Coach Cary's Blog

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Learning 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...

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Park 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...

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From 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...

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Rain 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...

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Day 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...

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What 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...

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Stuff 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...

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70.3 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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