I did a very "big girl" thing last week. "Big girl" and probably pretty stupid all at the same time. It was a terrifying leap to take, but I took the leap of faith because I didn't want to sell myself short. Doing something scary like that, because you realize you ARE WORTH it, is...well...scary. But worth it. Long story short: the internship I started last Tuesday did NOT turn out to be Continue reading →
Archives for August 2011
Green Mountains on my mind…
Tonight my heart aches for my home state of Vermont. I've been glued to facebook as the photos and videos of areas I grew up playing in and around are destroyed by flash floods caused by Hurricane Irene. The irony of my youth spent in the Green Mountain State is that everything I loathed about the area is everything I miss about it...and everything that makes this disaster even more Continue reading →
PLEASE READ! DVT & Endurance Athletes
It appears I'm full of PSA posts around here lately, but this one is probably a subject that has NEVER crossed most of your minds...yet as endurance athletes, you NEED to be aware of. Please, please, please take a few minutes and read this. First off, I *must* take a very serious moment to be a mother hen and remind you ...if you EVER feel in your heart of hearts, your intuition, your Continue reading →
The Secret to Weight Loss
Every now and then I feel the need for a PSA type of post, and today is one of those days. Excuse my brashness. Over the last few years, since I entered the field (well, the schooling of the field) of exercise science, I've been asked hundreds of times as to what the "secret" to weight loss is. I've been asked hundreds of times what my "diet" consists of. Admittedly, over the last two and a half Continue reading →
21st Century Love Story
We've all seen it (well, unless you are living under a rock and haven't joined facebook...in which case, I applaud you, for you are probably far more productive than the rest of us): You have a facebook friend. You hear they are seeing/dating someone new. Maybe for a few days, maybe for a few months. Want to know if their relationship is getting serious? Check their facebook relationship Continue reading →
Forgot to get that vaccine…
That's my little sister. We LOVE Disney.Yes, that much. We have Disney fever in my house. And I'm pretty sure it's contagious, so don't breathe near us unless you want to fork over the credit card and start booking your vacation (and if you do, call my friend Kimberly at MouseTalesTravel, she'll hook you up).It all started like this: My mom turned 60 this July, and when asked what she wanted to Continue reading →
Do you see that? Is it a light? At the end of the tunnel?
In typical, daily, facebook chat with my pal Hope this past weekend, I nonchalantly asked when school started again. Monday the 22nd she replied.Wait. What?That's next week. Didn't I have a summer vacation penciled into the calendar somewhere? You know, the months where I was going to organize both boys bedrooms, and get my running mileage up to something that rivals Dean Karnazes, and Continue reading →
Pixie Dust for a Cure Raffle
This morning I tuned into my first ever Team in Training conference call. As part of their new FLEX team, all of our "meetings" are done over the phone. I listed to the father of our honoree, Shelby Batley, talk about his daughter. He told us about how, at age 3, she was acting unlike herself. Lethargic. Pale. His wife took her to the doctor, thinking maybe she had a virus. The doctors Continue reading →
a quickie for the winners:
Hey Kia at Bhodi Bear you've won the YMX by Yellowman cycling Jersey giveawayyyyyy !!! Email me at heathergannoe (at) gmail.com ASAP and I'll get you in touch with YMX. THANK you again to YMX by Yellowman for a wonderful giveaway!And those of you asking about the Savannah Race and Relax giveaway...the third (yes third!) winner has been contacted. The first two couldn't make it and I'm Continue reading →
King Neptune! Garden City Tri race-report
I survived triathlon #4, ocean swim #1! The end. Nah just kidding, you know I could never do a race and not ramble on for pages about it. Saturday night, I threatened Hope that if she didn't show up to my house by 4:30 am Sunday morning, I was leaving without her. Good friends make threats to get other good friends out of bed on time. So imagine my surprise, when my alarm did NOT go off Continue reading →
OOWS
You've got to say it in the same style that Rachel Ray lets EVOO roll off of her tongue. OOWS. Ocean Open Water Swim. That's what I'm racing tomorrow. Sprint triathlon with a OOWS. Eeek. Sunday, our local tri club is hosting yet another free sprint triathlon. They are so awesome. As you may or may not recall, about three weeks ago I showed up to one of their races, totally untrained, and Continue reading →
