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What is 70.3 Training?

Natalie — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:00:03 +0000

The short answer: a lifestyle change. Change, adjustment, choice–call it what you will but half Ironman training is a significant commitment and one that requires dedication and focus. I’m starting week 9 of my 20 week training plan and somehow only just recently realized that my decision to train for 70.3 miles is truly no joke. [...]

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What is 70.3 Training?

Confessions From a First-Time Flat Tire Experience

Natalie — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:00:23 +0000

When I first met my husband, Tim, we got into mountain biking and while I loved it I was always a cautious biker for fear that I might pop a tire in the middle of the woods and my daredevil husband would be so far in front of me that I would be left alone [...]

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Confessions From a First-Time Flat Tire Experience

Setting & Adjusting the Race Pace Goal

Natalie — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:06 +0000

When I first started doing running races, I raced to participate, to experience the race, and that was about it. Let me first say that there is absolutely nothing wrong in racing with that mindset. My perception of racing started to change as I learned more about running, form, training techniques and drills, and my [...]

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Setting & Adjusting the Race Pace Goal

Big Vanilla Blunders: One Gym Member’s Comments

Natalie — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:22:03 +0000

I joined the Big Vanilla gym in Arnold in January 2006 during a typical New Year’s resolution high and at the time happily signed a two-year family contract for my husband and myself that seemed to be the best deal they had to offer. The Big Vanilla is extremely convenient to where I live–I can [...]

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Big Vanilla Blunders: One Gym Member’s Comments

Training Log Review: RunningAhead

Natalie — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:42:37 +0000

A while ago I went on the hunt for the perfect online training log and I decided to use and review as many as possible in my search. I started with RaceNation and moved on to use and review the Runner’s World training log. The list of logs I planned to review included probably half [...]

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Training Log Review: RunningAhead

Running in the Dark: Brighten Up

Natalie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:50:52 +0000

When I first started running, I was not serious enough nor did I run far enough to think that I would ever be running before the sun came up or after it went down. As I started to run more and added longer runs (6 miles) to my schedule I continued to run only during [...]

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Running in the Dark: Brighten Up

Big Fun at the Big Lick Triathlon

Natalie — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:09:12 +0000

The Big Lick Triathlon in Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia, was my first Olympic triathlon. I learned about the race from my sister-in-law and her husband who have done the race before and we had a full crew of six of us ready for race day. We also had a full crew of family ready to [...]

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Big Fun at the Big Lick Triathlon

Old Faithful: Gear I Love

Natalie — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:00:50 +0000

You can pick almost any category of life and chances are anyone you ask will have their favorite something in that category. Favorite food, color, car, holiday, the list goes on. As a runner and an athlete I have favorite gear and I’m sure you do too. However, I don’t think you just stumble upon [...]

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Old Faithful: Gear I Love

Gracie’s Gear Review: The Bottoms

Natalie — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:00:20 +0000

When I first started running I used whatever sports shorts I happened to own at the time, and at the time what I had were baggy old gym shorts, some with the elastic thinning out. In college I was lucky enough to inherit from my roommate a pair of blue Nike running shorts. They were [...]

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Gracie’s Gear Review: The Bottoms

Sorting Out Strides

Natalie — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:00:28 +0000

The Runner’s World triathlon training program I’m using calls for five different types of running throughout the 12 week schedule: Foundation, Strides, Transition, Tempo, and Threshold Intervals. A rather in depth article about how runners can train for a triathlon preceded the program but it didn’t go into detail about the various types of running [...]

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Sorting Out Strides