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It’s not linear. Health, fitness, athleticism… it’s not like one year you make a resolution and it finally sticks and you become increasingly more healthy and fit, The End.Full of hope for the direction of triathlon as I leave the @usatriathlon Endurance Sports Exchange! Years ago I became disillusioned with USAT. Victoria and the huge restructuring USAT has gone under is so encouraging. I hope to help keep things moving in inclusive directions! #triathloncoach #triathlonracedirectorListen to these women! I have for years and I finally got to meet them in person at the @feisty_media two day event before the @usatriathlon conference.Returning to an old love @usatriathlon #enduranceexchange
Category Archives: Adventures
A Very Dirty Honeymoon
“Again! Again! Let’s do that again!” I can see my inner child hopping, clapping, squealing with glee. That inner child keeps popping into my thoughts while reflecting on our honeymoon eight years ago. It wasn’t a “normal” honeymoon. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, BWCA, canned salmon, canoeing, Garage Grown Gear, grand portage, honeymoon, paddling, Type 2 Fun, voyageurs national park
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5 Winter Camping Lessons
As Will and I are getting ready for our ninth winter camping adventure in mid February, I should share a story from once upon a time… In February 2020, right before the end of the world as we knew it. … Continue reading
F*ing Weirdest Hardest Easiest Adventure
It would have been a good day for anything else. I could have spent the day ticking off the endless overwhelming tasks of the self-employed. Or considering we’re eight months into the pandemic; it would have been a good day … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures, Fitness
Tagged pandemic goals, ultra running, urban ultra, weird adventures
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Personal Urban Ultra Challenge
I’m doing this big thing tomorrow! Well, it’s quite a bit smaller than the REALLY BIG thing I want to do. I suppose it’ll take about as long as my Ironman Triathlon I did in 2015, and that’s a big … Continue reading
Camping feels good: 4 reasons and advice
Life feels complicated and the world is going to hell in a handbasket. It’s so easy to despair. Why does camping make me feel better?
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Tagged camping, camping for health, mental health, outdoors, reflections, Zest Ed
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Well Above Zero
There are nice things about camping when it’s way below zero. No one goes through the ice. Everything is dry. All the gear feels appropriate and well used. And when you asked “Hey, what temperature is it?” “Well above zero!” … Continue reading
Winter Camping, Continued
Last week I began the tedious timeline of winter camping. Some read it as if it were a horror story. I can feel them cringing yet somehow they didn’t look away because I got plenty of aghast comments. Other hardy … Continue reading
Winter Camping Timeline
A week ago Will and I had our sixth winter camping adventure together. We’ve had all sorts of experiences out there. Warm years, wet years, hard years, easy years… It’s always interesting. This year we took Annalesa and I’m working … Continue reading
Midwest With Zest 