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Asparagus and Macaroni Salad

May 16, 2012 By 1 Comment
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Asparagus and Macaroni Salad is interrupting the regularly scheduled story of Ironman Texas today.  I had another post ready to go but then I went to Food Republic and saw this picture on the site and immediately thought…..I need to repost that and let people know about this recipe. This recipe couldn’t be any easier [...]

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Ironman Texas Giveaway

May 15, 2012 By 6 Comments
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Ironman Texas is now just a few days away and so what better way to celebrate that than with a giveaway. So what am I giving away?  How about a case of CorePower for the final time prediction.  I will also do some giveaways for each individual event. What are you dealing with?  I wrote [...]

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Open Letter To ESPN

May 14, 2012 By 17 Comments
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  Open letters are becoming common place on this blog, but this one is directed right to the Executives of ESPN who have shunned us endurance athletes. You may be asking where this is coming from and I’m about to tell you.  Yesterday I went for a 30 minute run as part of my training [...]

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Ironman Texas Goals

May 11, 2012 By 33 Comments
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Ironman Texas is in 8 days and I am posting my goals post today for a few reasons: I will not be posting over the weekend as I’ll be spending time with the family.  Chico is racing his first tri on Saturday morning so I plan on getting on my trainer at 4am and riding [...]

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Guest SPoT (SPouse Of A Triathlete) Revisited

May 10, 2012 By 15 Comments
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Guest Spot is officially be changed by me to IronMate and here is an update.   So I read through my blog post from October of last year to review what I had wrote and compare it to my life now and thought I would share. Jason is now less than 2 weeks from his [...]

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Time To Pay The Piper

May 9, 2012 By 8 Comments
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It’s time to pay the piper.  That is a statement that has been going through my head for about a week and a half now.  I am telling myself that because on May 19th when the gun for Ironman Texas goes off I will be paying the piper.  I will have a day that shows [...]

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Ironman Texas Training Video Blog – Weeks 19 and 20

May 8, 2012 By 2 Comments
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Ironman Texas training is in taper mode now and as I heard on Sunday……DOWN THE STRETCH THEY COME…… That is how I feel right now.  I am coming down the home stretch to the finish line.  This training cycle has taught me so much about who I am and what I can accomplish.  It has [...]

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Homemade Granola

May 7, 2012 By 11 Comments
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Homemade granola is not difficult to make but when you can buy it for relatively cheap you just pick up a box or package.  It is my version of convenience food.  That is until yesterday.  I was at Sprout’s and needed to get some cereal for the Big Bowl I have been eating and I [...]

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Ironman Texas Swim Strategy

May 4, 2012 By 10 Comments
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The Ironman swim is 2.4 miles long as most of you know.  That is a long way and not having a strategy to tackle that distance could result in a longer day than expected or trained for.  When I wrote the post on the Ironman Texas Bike Strategy Katie of Run This Amazing Day asked where the [...]

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Food Coaching

May 3, 2012 By 6 Comments
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Could Food Coaching be on the list of things I add to my resume?  I am a running coach and will be looking to get my USAT Level 1 Coaching Certificate soon as well.  We all know that you cannot out train a bad diet.  We have all seen it.  The guy who is at [...]

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