See You in September… Ugh- that phrase made me cringe as a kid! I’ll be honest; I hated back to school time. It meant an end to freedom; to morning swim team practice followed by long days at the beach (mom was a school teacher, so she had summers off, too) and a significantly shortened […]
Read More ›Goodbye for now, Europe, and hello from 35,000 feet! It’s been a lovely ten days of traveling, racing, enjoying the local cuisine and now, as I fly home from Venice, it seemed appropriate to elaborate a little on one of the topics I only briefly mentioned last week: using a flight as a time to […]
Read More ›What a day it was! I couldn’t have asked for better conditions; being someone who loves racing in high temperatures, the 90 odd thermostat reading as the gun went off to start the race on Sunday made for an ideal race day set up. While the later start time, 11:46 am, was new to me […]
Read More ›Hello! Today’s the day: Ironman 70.3 World Championship, coming to you live from beautiful Zell Am See, Austria. The week leading up to the event couldn’t have been more idyllic and it’s with excitement, focus and gratitude that I’ll be towing the start line with a few thousand fellow athletes at 11:44 am. Follow along […]
Read More ›One of my favorite things about dining while traveling in the EU is how simple it is, not only to eat well in terms of ordering veggies and protein, but to be able to identify without a doubt whether or not a meal or packaged food has anything sneaky hidden in it. While it’s easy […]
Read More ›Hello from Kaprun! An idyllic Alpine Spa nestled in the Austria Alps has thus far proven to be the epitome of an athlete’s home away from home while preparing for the main event- the 70.3 World Championships this Sunday, the 30th of August. While not as rich in history as it’s big brother, the Ironman […]
Read More ›This morning, as Chris, my husband, and I, packed up and left our charming little villa in Venice where we’d spent the last three nights to make the journey first to the main land, then by car to Austria, I wondered what was in store for us in terms of dining options along the way. […]
Read More ›What are the options above and beyond looking for gluten free pasta? Any time I travel, whether to a not too distant race up the coast, a vacation in Mexico or spending the holidays with family across the pond, the first thing I do is determine what type of exercise I’ll be able to do, […]
Read More ›It’s one thing to have a strategy in place for travel…once we arrive at our destination. We can select the places where we’ll be staying and dining in order to determine which will offer the balance of being able to enjoy the local cuisine without compromising your nutrition choices. In addition, it’s not hard […]
Read More ›One of the trickiest things to get your head around once you’ve nixed the grains and the dairy is what the heck to eat for breakfast. Starting the day off with that bowl of oatmeal and low fat milk or the whole-wheat bagel with low fat cream cheese, in actuality, isn’t the best route to […]
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