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Training with soccer moms for the Napa Valley Marathon

Posted on February 18th, 2008 | 2 comments

A few years ago, a group of neighborhood soccer moms asked me to train with them for the Napa Valley Marathon. I’d just turned forty and was an avid cyclist who’d left hill workouts, interval training, and twenty-mile runs well behind me.
“I can give you some tips,” I said. “But my serious running days are [...]

The Kids and their Mom are skiing for Ski Week… how can I compete?

Posted on February 12th, 2008 | one comment

Ski week is upon us, and the kids will split their vacation time equally between their mom and me. The first half of the week she’s taking them skiing at Lake Tahoe. She has everything they need – snowboards, ski suits, goggles, helmets, walkie-talkies, and 4-wheel drive for safe mountain travel. She takes them to [...]