Swim, Bike, Run, Hula

My Road ID bracelet, in addition to having all of the pertinent contact and medical info, says, “Be Positive, Be Grateful.” That sums up how I approached Ironman Hawaii 70.3 (“Honu”). Roll back the reel to the beginning of April, when I badly strained my Achilles...

Pool Running – Make it Your Fitness Savior

You know you’ve done it, too. Felt a niggle during your training. Maybe a bit of a limp after your run. Some specific pain you thought you could run through without being out of the game. So, with big races on the schedule this year, I committed all of those athletic...

Into the Cosmic Tree

That spade. That Freeplay spade. What does it mean? A quick Google led me to a definition of a leaf representing life on the cosmic tree. Other meanings were strength and wisdom. And then there was death. Geez, let’s forget about that last one! Now I need to read up...