so as i mentioned below and as i've been twittering frantically about, i signed up for a triathlon. i'm still hazy as to why i did this. it wasn't like i was under pressure to. nobody said, "hey catherine, i will pay you $100 to do a triathlon." no friend was nagging me to do o...

My workouts have been relatively uninspired as of late. Spending 30 minutes on an elliptical machine is just not interesting to me. My workouts have always been more productive when I had something to work towards. Not a new, smaller pair of jeans, but more like an event. I've done a couple 5K runs ...

My vision board this year includes optimal wellness in body, mind, and spirit. To work on this goal, I’m preparing for a sprint-triathlon in May to raise funds for One Heart Bulgaria and have a higher purpose for working out at the gym. Besides doing a 5k in 2007 and training for the Mrs. Utah...

Image via CrunchBase I got tagged in Facebook to do one of these lists.  I really enjoyed reading some of my colleagues and some of my old friends from high school so i thought i’d put one together. The rules are that once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 ran...

This is my workout calendar checkoff list for last month: Didn’t miss a day.  I have never gone 6 days in a row. Why the madness?  My friend Rich Grote (of the noble iVolunteer push) decided to do it, and I was working on some pretty ambitious physical goals for this year, including two tria...

Build/Intensity/Preparation Your longer, harder efforts are increasing, and you are spending a greater period of time at lactate threshold. Many of your workouts include intervals and high intensity workouts, so dependence on carbohydrate as an energy source is increasing, and use of fat will decrea...

Time to pull out some crazy long syllables. Yes, that's right, it's time to talk about nutrition periodization. When addressing nutrition, the word "periodization" refers to dividing your yearly nutritional plan into several distinct segments that apply to daily, weekly, or monthly...

This weekend Kerry and I participated in the 1st Annual Halfway to Hawaii Practice Triathlon on Treasure Island as part of our training for Lavaman in March. Now, why swimming in a wetsuit in the frigid waters off Treasure Island in January is considered training for swimming in the warm waters of H...

Misfortune in one area brings fortune in another.  I suppose "fortunate" is open to your own definition as some may not regard 70.3 miles of activity in one day as fortunate.  But for me, being able take part in the Gulf Coast Triathlon with friends is fortunate.   I to...

Opted for something new. Got very late into the evening before starting. Was not up for anything. Forced myself onto the bike upstairs. Watched the Ironman 08 coverage. Got a decent workout. Did some harder intervals and rode a respectable heart rate for the entire time. More than anything I'm just ...