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Heather's blog
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Heather Leiggi |
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11/14/2008 12:13 PM |
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My triathlon blog |
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Another year already?! |
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By Heather Leiggi on
1/3/2012 6:45 PM
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I cannot believe it is 2012 already?! The off-season has flown by which is crazy because it was quite a bit longer than normal. This is definitely the longest time I have had off from any kind of serious training in over 3 years. Honestly… it’s been great to spend some quality weekends with my husband, see my friends and family, catch up on house stuff and just really relax and unwind. I managed to paint our spare bedroom which, if you saw what it looked like prior to the painting, you would understand what a project that was. My husband and I continued our brewing and made 2 beers, an oatmeal stout (Haulin’ Oats) and a holiday beer (Sandy Claws), which both turned out pretty amazing. We both celebrated our birthdays for extended periods of time and enjoyed Xmas with our families. I made it to a Flyers game!!!! W ...
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Summer |
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By Heather Leiggi on
7/29/2011 8:53 AM
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 Yikes, it’s been way too long since my last blog but since getting back from Australia I’ve been busy! I got home and jumped right into racing (which I love to do so I’m not complaining!). The season, thus far, has had some ups and downs. If you have been following my race reports you know my first race was a bit of disaster. After the cancelled swim, I had a great bike and was on my way to a huge run PR before making a wrong turn on the run course and adding an extra mile. Pretty frustrating but I was pleased at least with where my fitness was. My next race, Florida, went MUCH better and I was a little surprised to find myself runnin ...
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A2 Wind Tunnel Camp |
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By Heather Leiggi on
5/10/2011 2:19 PM
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 I barely got home from New Orleans before it was time to pack up again and head down to the A2 Wind Tunnel outside of Charlotte, NC. It was going to be a short trip but I was super excited to get a chance to work with Mike Giraud and catch up with my coach in the A2 Wind Tunnel. I had just gotten my new Ridley Dean built and fitting so I couldn’t wait to see how it performed in the tunnel and get out and do some riding on it. I had a nightmare of a trip down which included first a cancelled flight, then a broken plane and finally a switch to another airline just to make the short hour flight down. I made it in just enough time for my consult with Mike and dinner with some of the Lif ...
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Australia's been too good to me |
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By Heather Leiggi on
4/4/2011 5:17 PM
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.jpg) I’ve definitely been spoiled for the past 3 weeks. Australia has treated me so well it is going to be hard to return to “real life”. Other than missing family and friends, life has been pretty much close to perfect. Training is so much fun here and having others to train with constently and a coach at all my workouts is optimal. It’s amazing the progress you can make in this kind of environment. Of course it helps that there are few other distractions and I can plan my whole day around my training and even get some quality recovery time! I’ve had some amazing runs through Noosa National Park and I particularly love the Coast Track whi ...
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Australia-Round 2 |
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By Heather Leiggi on
3/19/2011 1:25 AM
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 I’m back in Australia!!! It’s so exciting and I’m so happy to be back. I’m back in Noosa with the Lifesport Squad for round 2. I arrived on Tuesday morning, had barely gotten dropped off by the shuttle and was whisked off to go run with the group. Ha! That’s what I’m here for I suppose! I handled the long flight pretty well and actually enjoyed it. I watched a few movies, slept, read a book, read some magazines, played on the computer…things I rarely get to do at home. Nonetheless, it was still a long flight and I was happy to be off the plane and get some fresh air and sunlight. Noosa is as beaut ...
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Is February over yet?! |
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By Heather Leiggi on
2/28/2011 10:24 PM
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A certain someone who lives in the same house as me (not to mention any names) accused my website of being boring these days. (This is also the same someone who is supposed be doing his own blog on my website but his first and last entry was 11/16/2008). Still, he does have a point. Unfortunately there hasn’t really been much going on these days. Training has been up and down and I keep having to remind myself it’s only February. The workouts have been getting tougher and tougher and the training weeks longer and longer and I’m impatient to see results. Unfortunately my body doesn’t agree. After a several hard week my body is more ready for a break than setting PR’s. It’s very frustrating but this is how February always is. Add that on top of the ...
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Trying to survive the winter |
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By Heather Leiggi on
1/25/2011 5:41 PM
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Although I got off to a later than expected start, I am finally healthy and back to some great training! I do love this time of year when you are finally starting to feel your fitness come around and are enjoying all the improvements that are happening and the motivation is high. Mother nature has not been making things easy though. This has been one coldest winters we have had in Philadelphia and it’s been brutal! I finally gave in and started some… treadmill running (gasp!). I’ve spent 30 years of life doing all my run training outside and even though I seem to always be complaining about the cold weather, I actually love being outdoors even when it’s cold. Some of favorite runs have been on those really snowy days where it is just so peaceful and quiet. Every now and then I hop on treadmill and give it ...
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A New Year |
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By Heather Leiggi on
1/10/2011 10:19 PM
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Happy New Year to everyone! It’s been a crazy start to the New Year and I’m hoping to get myself organized and settled into my normal routine REALLY SOON. While Christmas is my favorite time of year, by New Year’s, I’m ready to return to normal life. All the hustle and bustle of Christmas is great and I love every minute of it. I love the excitement, the parties, the family get togethers, and of course, all the shopping. Christmas was extra crazy this year with work being busy, trying to get some new coaching clients set up (which I’m super excited about!), get the 2011 schedules together for all my current coaching clients, and get myself in decent enough shape to run a half marathon in early January. While it was all fun stuff, by New Year’s Eve I was ready for some peace and quiet. S ...
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Triathlon, I did not forget you! |
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By Heather Leiggi on
12/15/2010 7:07 PM
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I guess it’s about time to remember that I have a blog and put up an update. Actually, it’s about time to remember that I have a triathlon “career” period. After Clearwater I took a MUCH needed break and that break seemed to extend itself for a VERY long time. After I finally realized that none of jeans fit me anymore I decided it was time to get back at it. My husband told me to just go out and buy some more clothes to have for the off-season and while I will always jump at any opportunity to go shopping, the thought of going just to buy bigger clothes was too much too handle. So, I finally got myself out the door (yes, I still was able to fit though the door!) and I attempted a run. It was not pretty but I got through it. And now, life has settled back into it’s normal triathlon training rhythm ...
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Is it race time yet?! |
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By Heather Leiggi on
11/1/2010 9:19 PM
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Yeah! Less than 2 weeks until 70.3 Worlds! Of course I am super excited to race but I am also super excited for the start of my off-season. I have a lot to look forward to once the season is over-my birthday, Thanksgiving, a trip to see my BFF in Oregon, Christmas, and sleep, sleep and more sleep! And then there are all those little thing you put off until training is over such as cleaning out closets and organizing drawers. But, I am putting all those thoughts aside until after Nov. 13th. I’ve had some amazing training sessions which have given me a lot of confidence going into Worlds but the training has been very up and down. My body is not quite recovering like it used to and my bed is looking more and more appealing everyday. As of right now, most of the hard training is done and I am on cruise control for the next week and hal ...
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