by Cary | Sep 13, 2017 | Cary's Rants
I’m going to come right out and admit that when my surgeon told me I could walk out of our appointment yesterday without my brace on, I looked at him like he was crazy. Walk? Without my brace (aka security blanket)? No can do, doc. I love my surgeon and I trust him...
by Cary | Sep 8, 2017 | Cary's Rants
Technically I turn 46 tomorrow. Happy Birthday to ME! Ok, celebration over. In triathlon, you race as the age you will be at the end of the year; this is so you compete in the same age group for the entire calendar year. So in my head I’ve been 46 since my first race...
by Cary | Aug 15, 2017 | Cary's Rants
Yesterday morning I woke up to the now familiar patter of rain. It was actually pouring, so a bit more than a patter. We’ve had such a rainy summer here! I can’t complain too much because it means we are not suffering from forest fires. And everything is green and...
by Cary | Aug 12, 2017 | Cary's Rants
I have been meaning to update this blog for the past week. But I have realized everything takes me 10 times as long and costs 10 times the energy as it used to. By the time 5:00 rolls around, I’m so exhausted I feel like I must have done a lot: Fed dog? Check. Fed...
by Cary | Aug 6, 2017 | Cary's Rants, Training
What a week: On Tuesday I ripped my quad tendon off my patella, tore my VMO muscle and fractured the surface of my femur. All from a little slip when I wasn’t paying attention. Ask me if I feel old and fragile. On Wednesday I had an MRI to confirm all this. On...
by Cary | Aug 3, 2017 | Cary's Rants
Tuesday was a great day. And then it wasn’t. I got in an early run with Puck and Bandit, felt great! My new running shoes arrived: An Altra shoe with slightly more aggressive tread than the one I had been running in. They felt amazing when I tried them on and I was...
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