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Guardian Century Ride

By alisonlrose 15 Oct, 2014 1 Comment

This was to be a test. A 100km bike ride. I wanted to prove that I could do this. I wanted to prove I could do this NOW. Before it gets dark and cold and I am relegated to indoor spin sessions for the winter. The Guardian Century Ride is hosted by www.balancepointracing.com and all

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An Abbreviated Triathlon Season

By alisonlrose 3 Oct, 2014 Leave a comment

Having missed the majority of the 2014 triathlon season due to injury, as soon as I was cleared to return to try running again I was thinking about how many tri’s were remaining. I managed to take part in three races during the final month of the season. I stuck with Sprint distance (750m swim,

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An Unexpected Swim Focus

By alisonlrose 30 Sep, 2014 Leave a comment

Due to the whole stress fracture thing, running, biking and generally using my legs was out for much of the summer. Cue a focus on swimming. I actually had something of a light bulb moment on my swim stroke. I always find it amazing that I can be told something so many times and not

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Stress Fractures Suck!

By alisonlrose 22 Sep, 2014 1 Comment

As I mentioned in my last post, I have been unable to run all summer due to a stress fracture. Stress fractures are evil, they lie in wait, just building, building until one day they crack. Mine happened in May. I had been running all winter and seeing some significant improvements. My PB over 5k

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What have I done?

By alisonlrose 22 Sep, 2014 Leave a comment

I did it. I signed up for Ironman Canada 2015. Don’t laugh. Please. IRONMAN. 3.8km swim, 180km bike and a marathon run (42.2km) in under 17 hours. 11 months from now! Never mind that the reason I did my first triathlon was that running for longer than 30 minutes bored me to the point of

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This is my Blog!

By alisonlrose 22 Sep, 2014 1 Comment

Welcome to my blog. I have decided to create this space to store and share my thoughts, opinions and experiences on my journey to better fitness and health. I was definitely not one of the athletic kids when I was young. I dabbled in some different sports, but I never found success – I just

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