2013

Imagine my surprise when I cycled around the corner and saw this!  She was big – and right in the middle of a very busy neighborhood. Oh, dear.   Here’s last week’s workouts:   Monday – Rest Tuesday – 1:30 hour bike (outside) + 30 minute run (bike-focused brick) Wednesday – Surprise rest day… I [...]

We spent a lot of time in bathing suits. Henry and I venture to the pool or the splash playground nearly every single day. I can’t imagine summer without these activities. In the afternoons, it’s too hot to do almost anything else, and like most toddlers, Henry loves being in and playing with water.   [...]

Oh, Sunday. How I love thee. Mostly because Sunday is “TV night” (okay… every night is TV night – but Sundays feel more special).  But also because it’s the end of another week of Half Ironman training!  That much closer to my goal and that much stronger. Wahoo. I’ll be recapping this week’s workouts on [...]

I kind of dropped the ball with my Mind + Body After Baby updates, huh?  That’s because, well, time suddenly felt like it was moving at the speed of light, and I could never remember to take our monthly pictures. Also, I felt like I had nothing new to say about my ‘mind and body [...]

Creamy, crunchy, sweet, salty… chocolately.  Everything I want in a snack.  Or, um, a breakfast. The ingredients:   Vanilla Greek Yogurt Blueberries Dark Chocolate Raw Oats Roasted Salted Almonds All together in my OBol...  Which, by the way, is a genius invention (when you eat cereal, you put the milk on the left and the [...]

The crafty, do-it-yourself craze continues in the Boyle household.  We can’t get enough of Home Depot.  Here are two small projects that we tackled over the weekend.  I love small projects that make a really, really big difference! Up first: DIY Mirror Frame. As I wrote in my last Crafty post, we’re trying to make [...]

Four weeks down, eight to go until the Half Ironman! Very, very pleased with last week’s workouts, but even more excited that today is Monday and that means REST.   Physically speaking, it was a hard week!   Monday:  Rest Tuesday:  1:20 hour bike (outdoors) + 2.2 mile run Wednesday: 2500 yard swim + strength [...]

I have been lucky enough to have several awesome workout buddies over the last six years or so:   Meghann and Megan (my Orlando running buddies) BFF Lauren (we trained together ‘virtually’ through emails for the Disney Marathon) Nicole (we used to be neighbors here in Charlotte, and it made it super easy to run [...]

I’ve had a few questions in the comments section about how to balance strength training with the rest of your cardio schedule. Others wondered why it’s so important to strength train while working towards a larger goal like a triathlon. I asked Coach Marni to weigh in….   Oh, by the way, Marni (and her [...]

I don’t know what’s come over me, but I am nesting like tomorrow’s my due date.  Every free moment, I’m organizing, sorting, pulling items for donation, cleaning, and decorating.  It’s weird.  I feel like I’ve been possessed by a strange combination of Young House Love and Mr. Clean.  First of all:  I’m really into farm [...]

Remember how last week, Vacation Mode and Training Mode were waging an epic battle for my time and energy?  Well, this week, I made it work! On Friday morning, I drove five hours to Charlottesville to see my friends Kath and Matt and their son, Mazen, who is a few months younger than Henry. Mazen [...]

Back in 2008, I watched Tri Delta’s Fat Talk Free Week YouTube video and was moved to tears. The message stayed with me for a long, long time, and it helped lay the framework for Operation Beautiful.   The 2008 video   For the past three years, Operation Beautiful has been a big supporter of [...]

National Public Radio is running a contest for the best summer ‘found recipe.’  What’s a found recipe? Well, it’s one that the cook came about in an unusual way.  There are three finalist in the competition: Strawberry Trifle Ensenada Slaw Diane’s Dad’s Sandwich I loved the Strawberry Trifle story, and the Ensenada Slaw story was [...]