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Since our daughter, nephews and cousins were in middle school, we made a conscious choice to give them gifts of adventure rather than things. Our adventures have included surf camp in Cali, diving in the Caymans, white water rafting in West Virginia (the kids claimed that there was a death by water theme), and urban exploration (Los Angeles, New York ...
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I am almost 55 years old! I am grateful that the pandemic interrupted my competitive triathlon career. I loved long course training but became concerned that it wasn't perhaps the best path forward for aging.
During all of this, I felt menopause looming. I recently skipped two periods and find my body attempting to restart the engine every hour to ...
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A recent email I sent for a possible Zoom meeting:
In keeping with our low brow intellectual goals for this event some of the topics to include:
Final Four Marriage Bracket - who is breaking up, hooking up and who is zooming who?Coffee Cup Happy Hour - how many of our coworkers are drinking alcohol during zoom meetings and why isn't everyone?Pandemic ...
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I had my first friend unable to be with a dying family member due to Covid-19 quarantine. She experienced the heart-wrenching agony of her loved one dying alone and compounded by the realization that she will be grieving alone too. I have no words to offer beyond a profound sadness for her and her family. I think this may be the first of many of these ...
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I coughed five times last night when I started to go to sleep. And then I spent the next thirty minutes trying to decide what I would do if I was getting sick. How would I protect JoAnn? I ran through my plan again. And again. And then I fell asleep without another cough. I imagine everyone is going through the same mental loop.
We, and it is a ...
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KT and I decided to start writing down what we will be experiencing now and in the future. I write so we remember.
When Katie and I were in the Caymans in January, I mentioned that some of the scientists I follow on Twitter were concerned about developments in China surrounding a novel virus. We discussed what we would do in a worst-case scenario. ...
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I love reading dystopian novels but I never thought that I might be living in one. The coronavirus has focused my concern on my family, my community and my businesses. In the process, I have pondered where training fits into this equation in a time of potential crisis. Here are my thoughts:
My training for my health is now my focus. ...
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I thought I would want to resume running this morning. When the alarm went off at 5 am, I contemplated staying in bed. Once I was awake and caffeinated, it was clear that I confused wanting with hoping. I decided that hoping was not a great mental state to resume training and instead I walked the dog and sat in the hot tub.
I have been ...
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“When I get to 50 miles, I am going to walk.” KT’s response, “Not yet.” Me: “No. I reached my goal.” KT: “You can win overall.” Me: “I am going to cry.” KT: “No you are not.” Me: “Yes, I am.” KT: “That is okay but keep running.”
I did keep running for another eleven plus miles and fumed every ...
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After a recent race, I ran into a successful athlete that I only know via social media. I introduced myself and asked her about her race. She responded with a myriad of reasons why she didn’t perform to her expectations. Some of the reasons were internal and others were external. I have been around enough athletes to know to ask a simple follow up ...
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