Aquathon Y'all
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
First things first. Monday was the Evil Genius's end-of-school-year program at the church. It was an adorable program with all of the kids singing songs on stage in the s ...
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50 for Fun
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
Saturday morning was the initial FS 50 triathlon in Washington, NC, which turned out to be an adorable little coastal town. I covered the whole course in 3:43:12 breaking ...
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Tri Time Baby!
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
Saturday kicks off triathlon season with the FS 50 , part of the Washington Triathlon Weekend in Washington, NC. It's the original Washington, and is known down here as Li ...
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Going Ultralong
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
The Snail is a good friend and a bad influence. Let's hope he's a better race director. He's stepped up and taken the reigns at the Pine Mountain 40 mile ultramarathon, ...
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TwoFer
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
This weekend was kind of insane. There was really two main components and lots of surrounding fun.
WakeMed Distance Festival 10k
This was the 6th and final rac ...
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Ashtanga April
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
April's totals
Swim: 12,100 yards, 5 swims
Bike: 126 miles, 10 rides
Run: 21.3 miles, 4 runs, 1 half marathon
Weights: 11 times
Yoga: 21 times
The swimming ...
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The Queen
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
And for once I'm not talking about myself. This past weekend was Bigun's spring outing with the Indian Princess program. We had so much fun just me and her out at Camp Se ...
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Catching up
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Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
Why is it that as soon as I sit down to write my brain goes completely blank, but every other hour of the day is filled with interesting blog content? I should take better ...
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Still Sore
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
This is getting stupid. My quads are still sore from the half marathon on Sunday.
I'm really loving Ashtanga Yoga right now. I'm starting to move into the rest ...
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Holy Hills Batman!
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
Yesterday was the RunRaleigh Half Marathon , my fifth race in the Grand Prix series. I finished in 1:50:26, not quite the 1:45 I was looking for but still a faster time th ...
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Three Things Thursday
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
1. This week's workouts have been fantastic. I hit the pool Tuesday night for 2600 yards and it felt easy and fast. Yesterday I hit the gym over lunch and hit the weights ...
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Ungroomed
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
It was a whole weekend of ungrooming with some hilarious parts and some not so funny parts. First, the bad.
Right now in particular I feel very ungroomed. I really w ...
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More Recovery
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
Goodness, what happened to March? The first quarter of the year is done already?
Swim: 11,560 yards, 5 swims
Bike: 99 miles, 7 rides
Run: 82.8, 10 runs, 2 maratho ...
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Pacer Report
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
Saturday was a completely different kind of incredible than anything else I've ever been around. It was the 18th installment of the Umstead 100 Ultra Endurance event. Anyo ...
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On the Trail
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
Today I am sore. That good kind of sore where I can tell I've been back on the standard triathlon training plan this week. Got in a couple of good fast runs and a few bik ...
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The Anti-Post
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Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
There is absolutely nothing going on right now. I did nothing last week, and still need to take it easy this week. Tapers and recovery weeks throw an inconsistent monkey ...
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5179
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
We're in! I am Marathon Maniac #5179, Kelley got #5178. I'm so proud to be included in this fantastic organization. It took a lot of work, but the 3 marathons in less th ...
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It's Maniac Time!
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
Yesterday I finished my 6th full marathon, my third marathon in the last 65 days and (including the marathon at IMFL) my fourth in the last five months. I finished the Tob ...
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Tobacco Trail FTM!
by
Carolina John
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
That's For The Maniac, not For The Win. Sunday morning is supposed to be 70 degrees and overcast, which is much better than the 80* and thunderstorms they were calling for ...
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