December 2010
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It is now December 1. I have managed to waste away a whole month of training. It is time to get serious! In less than 6 months I will be completing Ironman Coeur d’Alene, my first triathlon. In addition, in 4 months I will be riding the Tour of California with a huge group of my peers. I am determined to complete both of these events, even if it kills me. Tomorrow starts the adventure of a lifetime.
--Buttercup
October 2010
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“I haven’t a clue as to how my story will end. But that’s all right....”
September 2010
1 post
“Life is something to be spent, not saved.”
– D. H. Lawrence
August 2010
7 posts
“What other dungeon is so dark as one’s own heart! What jailer so...”
– Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of Seven Gables, 1822
“Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.”
– James Bryant Conant
When are you to old to follow your dreams?
Everyone either knows someone or has heard the story of someone who has followed their dream, and achieved great success. I typically don’t pay much attention to these types of stories. Not that I don’t care, but I am generally happy in my life and what I have accomplished. So I don’t let these stories of grandeur cloud my vision or make me lose focus on my goals, until TODAY!...
“You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough”
– Joe Louis
Tour of the Catskills
The American Zofingen Long Course, which I successfully completed earlier this year, was an extremely tough course. 5 mile trail run, followed by 84 hilly miles on the bike, followed by another 15 mile trail run (3 loops of the first 5 miles). This race pushed me to my limits physically, but I felt mentally strong through the entire race. I mean I never once thought, well maybe a few times, that I...
July 2010
4 posts
Let's go racing!
This weekend will be my third race of the season. So far this year I have completed the American Zonfingen Long Course, a hellish duathlon in the lower Catskills and the New England Ragnar Relay, where 11 friends and I ran for 32 hours straight from Yale to Harvard for a total of 192 miles.
This time I am returning home. I will be racing the Tour of the Catskills, a 3-day bicycle race through the...
Guns, Kids and Parents
Guns. What can I say? Like many children I grew up playing Cowboys and Indians or cops and robbers. It got me outside and out from under my parents feet. They were happy, I was happy.
Over the years I have developed a strong opinion about guns. I HATE them. So much so that I don’t allow them in my house in any form: toy guns, video games, etc.
I am not sure why the strong aversion. I have...
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it’s time to pause...”
– Mark Twain
First Marathon
A few months ago I decided to support a friend, who you can follow here, and signed up for my very first marathon. Since that time I have been a bit distracted with some life issues and another upcoming race, all of which I will tell you about at some other time. Unfortunately this means I have not spent much time preparing for the marathon.
It is time to get serious! I now have 13 weeks...