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About garmin_girl

I'm a 40-something single mother of three--two great human girls and one four-legged Dalmatian banshee--who is hellbent on swimming, biking and running straight through my midlife crisis. Care to tag along? Crazy loves company! ;)

Pre-Race Panic Dreams

Posted on June 29, 2014 by garmin_girl

Lately I’ve been a wee bit obsessed with sleep in general and dreams in particular. If blame must be assigned for my latest obsession, we must assign it to my training partner George, who often attempts to take our minds … Continue reading →

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Dear Pan Mass Challenge Riders Who Were Traveling South on 126 and Hooked a Right on Sherman’s Bridge Road in Wayland Circa 11:30 am last Sunday

Posted on June 21, 2014 by garmin_girl

Pull up a chair, folks; we totally need to talk. You probably don’t remember me, but oh, I remember you. I was the chick “driving” behind your 20-plus peloton last Sunday in my blue-ribbon metallic Prius. (In case you are … Continue reading →

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Apologies to Pascal (or Locke or Franklin or Thoreau or Cicero or Wilson)

Posted on April 19, 2014 by garmin_girl

Since I, along with the rest of cyberspace, am not entirely sure which of you actually first uttered my all-time favorite quote (“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter”), I apologize to you all en … Continue reading →

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Champagne Nights

Posted on November 14, 2013 by garmin_girl

This fall, my friends and family have populated the calendar with a slew of brand new, joyful, champagne-sipping sorts of anniversaries: First came Tricia and Chris (Sept. 29) , then Marilla and Dave (Oct. 12), and last but certainly not least Christy … Continue reading →

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Wedding Toast for C4, Boston Marathon-Style

Posted on November 5, 2013 by garmin_girl

What’s one to do when a dear, Boston Marathon-running friend ties the knot? Send her off on her merry, matrimonial way with some Bah-stun-based advice, that’s what I say. So that’s precisely what I did this weekend, when a certain dear friend named … Continue reading →

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Title 9 Takeaway: Single Legged Drills are Great…

Posted on September 9, 2013 by garmin_girl

…just not in the middle of a race. That’s the key takeaway from yesterday’s Title 9 Women’s Only Sprint Triathlon, where for the first time in my so-called triathlon career I lost a race not on the swim, not on the … Continue reading →

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First Du for Daughter #2

Posted on September 7, 2013 by garmin_girl

August 24th 2012 was the last Friday of summer vacation, a day the J-girls were slated to do some epic (and, per usual, insanely last-minute) back-to-school shopping. As some of you know, the universe had other plans for us that … Continue reading →

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AGNC 2013: Think Local to Race Global

Posted on August 23, 2013 by garmin_girl

Most athletes will freak themselves out thinking about this as a big, national event. So don’t do that. Pretend it’s just another local race. Execute what you are capable of on your best day locally and you’ll have a great … Continue reading →

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Nationals 2013: Sometimes You Gotta Lose to Win

Posted on August 11, 2013 by garmin_girl

I just qualified for Team USA at the Age Group Nationals in Milwaukee, but lost my $400 Garmin in the process. I guess “they” are right when they say winning comes at a cost, but I am so giddy about representing the … Continue reading →

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Two Thumbs Up For Milwaukee

Posted on August 9, 2013 by garmin_girl

Truth be told I wasn’t sure how this whole Nationals-in-Milwaukee thang was going to work out. I was more than a little spoiled by the whole Nationals-in-Burlington-Vermont thang for two years, and Viper and I were pretty sure we wouldn’t fit in, … Continue reading →

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