Alicia Parr's Adventures

Here’s the first installation of the new Workout of the Week (WOTW) series.   I’m starting with the hilly 9 mile run that I’ve done probably 3 times in the last month.

I’m not really interested in using my blog as a training log, not because I’m trying to hold my training plans close to the vest, but because Ialready log that stuff in a spreadsheet and I’m not big on duplicating efforts.  However, I’ve been thinking about doing a weekly post about a particular workout I did [...]

It’s mid-July and probably a good time to talk about how the training is going.  As a reminder, my A races are an Olympic distance on September 25th and a Half Iron the following weekend.  I have one more Olympic distance race in early August, but that’s it for the events that are shaping the [...]

Triangle Triathlon was on two separate days this year.  One on Saturday and one on Sunday.  Some people picked both days, but I didn’t feel the need for that degree of self flagellation.  I picked Sunday. 

Reproduced from here – http://www.newsobserver.com/2010/07/12/577088/triathlon-has-wide-appeal.html#storylink=misearch.

I know Remy’s seen kids jump rope a few times, but not all that often, so I’m not sure where he got the idea to try it out himself with the yellow drawstring from my running tights.  Gary was quick enough with the camera to get this video documentation of the event.