Coach Cary's Blog
Thoughts, Opinions & InspirationLearning to chill out…
Baby steps. I promised myself when I embarked on this trip that I would try to do things I would not normally do. I am not a relaxed person. Seriously, look at my animals; they are perfect reflections of my personality. While I can be completely unproductive while...
read morePark City! & Introducing the cast of characters: Puck
We had a great day in Park City: Early morning run on the start of the (appropriately named) Flying Dog Trail. Park City takes its trails seriously. They are generally awesome and in great condition. We managed to scare up a moose. Fortunately, said moose ran the...
read moreFrom snowy Wyoming to sunny Utah!
Hello from sunny Park City! It is beautiful here and we are gearing up for our first real trail run tomorrow morning. We woke up this morning with ice on the car and snow on the trees in Saratoga, WY. Puck and I drove down the beginning of the Snowy Range Scenic...
read moreDirt roads, hail, snow, torrential rain, 40+mph wind gusts, flat tire? NO #$@&%*! PROBLEM.
Let’s start with what went really great today, shall we? We woke up to sunshine, Puck and I had a great run where he was able to run out some of the crazy. I successfully disconnected, secured, packed up and re-hitched the trailer. Tim, my RV instructor showed up at...
read moreRain rain go away! The trip West begins tomorrow.
We hope we are headed to blue skies and dry trails. Or at least in that general direction! We were up and out the door early this morning, headed to the one trail that was supposedly open. I did my homework and checked the trail conditions website – a few miles of...
read moreDay 1 and we are off… with a few hiccups
The day started well enough. I was so organized that the early morning start went smoothly. I loaded up, threw the cats in a shopping cart and wheeled them to the car (they really enjoyed that but I don’t have room for their carriers!). Puck walked. All I had to do...
read moreWhat do you mean this isn’t what sane people do?
The flying circus prepares for take off. It’s funny. I’ve never been interested in RV travel. If you had me rank a list of 100 things I’d be likely to do, that wouldn’t have been on it. So no one was more surprised than me when I decided to rent an Airstream travel...
read moreStuff I love: Altra One 2.5 Road Running Shoe
I’ve been running in what I will call minimalist shoes for 6 or 7 years now. I made the transition slowly, but never looked back. I caveat this because I include Hoka One One® shoes in this minimalist category – what I consider a minimalist shoe is one with a minimal...
read more70.3 Santa Rosa. When race week doesn’t go as planned.
Before you feel too sorry for me, I should admit that I’m sitting on the patio of a beautiful house surrounded by peaceful gardens in wine country, so life is not all that bad. I came into this race feeling very fit but without a lot of triathlon specificity. Over the...
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