What is it with craving fizzy drinks after workouts? Among my triathlete and runner friends there's a rare consensus that cold bubbles are thirst quenching.
Laurel and Justin (our pro triathlete training partner) left Monday morning for a cross country drive from NYC to LA. On day one, Laurel texted a photo of their first roadside picnic. She described the meal as "something that left me hungry by the time we got back on the road" and that it "wouldn't exactly make it into an Athlete Food cookbook."
Here I am, five weeks after our little Nell's arrival and exactly nine weeks from the Nike Women's Half Marathon in DC. To say I'm anxious about the latter is an understatement.
Laurel checked out of New York for a few weeks to attend coach Cliff English's training camp in Tucson and I'm really missing her daily visits. Yesterday we caught up and she filled me in on her workouts, her new training partners and the latest happenings in the desert
Before you give me any undue credit for being a supermom, let me be the first to admit that I made these pancakes back in January - BEFORE baby. Like most pro triathletes, I've learned over the years to "move" holidays and celebrations to dates that don't conflict with big workouts or weekend races.
Three weeks post-baby, Sarah checks in on her return to exercise.
Well, I went out for my first post-baby run yesterday and lived to blog about it - barely. Three weeks since welcoming little Nell into the world, I was antsy to test my fitness. So I asked my go-to running guru Bec for some guidance on a run/walk workout that wouldn't put me in traction, here's what she offered:
