by Lynne Tapper | Mar 12, 2014 | My Iron Year, Training Daze
This post will be short. I just feel like I need to document that the dreams (or nightmares) are beginning. A friend of mine told me that after she signed up for her first Ironman Race, she would have crazy dreams that involved the big race in some way....
by Lynne Tapper | Feb 27, 2014 | My Iron Year, Training Daze
I’ve never been a great test taker. I was always the kind of student who got her work done on time, or early. But the tests, especially the standardized ones, were slightly above average, nothing spectacular. When I decided to work with a coach to improve my...
by Lynne Tapper | Feb 17, 2014 | My Iron Year, Training Daze
I’ve been running in Central Park since I moved to New York City in 1990. This includes 6 New York City Marathons and too numerous to count races from 5k to 20 miles. I know every up and down, every incline and decline. I know when the crest of the hill is coming so I...
by Lynne Tapper | Feb 12, 2014 | My Iron Year, Training Daze
I really never thought I’d ever say those words. In 1992, I was living in New York City working at the Women’s Sports Foundation. My paths crossed with Sally Edwards, one of the members of the Board of Trustees. She started telling me...
by Lynne Tapper | Feb 12, 2014 | My Iron Year, Training Daze
I just uploaded my workout to Garmin Connect and the temperature recorded was 1 degree! One degree! Holy crap. It felt pretty cold out there. My hands and feet were numb and my unprotected face was bitter. It was the first time in a long, long time I wish I had...
