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By kate on September 12th, 1999

The morning of the triathlon dawned cloudless and beautiful. My headache was gone. Having laid everything out carefully the night before, there wasn’t much to do in the morning except get dressed and eat my breakfast of a banana and two PowerBars. I carpooled with Steve, my boyfriend, and my friend Zach drove his […]

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Triathlon: The Night Before

By kate on September 11th, 1999

It is ten p.m. the night before the triathlon and I really don’t feel nervous or excited. I’ve been too wrapped up in the details to really think about the race. I’ve been sick all week – so sick that I went home early from work every day. I was very worried that I’d […]

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Triathlon: Tapering

By kate on September 8th, 1999

Current totals: Other: Running 40.7 mi / 65.51 K Hiking 8 mi / 12.87 K Biking 156.5 mi / 251.86 K Canoeing 40 minutes Swimming 7.4 mi / 11.84 K Soccer 10 games A Week from the Triathlon I feel fairly ready for the triathlon at this point. I ran and swam a […]

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Triathlon: On Vacation (But Not From Training)

By kate on August 30th, 1999

The first challenge in Greece was determining the correct distances to run and swim. The first day, I swam in the pool what I thought was less than I should have, only to find out later it was just the right amount when I got the measurements of the pool. I swam that again the […]

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Triathlon: Off the Wagon

By kate on August 24th, 1999

The lost week I’m embarrassed to admit I skipped a whole week of training. Sure, I have excuses – sore from soccer, busy weekend, packing for trip, traveling – but really I just got out of the habit. It’s such a mental obstacle to be out of the habit like that. I think physical […]

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Triathlon: Apathy

By kate on August 16th, 1999

Current totals: Other: Running 28.9 mi / 46.51 K Hiking 8 mi / 12.87 K Biking 151.8 mi / 244.30 K Canoeing 40 minutes Swimming 4.6 mi / 7.37 K Soccer 9 games Somewhere in the past week or so, my excitement about doing a triathlon has waned. It’s now a real willpower issue […]