tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64037122012-01-29T21:29:16.673-05:00Life as a triathlete, mother of two, wife of one and lover of many things!JPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18109099601602712605noreply@blogger.comBlogger1911100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-1664655574302260372012-01-17T11:45:00.000-05:002012-01-17T11:47:20.310-05:00

As a wife, mom, daughter, friend, etc. I am a big fan of the RoadID idea... always have your info on your person so that if something happens while you are out running or riding you've all the necessary info with you. If you think about it, how many times are you out there on your own? or even when riding with friends, do they even know your emergency contact?  I've ridden with groups before

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So excited my awesome Rev3 Triathlon teammate Laura has joined the challenge!! Laura, awesome teammate and inspiration!! Check out her post about it here (as usual she was much more compelling about it than me! haha) So far things have been going well; except that my husband delights in pointing out all the things he can technically buy USED but are completely not in our budget (race cars,

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Project ReUseIt If there is one thing that I didn't like about Ironman training it was HOW MUCH I USED...  from clothes, nutrition, gear, etc. it seemed like every month was a new purchase... So my big goal this year is to go the next six months without buying anything NEW.  It wouldn't really work if I did this by myself, so my poor family is getting pulled in with me.   So far the

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THEY DID IT!!!!  Congratulations to Dani and Jason for accomplishing the "impossible" and proving that with hard work and dedication "impossible" becomes "possible".  Of course it took a lot of grit and determination along the way too!! Dani broke the solo ride across florida record. She rode 422 miles in 27 hours and 54 min. Here is her post about the event: Relentless Forward Progress Lots

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I realized the other day that I am very lucky, very lucky in that I am surrounded by talented friends.  Folks that are amazing photographers, writers, painters, business folks, therapists, community services savants, athletes, etc...  the list goes on, I promise. It's pretty freakin' awesome! But today I want to write about two folks that are very special to me.  They inspire, they have drive

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Today is the last day of National Epilepsy Awareness month!! That doesn't mean that education has to stop.  I am committing to posting at least one seizure awareness post each month of 2012 (and a bonus one this december!) :D Did you know that 1 in every 100 americans HAS EPILEPSY? For those folks out there racing triathlon with me, that means that in a race of 1000 people, 10 folks have

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My oldest son started at High Meadows for Preschool.  As soon as he was old enough, we started running the meadow mile each year.  It is a mile fun run that they hold on the morning of Fall Festival.  The emphasis on spending time in the outdoors is one of my favorite things about High Meadows, and the Meadow Mile is an extension of that.  The first time we ran, I'm fairly certain I piggy back

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Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star. W. Clement Stone I'd heard this quote before or other variations, aim for the stars, you might hit the moon or something like that. In fact, I wanted to make sure I was getting the quote correct, so I went to the tome of truth, GOOGLE... and I found some funny stuff... My personal favorite being a comment on the quote above When you miss you

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I was really excited to race at Rev3 Anderson, mostly because not only were a TON of my Trakkers teammates coming in for the race; but, because it is so close to Atlanta, a lot of local tri friends were going to be there as well. I was also excited about implementing my new Nutrition Plan for the race.  I'd kind of "Frankenstein-ed" a nutrition plan taking what I thought were the best parts of

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Sometimes in your life things work out very nicely... and so it was that 2.5 wks after Ironman Louisville, I found myself with an opportunity to go to Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI) in Chicago for a day and a half to undergo some sports performance testing. The testing was done under the umbrella of the "Inside Endurance" project.  From the press release: This year, Gatorade is

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Alrighty... I have a few thoughts swirling around in my head for some serious posts, some "almost off season thoughtful" posts, but I'm just not in the mood for writing them right now.  I want to write about something FUN! When people heard that I was planning to race John Tanner Sprint just two weeks after Ironman they frankly thought I was nuts.  This coming from people who would think about

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I mentioned at the end of my race report that you can't do IM alone. It is so true, you draw support from almost everyone you know. To view the MIDNIGHT finish line CELEBRATION video, scroll to the bottom of this post. My race report was in three parts: Pre Race and Swim T1 and Bike T2 and Run (and FINISH!) MY THANK YOUs First and foremost - my family, my husband Alex was the first person to

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I feel like that title should have sinister sounding music after it... "The run" dum - dum - duuuuuuuuuummmmmm! But let's not get ahead of ourselves... Transition 2 When we last left our intrepid warrior she was screaming into the city of Louisville feeling invincible!!  It was a great feeling let me tell you! and then I got off my bike... stiff, sore, all to be expected.  I started

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Transition 1 I ran into transition and ran for my bag.  There was a volunteer there handing it to me, great volunteer support out there!!  I headed into the ladies change tent and found a seat.  There were about 10 ladies in there with me I suspect. I dumped my stuff onto the ground and easily found everything I needed.  I had decided to run with my shoes in hand because the ground was pretty

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I'm still not sure I'm really ready to write this down yet, but I might as well get it over with... On August 29, 2011 I raced Ironman Louisville. I was trying to qualify for Kona. I went into the race with the most positive outlook I'd ever had for a race. I was confident and calm, focused and ready. I had support from so many people and in so many ways. I was ready for this race.

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Yesterday I tweeted my excitement that we are only 6 days (well now 5) out from Ironman Louisville. One of my friends replied back asking how many Kona slots would most likely be available in my Age Group. My reply to her was:usually 3; the plan is to race my race and let the slots fall where they may :) control what I can control :) I've been saying this in some form or another for several

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The pre ironman race dreams have started! you know the ones where you show up on race morning without your bike?Mine are pretty telling about what I'm currently preoccupied with...The first one was about a week and a half ago... I showed up to the race start only to find that you had to crawl through a mile long plastic tube (like the kind at a McDonalds playground) to get to the race start.

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There is a song that I've been enjoying the last couple of months. It made me chuckle at myself because is was by a band that also performs a song that I'd ALWAYS made fun of and is now so overplayed I want to rip my eardrums out when it plays on the radio at the gym. (thank goodness for ipods!!) So anyhow, I felt, okay this is a cheesy song, but I really really like it and couldn't figure out

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Okay, that's completely not true, that's how you know it is CRAZY tough out there because grown men, TOUGH grown men are regularly reduced to tears.And I'm totally okay with that... it think its actually pretty awesome and heartwarming. it's such a testament to how much these guys put into this beautiful race.but for some reason the fact that Cadel Evens ALWAYS sounds like he's about to cry

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I really want to blog about the past three weekends, they were all great camps and while all were tough they were all a little different. but before I talk about each camp it only seems right to explain why, after years of NEVER going to weekend away tri camps, I chose to do three in a row. I mean, seriously, who spends three weekends in a row away from their kids and husband?I guess me!I didn't

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Once again, I will start my Quassy report with my facebook status quote from last year as it still hold true:"Just do it... awesome race, awesome venue, great crowd, challenging course... JUST DO THIS RACE! :) If you had only one chance to do the 70.3 distance and you wanted to prove yourself on a tough course with a beautiful swim and top notch amenities, Rev3Quassy is the one you pick."okay, so

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my Trakker's teammates at practice swim on Saturday before the race!Race morning - let's make this snappyIt's never easy getting two kids to a race on time... add in all3sports commitments... now I should know by now just add in an extra hour...I ended up in transition at 7am... transition was closing at 7am... that brake that needed fixing... that transition area set up list? The bike

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A while back I started a post called "a girls gotta have support" and it was intended to be about my decision to apply for and join the TRAKKERS triathlon team for 2010. Joining Trakkers was a complicated decision for me. I never finished that post, and maybe I will someday, but this weekend really showed me what amazing support I do have, no matter what kit I'm wearing on race day.I am one

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Yep, I just blatantly went to the eye candy first! Mostly because one of my favorite things about these shoes is how they look. Such a fan of the Avia Logo! (which I THINK was designed by BrandBetty)When I wear any of my Avia shoes, I always get compliments how cool they are. Of course, if you can't run in the shoe, it doesn't matter how cool it looks out on the race course.The good news about

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I have to say, while I get the spirit of the whole "be true to yourself" statement, it's not really for me.If I was true to myself, I'd be one heck of a negative nancy and I'd sit around an mope.A LOT.yep, that'd be me. If I was true to myself, I wouldn't have much motivation at all...It was probably sometime during my freshman year of collage, that I realized I didn't like myself all that much.

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Lately I've been worrying about "doing enough". Am I training enough, am I training the right way enough, am I eating well enough, am I resting enough (no), am I recovering well enough...am I doing enough to get to Kona?or I should say "Kona" because right now Kona has become my ideal race. I will need a perfect race to qualify. And you never know I might have the perfect race and NOT qualify.

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I've been writing about my personal experience with Metabolic Efficiency Training and I feel that I would be remiss if I didn't mention the information that people have been sending me that refutes the evidence that MET is an effective method for training your body to use fat, especially for endurance athletes.I had a talk with my coach today that made me think about my goals for following MET

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I haven't been very good about writing about how the MET is going. I think mostly because when I sit down to write about it, it's pretty boring. I'm sticking to the no bread, whole grains, etc. very easily. After the first week (when I started smelling bread baking for no apparent reason), I just kind of forgot about it. I make sandwiches for my kids every day. I bring them scones for

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First of all, thanks to everyone for your awesome comments on my last blog post and on twitter!! It is so nice to have support while I test this stuff out!! Thanks again! Please feel free to leave any questions in the comments, or just say howdy. I love getting comments :DI wish I had a bunch of cool food photos to accompany this post, but I don't. Oh well.So I'll just write a bit about how it

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About a week ago Alex sent me an email to check out the book "Metabolic Efficiency Training" by Bob Seebohar.I'd seen a lot of chatter about the book and the plan on twitter, but to be honest I dismissed it out of hand because I didn't understand it properly.The recommendation came from Atlanta based coach Gerry Halphen. He had implemented it into his lifestyle and found it to be beneficial.

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On March 6th (yep, a little late on the report here...) I paced my friend Jason through miles 80-93 of his 100 mile race.I was so excited to be one of his pacers. We started talking about it in November and the excitement just built until finally it was the big day.Dani with one of her many awesome encouraging signsAs I mentioned in my previous post, this 100 mile race inspired a great 10k race

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Just a quick recap on my 10 this past weekend. A couple of weeks ago I sent an email to my coach asking if I should have a road race on the schedule: Would it be a good idea for me to do a road race this winter/spring? a 1/2 marathon or marathon? or a 10k?her answer wasYES...10lk is perfect in winter and even a 1/2...no marathon though :)I decided on the Chattahoochee Road Runners 10k. I

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shirt from Rev3Tri Costa RicaWhen we decided to head down to Costa Rica to support the Rev3 triathlon I was so excited to just hang out at a race and cheer folks on. I'd never volunteered at a race before and it was high time I paid it forward a little :DWhen we got to the venue on Thursday night the Rev3 team was hard at work getting everything set up for athlete check in the next day. It turns

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Confession time: I have really poor eating habit. Perhaps, shockingly bad.and point of fact; I'm eating a "fleur de sel caramel" from trader Joes as I type this.so innocent looking, right?I know I could stand to lose a few (or 10) pounds, but I have almost no willpower when it comes to "bad" food. My only saving grace is that I'm pretty picky about my food. I tend to not like the taste of

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Today I wondered while I was driving the boys home from karate class...Let's say you finish Ironman, and you place highly enough in your AG to earn a Kona qualification slot... but you end up in the hospital (for whatever reason) and can't make it to the slot handout the next day would there be any way to claim your spot? Could you send someone in your place?Does anyone know the answer?

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For some reason when I think of changes the quote lotsa changes Max, lotsa changes from Dirty Dancing always comes into my mind... and the response "It's not the changes so much as it feels that everything is ending"(I might be messing up the quote here, it's been awhile since I saw the movie)Right now I'm making some changes in our family schedule, and while it does signal the end of some things

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Step 2 in Operation "Get Jill back to Fighting Shape" is...Make a PlanMy race schedule this year, in a way, determined itself. When I finished FullRev Cedar Point last year the only thought in my brain was "I can do that better, I want another shot." I was hesitant to tell my husband but when I did he was completely on board!! (see last post for more info - haha)I called coach Laura and we

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A couple of weeks ago I posted the following on twitter, it was in response to some friends and trakkers teammates that were trying to decide the best time to bite the bullet and commit to training for 140.6"140.6 with kids is like having kids; ur never sure, it's never a good time for it but once you go for it, no regrets"Some folks have asked me to elaborate on that so... This is the story of

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Lots of folks talking/writing about the pain cave lately. I loved a line in Kacie's (she's one of my new Trakkers Teammates) riveting 50k race report where she "redecorated" her pain cave. An awesome post from Joel (another new teammie!!), about where the pain cave is located, got me thinking about my pain cave.I've decided I'm going to think of it as more of a Pain TunnelWhy a tunnel?- there

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I guess if you are going to get motivated to start training your butt off a little theme music can't hurt...My new theme song (to get to the good part, skip about 1:00 in):"My body tells me 'no'but I wont quit'cause I want more!'cause I want more!"Young the Giant - "My Body"Yeah, I'm pretty sure the meaning behind the song has absolutely nothing to do with endurance sports or triathlon, but

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oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy...do I dare put it down in writing?here goes...What is a dream, if you don't work to make it come true?I've decided I'm going to dare to make mine come true. It's going to take a lot of work, a lot of sacrifice - or maybe I should say even more "readjustment" - on the part of my loving and wonderful family, a lot of sweat, possibly some tears, many ice baths and

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"You've got to believe you can be a stand-up before you can be a stand-up, you've got to believe you can act before you can act, you've got to believe you can be an astronaut before you can be an astronaut, but you've GOT to BELIEVE." - Eddie Izzard; Comedian and Ultra Marathoner for charity This past triathlon season, I've seen a lot of amazing athletic feats. I'm not talking about the sub 8:30

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Last weekend I traveled with my friends Dani and Jason up to Huntington, WV to run the Marshall University Marathon.Before heading up there I had every intention of seeing "we are Marshall" the movie about the university and community overcoming a tragedy and finding rebirth.I didn't see the movie... I don't think it impacted my race much because by the time I got to the part of the race route

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If anyone wants to read about the weeks and days leading up to the race, I put it in separate blog entries.Cedar Point FullRev - Race Report - Lead up to RaceCedar Point FullRev - Race Report - Days before the RaceWell now since my sprint race reports are exceedingly long... you just know this one is a novel! I hope you enjoy!Goals for the race? FINISH and Thank the volunteers... oh, and don't

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TravelTraveling to the race wasn’t as big of a deal as I feared. Alex (who was driving the all3sports truck up to the expo) had my bike and most of my stuff. I was able to miraculously get myself, the boys and our overnight stuff to Pittsburgh via airplane from Atlanta without any major issues. My parents bascially took over the parenting of AJ and Jason from that moment on. I drove from

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When I originally sat down to write about my experience at Rev3 Cedar Point FullRev, I wrote 10 pages of "information". I don't think anyone really needs to read all of that... except for me one day, so I am going to try to abbreviate it for the blog and put it in different pieces. So first up...Leading up to the Race...TaperI’m actually going to take this back a couple of weeks before the race

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Alex leaves with the truck tomorrow, headed to Ohio!!! He's also taking with him... all of my race stuff!which means that I am all packed up! See this list? It's all checked off!Well except for a couple of things that I'll need over the next few days. I also have the boys packed, as I'm trying to minimize the amount of stuff I will be lugging through the airport. It will be just me, 2

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-13209659589599415852010-09-01T13:50:00.005-04:002010-09-01T14:24:45.802-04:00

It's been awhile since I've posted...I don't have a good reason. I've thought of lots of interesting topics during my workouts, but none of them have made it out of my head. Mostly because I've been unable to follow through on things lately. I have a ton of things on my to do list, things that really need to be finished, but I've been lacking the drive to go anything accomplished. This seems

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-71841019776296201202010-08-08T15:52:00.006-04:002010-08-10T14:02:15.435-04:00

One of the things that I am excited about with regards to racing at Cedar Point is the plan to ride the roller coasters the day after ( I might need a wheelchair to get around the park after the race, but I'm riding at least one).But it seems to me I'm on a roller coaster much sooner than expected...back it up a couple of weeks ago... I had a post bouncing around in my mind. I was feeling

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This is the second time that I've done this race. Last year it served as my "comeback" race. First race since I had my second child. This year it was serving as a "fun race" in my calendar that is dominated by Cedar Point Full Rev.Last year I was so excited to be racing again. this year I was nervous about the fact that it was a sprint... I've been doing mostly Z2-3 (sometimes Z1!!) training.

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Last week was a rest week for me. A rest week I definitely needed!Normally, I'm pretty good about doing I'd say 90% of the workouts my coach plans for me. I was never this diligent before ironman training. Suffice to say the enormity of the 140.6 distance has scared me into this level of commitment to my training.but last week was different... I had about 10 hours of training planned for the

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I tweeted a few days ago that I need a t-shirt that states "will run and ride for First Endurance Cappuccino Ultragen". and it's not an exaggeration!Sometimes all I can think of over the last few miles is the sweet icy goodness of First Endurance Cappuccino Ultragen waiting for me to mix up once I get to the car!Recipe1.5 scoops Ultragen12 oz ice water (it's been sitting in a cooler)ice cubes (

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There has been a pattern to my workouts lately...LOOPSand lots of 'em.The fact is, if you are self supporting a 100 mile ride or 20 mile run, looping back to a cooler just makes good sense.What I've noticed though, is that it makes the workouts that much easier! and a little harder, but we'll get to the harder part...When it was time to do a 16 mile run the day after my first 100 mile ride it was

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-75267795089120711542010-07-09T16:05:00.006-04:002010-07-09T16:32:45.129-04:00

As part of my goal to raise awareness of epilepsy, I wanted to put a little post together about Seizure First Aid.Thanks to the comments from Kate and Rachelle on my first post about "Tri and Stop M.E." I realized that a lot of folks might not be aware of what to do in the event that the person next to them has a seizure. Very often people have seizures even though they have not been diagnosed

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-87685334223547209762010-07-06T12:47:00.007-04:002010-07-06T18:07:57.034-04:00

my first 100 mile ride, or my journey to "zen master" riding...I've realized on this journey to 140.6 I'll be hitting a lot of "longest ever" milestones. This past weekend I hit this "longest ride" milestone, 100 miles, beating my longest ride ever from just two weeks ago of 80 miles.Going into the weekend ride I was feeling pretty confident about being able to ride 100 miles. The order of the

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This was supposed to be a super cool post about the lactate testing I did early last week with Matthew Rose from Dynamo Multisport...but now that I have the results from that test I'm having a freak out...first, a little bit about the SUPER COOL testing though :-)Testing protocol:So the way the test works is this:- my bike on a trainer- I'm hooked up to a heart rate monitor- I start riding with

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-8375415441399695832010-06-15T01:05:00.004-04:002010-06-15T01:32:46.579-04:00

Tri and Stop Myths about Epilepsy (M.E.) - raising awareness to stop the Myths about Epilepsy.I wanted to do something a little special on my journey to my first Full distance Triathlon (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run). I thought about the causes that are important to me. Then I realized there is a cause that I'd forgotten all about when I really shouldn't have.I was diagnosed with

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-7216991183162538412010-06-11T15:29:00.006-04:002010-06-11T15:45:34.144-04:00

Just a little funny story to start this off...Sitting at the table at lunch today, Jason (5.5 year old) knocks his milk over by accident. No biggie, but he makes no attempt to pick up the milk cup to stop more from spilling out.Me: (frantically) Jason honey! pick up your cup the milk is spilling out!Jason: Mom, I'm just pretending to be BP! I blame you for giving me an unstable cup!nice.If we

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This past Sunday I raced the HalfRev Quassy in Middlebury, Ct. It was one of the most difficult days I've had racing triathlon.Goals for the race: Successful test of nutrition plan and beat my time from my last half at gulf coast. (This last one doesn't really seem like a big goal, but going from fully flat gulf coast to crazy hilly quassy, I thought it was a conservative, realistic goal)Quick

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I hesitate to post this... not sure how it will come across since I'm not a coach, psychologist, or anyone with any training in "motivation" ... but I really needed to write it down in place that I'll be able to re-read it in the coming months, because I'm pretty sure that I'll need to. I'm hoping that it might help someone else as well...You know those signs they sell at craft fairs, etc. "Live

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-47129367092543014162010-04-28T12:42:00.005-04:002010-04-28T21:26:42.980-04:00

First race of the season! I was so excited to do this race... perhaps excited isn't the right word more like "let's just do this already!" I really wanted to see if all the work I'd put in over the winter was going to payoff... well, did it?!?but first, I'll start with some info about the race...John Tanner Sprint is part of the Tri the Parks races series in GA. It is a great series of races,

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After my last race report I decided to start taking a closer look at what I eat generally and also during workouts.I posted a question on Twitter about nutrition and received a lot of great responses (thanks guys!) and wanted to highlight a very cool interview from the guys at Competitor Radio with Asker Jeukendrup. Lots of very interesting information on race day nutrition. It's is fun hearing

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I survived the swim! Excited to see two of my fastest 100s to date... as predicted they came during fastfasthurting, not hurtinghurtingdying... well one was during the last set...I felt awesome after the swim, driving yourself past your perceived limit has a way of energizing you!Also had a great bike on Thursday. Another trainer ride because I do my rides during the week while my little one

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Two days into "big block #1" and still excited. Had a nice swim/run on Monday and good solid ride today. I'm writing down my swim for tomorrow... got a little nervous...one of the sets is 15x100... not a big deal, but the effort level pattern is as follows:Steady, Steady, ModMod, Mod, Mod/fastMod/Fast, Mod/Fast, FastFast, Fast, HurtingHurting, Hurting, Dyingit's the Hurting, hurting, dying that

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Well, I'm all rested and recovered from the half marathon... now it's back to serious training, at least according to my coach. This week is the start of my first "big build" for Ironman. Just the idea of it has me giddy!I've been feeling a bit blah in my workouts lately... could be getting over the cold, but I felt like I'd lost some of the fire in my belly. I had a couple of good trainer

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As seems to have become a bit of a reoccurring pattern... I was talked into my 2nd half marathon by a person who didn't end up racing the race. hmmm... you know who you are... Mark!Also a reoccurring pattern... I then proceed to talk Andrea into racing with me and we have a blast! So, no hard feelings Mark :-DAllow me to take a moment to talk a bit about the race organization; aside from the

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A couple of weeks ago, Colleen asked me about my switch to Newton running shoes.I posted most of the following in a comment on her blog, but I figured I'd add a bit to it and make it a post because I've been intending to write about it for a long time...Disclosure: My husband, Alex, works at all3sports.com; they sell Newtons and that's where I buy mine. I get a family discount from all3sports.

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First race of 2010!! Yippee!!We had a bit of a crazy week leading in to the race... my car was rear ended on Monday with both my boys in the back seat - in car seats thank goodness! and my littlest one ended up at the ER on Thursday with low blood oxygen levels from what we think was an asthma attack! The whole story is on the boys' blog here)But nothing we can't handle and you just gotta keep

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-76726305136206575972010-02-08T12:36:00.001-05:002010-02-08T12:37:45.427-05:00

Before I take them off the page... for posterity the goals of 2009...Goals for 2009 * Getting AJ to sleep through the night - I don't want to call this completed because I'm superstitious, but things are going well! * Finishing Boot Camp at Lifetime Fitness - completed March 30th * John Tanner Sprint (April 25th) - missed due to family commitments * Mistletoe Sprint Race (July 25th) -

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hmm... after writing that title, I really want one... but alas, watching calories for few more weeks, trying to lose those pesky pregnancy pounds (yes, AJ is 17 months old, and yes, I have been working out since he was 4 months old... I like to eat, what can I say!!)okay, so actual enchiladas aside... today is about trying to balance it all out... and by all, I'm not talking about a ton of stuff,

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-12844534482063605762010-01-24T19:17:00.002-05:002010-01-24T19:23:58.457-05:00

I had a great run yesterday! Felt great, bouncy, effortless......then today I got on my bike... usually my favorite part of the week... long ride...UGH... legs felt like L-E-A-D!during the 5:30 min intervals (all freaking 8 of 'em!!) at 200w; I felt like someone was pouring saltwater through my leg muscles.It's one of the funny things about training... the how you feel whiplash... one day awesome

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I know that "the first week of the year" is just the first week of the calendar year... nothing that has to really mean anything. If you are going to start something, it shouldn't matter what the calendar says... but every year, it seems I'm really psyched to kick the calendar year off "right".Well, let's see... the first full week of 2010 I had about 9 workouts scheduled... I was able to do 3

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Well... there wasn't any puking! I guess I didn't go hard enough, at least that's what I hear from Alex. ha haresults were:for 5 min test - avg watts 244for 20 min test - avg watts 211I guess we will see in a couple of weeks if I can improve upon that! Now it's back to mommyhood! Making homemade mac and cheese for the little guy... trying to sneak in some butternut squash puree, hopefully that

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Heading downstairs to do my first Power test on the trainer... let the puke fest begin?

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-41395779671161657052009-12-11T21:35:00.004-05:002009-12-11T21:38:10.711-05:00

Super quick post because the deadline for donations to team "Bunnies for Boobies" is midnight!!Ski vert to raise money to fund Breast Cancer Research!The event is the Pink Chase sponsored by K2. Event info here: http://k2skis.com/pinkchaseTeam "Bunnies for Boobies" is the team to support. Their donation page here: http://bit.ly/8Pimwy

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Today's non-profit brings together two things close to my heart... cycling and micro finance.What? Micro-Finance? What is that?!?!micro finance is a means to provide people the financial tools they need to work their way out of poverty. With “micro” loans, business training and other financial services, poor men and women who start their own businesses, work their way up the economic ladder, with

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-15415619680438308962009-12-08T12:30:00.005-05:002009-12-08T12:45:48.434-05:00

Today's organization was brought to my attention by one of the folks that works with the group. With everything going on in Cophenhagen this week, it seemed appropriate to talk about them today:Day 8's organization is: Southface (www.southface.org)For over 30 years, Southface has worked to promote sustainable homes, workplaces and communities through education, research, advocacy and technical

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-6782388661414124492009-12-07T20:37:00.003-05:002009-12-07T20:49:27.159-05:00

Wow! This is a very cool organization that was brought to my attention through the folks from Getting 2 Tri.I am so loving this project, so many folks have given me a heads up on some great organizations and this is one of them!Day 7s organization is: The Rally Foundation (http://www.rallyfoundation.org)Started by a group of neighbors who realized the importance that research plays in the fight

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-92014917360686008312009-12-06T20:07:00.001-05:002009-12-07T20:18:28.724-05:00

I know that there is a lot of debate out there around buying organic food and if it is actually healthier than "regular" food. Look guys, I know it costs more, but there is a reason... it costs more to grow it and grow it properly. And having food on your table that came out of the ground in the last few days vs. the last few weeks, well there is no debate about which one is better for you.The

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-71294038021220022702009-12-04T11:06:00.004-05:002009-12-04T11:20:15.325-05:00

Cancer. It is no longer the death sentence it once was, but we still haven't found a cure and the fight to survive it, remains a life changing battle.Imagine having to take on that fight as a child.Today's non profit for 25 days of giving is:The Hole in the Wall Gang: http://www.holeinthewallgang.orga group founded in 1988 by Paul Newman, who provide support to children undergoing cancer

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-82295888473182501452009-12-03T12:38:00.004-05:002009-12-03T13:01:43.636-05:00

Here we go!! Day 3! First of all a big thanks to James for the following suggestion! I had heard of this group before, but I'm not sure I would have remembered them without his suggestion.Medals4Mettle : http://www.medals4mettle.org/index.htmMedals 4 Mettle is an organization who gives marathon finisher medals to doctors to hand out to patients who, while they may not be able to run a marathon,

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Today's organization is Getting 2 Tri - a group based here in Atlanta!http://www.getting2tri.org/From their website:"The Getting2Tri Foundation, Inc. Formed in 2006 and headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., The Getting2Tri Foundation (G2T) is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization that provides coaching, training and mentoring to physically-challenged (PC) athletes in the sports of swimming, running,

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We all know that there is no shortage of good, nay, amazing causes to give our time and/or money to during the holiday season. I always feel like whatever I DO do, it's just not enough... so I thought this year I would blog about one "cause" every day from now (Dec 1st) until Christmas; that way maybe more people will find out about the group, charity, etc. and give their time or money... so here

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-65530892152927211352009-11-17T10:35:00.006-05:002009-11-17T11:14:00.104-05:00

Silver Comet Half Marathon - 10/31/09So I got roped into doing a half marathon by Kate. This is not normally something I would come up with on my own."Hmm, let's see, the tri season is over, I think I'll run 13.1 miles as fast as I can!"Nope, that's not me. It is however, Kate AND Andrea as well, who also approached me to say, let's run! Well, I might not be the person who thinks to do it, but

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-22692020545676459652009-10-18T09:00:00.011-04:002009-10-18T10:20:23.116-04:00

Have to post this here, because this had to be m favorite "race" of the year! Jason's school has a mile run every year on their fall festival day. It is called the "Meadow Mile". Jason was very excited for the race!It was pretty chilly out, so I tried to find the warmest "running" clothes that I could for Jason. It turned out that due to the rainy weather we've been having, they didn't want us

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-6913265692703578342009-10-06T18:34:00.005-04:002009-10-07T11:32:58.849-04:00

Ahh, the end of the season. There is something about the last race of the season...One of the best parts of this race was seeing Kate rock it, she's been working her butt off (literally and figuratively) this season but had run into bad luck in some of her mid season races; she put it all together this day! Go Kate!Another cool part was seeing a friend from High School, whom I hadn't seen in

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I just received word my application for Mother of the Year was denied; although it apparently caused some individuals on the review board to fall on the floor laughing.It all started with my attempt to be a good classroom mom, volunteering to bring in Apple Butter and bread for snack at Jason's school... sounds simple enough, right? Then why am I up at 11 pm the night before baking pumpkin bread

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-59788268440064561342009-09-13T23:42:00.005-04:002009-09-14T08:41:48.474-04:00

There are some days when you discover that yes, it just might be worth all the craziness...but first things first, as I write this I am celebrating for my friend Michelle who just became and Ironman, AGAIN!! and waiting for Sharon to make it to the finish line, she's looking strong!!Also watching new mom, Kim Clijsters in her first Grand Slam final since having her daughter.Yesterday I raced the

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-19660250588919978072009-09-01T18:04:00.004-04:002009-09-02T11:41:22.453-04:00

Well I got through my "weak mind" week... but on Saturday the legs stopped coming to the party. Argh! My bike felt awful... could have been the accidental workout... Run on Sunday was actually great, but that's because it was in a light rain and I really love running in light rain; it just seems more fun, like being the crazy kid who plays during the rain storm. Then Monday came... after a

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-5105153752612594192009-08-31T07:07:00.002-04:002009-08-31T07:26:18.852-04:00

Okay, this is really weird... Jason just left with daddy for school, and AJ is still sleeping... I am in the house with time to myself before my little "to do" calendar alarms start going off! I guess I'll take a moment to write down some funny stuff from the weekend...On Saturday, Alex was working, so it was just me and the boys hanging out... AJ napped *twice* which is unheard of and that

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-35096175438046653822009-08-26T10:36:00.002-04:002009-08-26T10:50:12.528-04:00

Thank goodness for Freud and his funny name for that little "devil" voice in our head... the Id, the one that says:"mmmm, chocolate chip brownies sound good right now... oh look you have all the ingredients you need!" - because brownies wouldn't be enough, you need the chocolate chip ones!or"you are really tired today, maybe you don't need to go the gym"or"laundry... ah, you can do that later;

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-84939411473069118992009-08-20T16:07:00.010-04:002009-08-21T07:17:08.532-04:00

"I've lost the edge, I'm sorry sir." - Cougar Top GunThis week has been really tough for me mentally. I've been getting my workouts done, but just that; checking them off like a to do list. No fire. No passion. Just getting it done.Not really sure what to do about it; nor what's causing it; my workout ennui. This week, while busy and a bit stressful on some fronts is actually less busy and

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-19381673353097561032009-08-15T14:38:00.003-04:002009-08-15T15:30:28.502-04:00

I've discovered why the treatment for road rash included the statement keep moist while healing; dried wound doesn't bend very well. Ouch, again. 2 hour " power ladder" ride went well this morning. Might be thinking about hurting my coach, but I haven't gotten the use of my brain back enough yet to be sure.After ride worked on a very worthwhile website ( will post more on that later) and then off

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-1003344930341245652009-08-12T22:26:00.003-04:002009-08-12T22:30:40.178-04:00

I was able to get my swim in during the day, but that still let a track workout for the evening... Got out of the house as fast as possible and was able to get most of the workout done before it got too dark. Whew! Eating (Fueling) went better today, so I felt better tonight! Of course, I'm recovering right now with a yummy bowl of ice cream! :-D

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-29334145570284413272009-08-11T11:04:00.007-04:002009-08-20T16:53:03.545-04:00

Once again I didn't get to my workouts until 9 pm last night... I either have to stop working out so late OR eat better... Probably have to eat better!Yesterday's food intake was probably close to this:- Cheerios with milk- Chocolate covered almonds- AJ's leftover yogurt (about 2 spoonfuls)- baby carrots- cheese- pita chips- more chocolate covered almonds- 3 forkfuls of dinner (penne with

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-86937397423513283882009-08-10T09:43:00.001-04:002009-08-10T10:39:59.958-04:00

Usually I worry about safety when I run at night... As in, I don't want anyone jumping out and grabbing me from somewhere in the dark... What I didn't imagine was the road reaching up grabbing my foot! Argh, that hurt!my knee is a little scraped upUsing a nice little how-to to treat properly.

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Today's run workout; track intervals; they had to wait until 9 pm. Headlamp required.Tweets from yesterday:# Important for folks buying reuseable RT @Reuseit_store: New on the blog: Cheap bottles are the new cheap bags: http://bit.ly/3yvarK 1 day ago# RT @GeorgiaOrganics: The summer 2009 edition of the @GeorgiaOrganics The Dirt newsletter is now available online http://bit.ly/vfiNL 1 day ago#

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-48739334205509568882009-07-31T23:50:00.001-04:002009-07-31T22:19:27.828-04:00

The following had been in my "draft" posts for a bit... just been adding to it while I think of stuff...I haven't been posting anything to the blog for a long time now; primarily because it is difficult to put anything that's happened lately into a sentence let alone a paragraph. My mind feels like it is constantly going a million miles an hour but I'm not getting anywhere.It's been a bit like

Jill Poonhttps://profiles.google.com/109075520918768751938noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6403712.post-23808592820502528172009-07-30T16:33:00.006-04:002009-07-31T21:44:55.481-04:00

Ahhh, I feel sooooo much better now! I am officially a triathlete again! Whew! Completed Mistletoe Sprint on Saturday, July 25th - two days after turning 25... oops, I mean 35.My main feeling after the race was over - contentmentMy main feeling before the race started - why am I putting my family through this.I guess I got my answer - happy mommy = better mommy.On to the race:Mistletoe State

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I finished my first triathlon since the birth of AJ today! It was a great race, I was very happy with the way I raced. Ended up 2nd in AG (35-39) and 5th overall. Race report soon, but too tired tonight to write anything coherent.Thanks to Alex and the boys for the awesome support, the whole all3sports crew for cheering and getting my bike ready for the day and my coach Laura Sophiea for

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