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Pre-Race Panic Dreams

Posted on June 29, 2014 by garmin_girl

Lately I’ve been a wee bit obsessed with sleep in general and dreams in particular. If blame must be assigned for my latest obsession, we must assign it to my training partner George, who often attempts to take our minds … Continue reading →

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Apologies to Pascal (or Locke or Franklin or Thoreau or Cicero or Wilson)

Posted on April 19, 2014 by garmin_girl

Since I, along with the rest of cyberspace, am not entirely sure which of you actually first uttered my all-time favorite quote (“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter”), I apologize to you all en … Continue reading →

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Wedding Toast for C4, Boston Marathon-Style

Posted on November 5, 2013 by garmin_girl

What’s one to do when a dear, Boston Marathon-running friend ties the knot? Send her off on her merry, matrimonial way with some Bah-stun-based advice, that’s what I say. So that’s precisely what I did this weekend, when a certain dear friend named … Continue reading →

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Title 9 Takeaway: Single Legged Drills are Great…

Posted on September 9, 2013 by garmin_girl

…just not in the middle of a race. That’s the key takeaway from yesterday’s Title 9 Women’s Only Sprint Triathlon, where for the first time in my so-called triathlon career I lost a race not on the swim, not on the … Continue reading →

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Cohasset 2013: Not (Yet) Palace Malice

Posted on August 2, 2013 by garmin_girl

I got my very-first-ever chance to race in the thoroughbred division last month, and by that I mean I abandoned both my F 40-44 age group and what was in all likelihood my last sip of common sense to race as an “Elite”. … Continue reading →

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Marathon Monday 2013

Posted on April 29, 2013 by garmin_girl

At 2:50 PM on Monday April 15th, my Boston Marathon was almost over. A block away from the finish line, I was all the things you hear about: wiped out…eager for the end… thrilled that the day had been perfect. … Continue reading →

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My 2013 Challenge to You: Let Yourself Suck

Posted on December 31, 2012 by garmin_girl

The Mayans were wrong and the world didn’t end, so if you are presently New-Year’s-Resolution-less, please go find one pronto. Since we scored the cosmic Bonus Ball and get another 365 earthly rotations, I kinda feel like it’s incumbent upon … Continue reading →

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Thirty-One Seconds

Posted on October 29, 2012 by garmin_girl

By now, ya’ll must know I’ve a thing for numbers; math may flummox me, but race-day numerology intrigues. So how’s this for nifty number stuff: thrice this season I placed in the top three overall, and in two of those … Continue reading →

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Operation “Beat Becky”

Posted on September 15, 2012 by garmin_girl

I have officially become a horrible, terrible, very-bad person. I am absolutely sure of it, and by the time you reach the end of this piece, I am absolutely sure you will be absolutely sure, too. The unlikely (appropriate?) scene … Continue reading →

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Scared, Scarred, Scarified

Posted on August 4, 2012 by garmin_girl

I took a scarred bike, body, and brain up to Lowell this past weekend for FIRM Racing’s Wild Cat Sprint Triathlon, my first post-crash race. Little did I know this scared and scarred rider would be navigating a whole lot … Continue reading →

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