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When I got to Pure today I was feeling pretty tired – still sore from Tuesday’s session, which was right on the heels of both a vigorous massage and a long swim on Monday evening and biking to work on Wednesday, not to mention wanting about 2 hours more sleep last...
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Twelve questions and one answer

These are some of my thoughts after my first training session at Pure Fitness:When would I do a chin up in real life?Whose idea was it to put all those mirrors up?Since I didn’t use any weights of any kind, why are 90% of my muscles either still quivering or in...
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It’s only temporary.

It’s only temporary.  I often say this to myself when I’m in the middle of a difficult situation, either physically or emotionally. During a race when I’m starting to tire and hurt I’ll tell myself that the fatigue is only temporary and it will be gone a few...
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Anticipation

The days of September are ticking by and summer hasn’t completely let go. Last night I took advantage of the weather and went for my first ride with the Tues/Thurs morning bike group as they switched to evenings for now. So there I was at my office, having biked to...
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Just starting out

In June of this year I won my age category at the St. Malo triathlon. There are 2 significant outcomes of this, and they’re connected. First, that meant that I qualified for the 2014 World Triathlon Championships in Edmonton next August. Hard to imagine –...