Doughman Quadrathlon

This is going to be an epic race report for an epic race - The Doughman! Are you all tired of me talking about this race yet?The doughman is a competitive eating/running/biking/aquatic event relay. It's always been dominated by all men teams so me and a couple of my girlfriends decided to put together a ringer girls team and see if we could give the boys a run for their money. Mission accomplished.The skinny:Brooke Tvermoes started out for us eating...

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Anybody Listening?

I've complained to Marty recently that I felt like I had lost a lot of readers over the past month. I thought it was either:A. I'm boringB. I'm irrelevantC. All of the aboveMy friend Kari has told me that she can never comment on my blog anymore, and Beth also mentioned she sometimes has problems. Then Kari told me that her feed never lets her know when I update, so I did some internet sleuthing and figured out that when we changed servers and Marty posted that my blog was moving and to please use "this" address...he mistyped the address. He put...

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Birthday

(Sweet 16 X 2) - 1. That's how old I turned yesterday. Having your birthday on a Tuesday when you have to go to work all day kind of sucks, but we're going to do a re-birthday on Saturday :) I did birthday 400's at the track last night, and then was serenaded by the group - where I was super comfortable being the center of attention. That was very nice of them, though.At work I had to give feedback in the form of a survey for another employee that...

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Weekend

Saturday morning Marty and I drove to the booming metropolis of Sims. I shouldn’t make fun, we are so lucky to have so many races within easy driving distance of us. And this race was in a great location for a triathlon. Marty was going to try and defend his title at the Battle of Buckhorn – he did and won another belt buckle (although it’s on backorder so he won’t get it for a couple of weeks). I did the swim on a relay and tried to swim hard. The...

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Relays and Eating

Tomorrow I’m doing the swim portion of the Battle at Buckhorn with a fellow OSB athlete who hurt her shoulder and can’t swim until after surgery and rehab. I told her I would be happy to do a relay with her since I was lukewarm about racing already with how my foot had been acting recently. I think I would’ve been fine, but instead I’ll get a nice swim and probably run right after. And relays are fun. Marty’s going to try and defend his title so...

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General Housekeeping

Update on the footFeeling fantastic! That cuboid bone has gone back to where it's supposed to be and has stayed put. I've been diligent about my exercises and it helped that my sister was here right after I did it so she could do a bit of therapy on it every night. She's back in town next week so I'm going to hit her up again (she needs to earn her room and board :)Running, what?I didn't run for a full 2 weeks after hurting my foot. Then when I started back I was extremely cautious and ran 3 times over the next week TOTALLING 1 hour. So my run...

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More Anniversary

Check out Marty's blog for a photo tour.Here' a short video of us in the creek behind the hou...

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Anniversary Weekend

Marty and I have been enjoying our time in Maggie Valley. We've been taking pictures but the camera cord is back home, so I'll put those up in a couple of days.We got in late Thursday and pretty much went straight to bed. Unfortunately, I missed the first official practice of my Doughman Team (Team Victorious Secret) on Thursday evening. I have it on good authority that my girls had a successful session that included scarfing down yogurt, going for...

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Great Idea!

Now this is a good idea...

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Another weekend in FL

Quick trip to Florida, but we packed it full of events!I love the direct flight from Raleigh to Tampa – less than 2 hours and it’s just so easy. Marty and I got into Tampa around 7:30 and then had some dinner before driving over the bridge to St. Pete.Saturday morning we were up early for the Hurricane Man 2.4 mile swim. I took a shuttle to the start and Marty ran down the beach. The water was nice and warm already and we had some chop/waves the...

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