Taken literally, the word namaste means “I bow to you”. In yoga, namaste is said to mean “The light within me honors the light within you,” and is used as a salutation spoken by both the yoga instructor and yoga students. I’ve been practicing yoga (practicing is a nice way of saying I’m really not…
As week eleven (of the 36-week training plan) ends and twelve begins, my appreciation grows of just how much of a mental challenge this Ironman thing is. On Saturday, I participated in a charity event at Lifetime Fitness. Augie’s Quest, a fundraiser for ALS, (“Lou Gehrig’s Disease”), put on by the Lifetime Fitness Foundation. The…
The 2009 race season is officially under way! Yeah! Well, I got up early this morning, (04:00, not really all that early for me). Had a banana, took a shower, used my newly purchased men’s body shaver/trimmer…TMI… I arrived early, it was a beautiful morning, sunny, -19c, a great day for a triathlon!The water was…
