking over at the   Read More …