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the other brother: Thoughts from Austin 70.3
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Thursday, October 21, 2010. Thoughts from Austin 70.3. I should clarify that title: these are my. Thoughts about the race; the race itself did not have any thoughts (that it shared with me anyway). I'm not really going to go into the boring details of my heart rate, watts and pace for the race, as they're not that compelling for the majority of folks who read this blog (all .5 of you). Here's a quick recap though:. So what did I learn? I can still race well relative to myself despite setbacks. I knew...
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the other brother: February 2011
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Train Smart, Race Dumb. The Austin Half Marathon was kind of a bust for me. For a little while I was trying to rationalize my not-so-good result as the course being tougher than last year. However, that wouldn't explain why I wasn't able to manage my effort to finish strongly - I essentially slogged my way through the last two miles. Race dumb, why would I do it all of a sudden in this race? In most running races I've been able to fudge my effort management errors because I ...
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the other brother: August 2011
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Thursday, August 04, 2011. I recognize it's been a while since my last post but now that I'm knee-deep in nursing classes and clinical rotations, I feel that I have something interesting to write about again. That said, I'll warn you that this isn't the most cheery entry. I'm not exactly sure what HIPAA permits me to write about and what it doesn't, so I'll try to keep everything about actual people as vague as possible. There's been something particular weighing on my mind though. What's been weighing o...
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the other brother: October 2010
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Thursday, October 21, 2010. Thoughts from Austin 70.3. I should clarify that title: these are my. Thoughts about the race; the race itself did not have any thoughts (that it shared with me anyway). I'm not really going to go into the boring details of my heart rate, watts and pace for the race, as they're not that compelling for the majority of folks who read this blog (all .5 of you). Here's a quick recap though:. So what did I learn? I can still race well relative to myself despite setbacks. I knew...
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the other brother: August 2010
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010. Where have I been and where am I going? I realize I sort of fell off the face of the blogEarth after my last post, so I'll give a quick summary of my last couple weeks. I raced the Wool Capital tri. Apparently, less-than-optimal fitness for me means I can still crack the top 10 (9th overall) in a regional race. Despite that, I still couldn't get top three in my age group. Who knew the 30-34 age group was competitive. Hannah and I went to Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico last week&...
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the other brother: Skillz
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Thursday, May 06, 2010. This past weekend, Hannah installed a dishwasher. I dug a hole (no, not metaphorically). Can you tell which one of us has the engineering degree? While there's a possibility that I could write a fascinating story about my hole, the practicality of that effort would be in question. The dishwasher - part of my riveting series of home appliance photography. The tree-filled hole, complete with artistic looming shadow photographer. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Will work for sugar.
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the other brother: My best season ever
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Thursday, January 20, 2011. My best season ever. Over on Endurance Corner. January's theme is "Your Best Season Ever." So far this month there has been a ton of great content about figuring out what you did in the past and what you are doing now to set yourself up for success. It's focused on sport, and triathlon specifically, but there's a lot of good stuff in there that's applicable to life in general. But those don't apply to EC's general audience. So what made the difference? In my mind I was inconsi...
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the other brother: Who Are You?
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Thursday, August 04, 2011. I recognize it's been a while since my last post but now that I'm knee-deep in nursing classes and clinical rotations, I feel that I have something interesting to write about again. That said, I'll warn you that this isn't the most cheery entry. I'm not exactly sure what HIPAA permits me to write about and what it doesn't, so I'll try to keep everything about actual people as vague as possible. There's been something particular weighing on my mind though. What's been weighing o...
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the other brother: November 2010
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Monday, November 22, 2010. That title isn't some strange euphemism for getting drunk; we genuinely made our own beer. Our neighbor is an experienced home brewer and after hanging out with him enough, it's hard not to get the urge to try it yourself. Luckily (for me), our neighbor is also used to helping people out, so he walked me and some other folks through the steps a few weeks ago (Hannah was away on "Teach a Friend to Brew" Day - apparently a real thing). Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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the other brother: Volume
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Thursday, June 10, 2010. I decided to compare this year's training volume to last year's lead up to Ironman Lake Placid. The races are almost exactly a month apart, so it was easy enough to match up the six months building into each race. I was disheartened to learn that I had actually done more. I thought, "How could this be? Fitter too. How could I be training less. I've got a few more solid workouts spaced out over the coming 10 days, then it's off to Idaho by way of Amarillo, Boulder and a meandering...