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This weekend Susan and I competed in the Reach the Beach (RTB) relay. The 2010 course was 209 miles from Cannon Mt. to Hampton Beach over 36 legs. We ran as a 12 person relay team which means each runner ran 3 legs with a distance of 12.5 to 22.5 miles. Some legs are relatively […]

We set out on August 7, a gorgeous Saturday, to tackle two more peaks on Brian’s 4000′ list. Because it’s been so dry, and the humidity was forecasted to be low, we thought it was a perfect day to hike Mt. Flume (4325′) and Mt. Liberty (4459′). The guide book rates the loop as a […]

After our post-race respites in June, we are back on the training wagon as of July, getting ready for the Marine Corps Marathon. We’re doing the coolrunning advanced marathon training plan. It’s been really fun to train together! We don’t do every run together, but most of the long weekend runs and speed or hill […]

A little under a year ago I raced in my first ever triathlon, the Powow Sprint Triathlon in Amesbury, MA. After that race, I wanted to do something a bit longer. The sprint distance goes by so fast and is over in under 90 minutes. In September of last year I completed the Lobsterman Olympic […]

On Memorial Day we headed up to do some hiking in the Whites. We enjoyed the open road tolling at the Hampton Tolls on the way up and back – we hope they make this a permanent upgrade! We decided to start near the Pinkham Notch Visitors Center and head up the Imp Trail to […]

Looking back at blog posts, it seems that I’m extremely traditional in doing yard work every Memorial Day weekend. Some years it’s been the first I can get out in the yard, but this year it felt very late due to our warm May weather. Indiana is still a few weeks ahead of us, but […]

Week ending 5/9: Brian’s Week 14 update. Swim: 7200m Bike: 47mi Run: 23mi. Highlights: First 3km swim workout and ran a 10k at 7:50 pace midweek. Lowlights: Nothing major. Great week after having a down week previously. Only 6 weeks until the race. Susan: This was a taper week, so I did an easy 5 […]

It already felt like vacation when we met up with Dan at Logan for our direct JetBlue flight on Wednesday April 21. We exchanged tales of packing, looked at the weather forecast, and boarded the plane eagerly anticipating our immersion in good food, good music, hospitality and warm humid weather. After settling in at the […]

We were on vacation last week (post to follow) so we’ll wrap up April a bit off-cycle. Brian: April training totals: (swim 11,900m) (bike 182.6mi) (run: 64.9mi) (hike 3 hrs). Vacation to NOLA cut into my training numbers although I still managed to run 15 miles on vacation. Only 7 weeks left until the race. […]

Susan: It was a light week in terms of days running – only 3 – but got in a long 21 mile run Saturday, starting with Beej at Maudslay and then tagging on another loop. I bought new Asics trail shoes and did my first run in them. I’ve also got new Innov8 shoes to […]