The Rules
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Kendall G.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
“ Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”* Two more sleeps and I will be taking off for Cozumel. The trip is the fulfillment of a goal to compe ...
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But I Hate Exercise!!!
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Kendall G.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
This is the fourth in a series of posts, primarily intended for folks who are not yet where they want to be in terms of being active and healthy. You can go back and read oft ...
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The Triathlete Next Door
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Kendall G.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
This is the second in a series beginning with my last post in which I wrote concerning the blessings of my own good health and made the claim that anyone could find themselves ...
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You Gotta Have Heart
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Kendall G.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
Only a few of you that I know personally have been aware that this fall I have been a little worried about my health. At the Austin Triathlon I experienced some pressure in m ...
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Running With Myself
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Kendall G.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
Finish time: 6:04:09 This is where it started, you know. It started with running. It started those years ago now, alone and early in the sweaty Houston mornings, when two sti ...
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Biking With Yoda
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Kendall G.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
That spectator did not just call me "Tiny." Yep. He did. He called me "Tiny." Judge me by my size do you? Mmmmm? And well you should not. In cycling s ...
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Swimming with Ernest
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Kendall G.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
In the early fall of this year we traveled to a city in the hills next to a lake that looked across the farmland towards the plains. In the lake were water plants, long and s ...
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PR, Bitches!
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Kendall G.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
Full race report to come, but I dropped 13 minutes from my half-iron PR. And this course was WAY harder and hillier than my PR course or the flat, Ironman Cozumel course. An ...
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Size Does Matter
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Kendall G.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
I've often wondered: is bigger necessarily better? If you were to believe half the things you see or hear in the media--legitimate media or the questionable forms that appear ...
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Light as Iron--Morning Run
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Kendall G.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
Shade and breezes and bending light. Morning behind a cool front that has cleared it all away: the tension, the smothering heat, the crushing humidity, the doubt, the questio ...
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Iron Juggler
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Kendall G.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
Timing is everything. If you want a simple and convenient run up to the Ironman, sign up one year in advance for a race that occurs before the intense heat of summer. To avoi ...
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Winning Mullet
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Kendall G.
Posted in: Blog Posts in Triathlon
The runaway winner in the mullet song lyric contest was Carrie from Tri to Be Funny. I had to include a picture of her hubster, Shawn, given that he probably gave her the ans ...
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