by Lynne Tapper | Oct 9, 2015 | Gear, Racing, Training, Training Daze
Tomorrow I’m running the Hartford Half Marathon. It’s my 5th Hartford Half Marathon. I ran in 1994, 2003, 2007, 2013 and now 2015! I’ve run nearly 25 half marathons, 9 full marathons and countless other 5k, 10k, 10 milers, not to mention sprint, Olympic, half iron...
by Lynne Tapper | Apr 23, 2015 | Racing, Training, Training Daze
I might be in the minority, but I thoroughly enjoy watching marathons on television. I love listening to the commentators tell the stories of the athletes and the history of the event. On Monday, I watched as over 30,000 runners in Boston achieved their goals of...
by Lynne Tapper | Feb 6, 2015 | Training, Training Daze
For the past few weeks, I’ve been questioning why I live in the Northeast. Snow days are not what they used to be when I was a kid growing up in Massachusetts. I have fond memories of the Blizzard of ’78 (I know, I’m dating myself) where we missed at least 2 weeks...
by Lynne Tapper | Jan 1, 2015 | On Being Positive
You know what they say, “When one blog closes, another blog opens.” Wait, I think that’s about windows, but anyway, you get the point. In August 2014, I completed my first IronMan Triathlon. I kept a blog, My Iron Year, detailing my experience....
by Lynne Tapper | Aug 19, 2014 | My Iron Year, Training Daze
2014 marks my 20th season of doing triathlons. I will never forget my first triathlon in Harriman State Park in New York and I will always remember this Ironman in Mont Tremblant Canada. I will continue to do triathlons, but I only need to do one Ironman. With all...
