by Brian Ripple These are my true tales of being a male mentor for a group of women training for their first marathon. She Means Ice Bath During a 16-mile training run, my group discussed the benefits of taking ice baths. One runner, decently covering all her naughty bits, took a picture of herself in […]
I just came home from the St. Anthony’s Triathlon expo and met Gary Fahey who specializes in personalized, hands-on swim instruction. He provides lessons and workshops that “will give you the skills to swim with confidence and speed in any body of water.” As an experienced swimmer, I take the swim leg of triathlon for […]
Unfortunately, I’m out for the count now too. My hamstring tendonitis keeps coming back and I can’t work out for hours like the training schedule requires. I’m seriously bummed but honestly only because I’m out $300!!!!!!!! I’ve never not done a race that I’ve paid for so I’m going to get over it. I will […]
I was in Orlando for an expo last weekend and fell in love with the Disney Princess 1/2 Marathon medal. I wasn’t at the training point yet where I should have done it but I couldn’t help myself. I signed up and figured I could always walk when I started hurting. Wouldn’t you know […]
Well, I’m a few weeks into the training and my running is going good. I haven’t swam at all yet so that is going to be a big shock but I’m waiting for my new wetsuit to get here because the water is just too cold for me. Also, biking has been about 1/2 of […]
You know, I’ve been blocking this out of my mind for 2 weeks now. I still hurt. Every night I wake up with a pulsating pain that originates at the base of the cervical spine and moves outward. Getting out of bed in the morning is worse. All the muscles from the right side of […]