Monthly Archives: April 2011

As of Wednesday, I have three long swims in my Great Chesapeake Bay Bridge Swim training log. Each has been 6,000 meters, and each has been an adventure. Long swims are so different from long runs. They require some planning … Continue reading →

Back in March, I made a list of post-ACL-reconstruction goals to give my recovery and training some structure and purpose. At the time, I totally congratulated myself for creating such a well-rounded list—gone are the days of setting my sights … Continue reading →

When we sign up for races that require months of training and contemplation, the idea of actually covering the given distance can seem so abstract. For example, when I signed up for the Marine Corps Marathon in March 2009, it … Continue reading →

When the going gets tough, the tough get cooking. Go shopping. Get … oh, whatever. During times of stress, I frequently find myself in the kitchen—not only eating frozen cookie dough by the spoonful (what kind of woman trusts herself … Continue reading →

While wolfing down my oatmeal before physical therapy a couple weeks ago, I stumbled upon something that stopped me mid-chew. It wasn’t the McDonald’s Happy Meal that didn’t decay after a year (though that will do the trick, too). It … Continue reading →

I headed to the pool yesterday planning to swim a regular, 3,000-meter workout. I felt pretty tired, but I figured it was the usual mid-day slump—an exhaustion born of sitting at a laptop too long rather than working out too … Continue reading →

I spent the past week in Florida, including a 24-hour mini-vacation in Vero Beach, where this was my swimming pool. Open-water swimming never looked so good!

Ever since tearing my ACL Jan. 8, I’ve been chomping at the bit to get back to doing all my favorite stuff—running, skiing and backpacking, which were all temporarily halted post-injury. My comeback to running after ACL reconstruction surgery in … Continue reading →

I swam 6,000 meters on Saturday. With a pull buoy, to spare my new ACL from kicking. That’s roughly 3.7 miles, which means I can currently propel myself through the water using only my arms for longer than I can … Continue reading →

Marathon runners love their training plans. Each time I’ve trained to run 26.2 miles (or 13.1, for that matter), I printed out training plans (Hal Higdon the first time, FIRST for the next one), and followed them as close to … Continue reading →