Carol on October 10th, 2010   Tags: 3 Comments »

I was pretty upset when I wrote my Halfmax Myrtle Beach Race Report.   I trained hard for that race and I spent a lot of money on race fees and travel costs.  I expected great things out of that day.   And I was sorely disappointed. On a whim, I just packed up and [...]

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Well, the Ultramax Halfmax National Championship race was a big disappointment on many levels.  Note: Be sure to read my article “More thoughts about Halfmax” when you are done here. They had to cancel the swim after heavy rains the week prior increased e-coli levels in the waterway.   That sucked.   Everybody was disappointed about that. [...]

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Carol on September 28th, 2010   Tags: , , 1 Comment »

I absolutely love the Rodney Yee “Yoga Conditioning for Athletes” DVD workout video.  My friend Ginger told me about that DVD last year.   It is the perfect workout to stretch and release all the parts of your body that are tight from sports.   I also love the yoga teaching aspect of his videos. [...]

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Carol on September 26th, 2010   Tags: , , , , 2 Comments »

Another week of solid training in the books.     Here are some highlights from last week’s training: Tues: I stayed with the A group on the IOS ride all the way to the berry patch.  Then I turned around and rode back, and B did not catch me until the turn into the hilly [...]

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Carol on September 22nd, 2010   Tags: , , , 3 Comments »

A look back I was looking back at my training logs from before last year’s Duke half, and remembered that I did alot of long workouts up to 8 days prior.   I was training for an Ironman race, and it turned out to give me a great half iron performance.    With that in [...]

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