Weekly Workouts: 5/6 – 5/12

May 12, 2013

Good evening. How was everyone’s weekend? Mine was full, but wonderful. I got to celebrate Mother’s Day with my beautiful mother yesterday and my equally beautiful mother-in-law this morning. It doesn’t get much better than that. I also got to enjoy my second-to-last free weekend before Ironman training officially begins next Monday. My weeks of more »

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More Blueberries, Please!

May 11, 2013

Remember the 2+ lbs of blueberries I came home with from the u-pick blueberry farm last weekend? Well… they were gone all gone by Thursday. Besides the blueberry pie (which we actually made using the berries from my parent’s stash), the blueberries were all ate fresh either with ricotta cheese/yogurt for breakfast or straight from more »

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Rocketman Triathlon Race Recap

May 9, 2013

Rocketman will forever go down in history as one of my favorite triathlons of all time. Not only was course above and beyond AMAZING (it’s probably the only course I’ll ever see multiple participants stop in the middle of the bike portion to take photos), but I felt GREAT during the entire race. Like, really, more »

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My New Routine

May 8, 2013

5:25 am: First alarm goes off. I turn it off and roll over. Maddie crawls over and curls up next to me. She understands it’s almost time to get up, but Mommy gets 5 minutes of extra sleep. 5:30 am: Second alarm goes off. I have NO idea how to use the snooze feature on more »

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What I’ve Been Eating

May 6, 2013

I know. I owe you guys a race report. I promise I’m working on it. This may be the first race report in Meals and Miles history where I’m waiting for the official photos to write the full report. The truth is that I’m not sure I can tell the full story without them. There more »

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Weekly Workouts: 4/29 – 5/5

May 5, 2013

Monday AM: CrossFit HELEN’S BACK Warm up: 300 m shuttle run; 10 squat & sink, 10 straight leg toe touches; 2 x 8 kb swings, 6 push ups, 4 strict pull ups Skill/focus: Back Squat Warm up as needed and 2 or 3 attempts Back Squat 3 RM WOD: Heavy Helen 1 gasser (300 meter more »

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