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The Durands: Still Working : )
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Jeff, Tricia, Addi, Jackson and Laura. Still Working : ). I don't really remember all the workouts from the last week and a half. I can say that it's hard to believe August is here! I have 6 weeks until the Triathlon! We were at the lake this week and I worked out Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Later in the day I swam at Sandy Beach while the kids played. Not sure how far but it was enough. Saturday: First time to do all three together! I have to brag on Jeff. I had gotten all my gear ready on Frida...
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The Durands: January 2011
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Jeff, Tricia, Addi, Jackson and Laura. Something to think about. This post is for women, specifically you stay-at-home mom's. And maybe you working moms, too. Whoever, really. Just saying, this isn't a picture filled post for the grands. 10 Grace –. 10, it hit close to home. And that's all I'm going to say about that. Any of you mom's/wives feeling me on this one? It's been a while. 4 months to be exact. We've been up to a lot and I'll just let the next bazillion pictures do the talking : ). On the way t...
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The Durands: August 2013
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Jeff, Tricia, Addi, Jackson and Laura. Still Working : ). I don't really remember all the workouts from the last week and a half. I can say that it's hard to believe August is here! I have 6 weeks until the Triathlon! We were at the lake this week and I worked out Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Later in the day I swam at Sandy Beach while the kids played. Not sure how far but it was enough. Saturday: First time to do all three together! I have to brag on Jeff. I had gotten all my gear ready on Frida...
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The Durands: Killer Run + 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Lake Swims
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Jeff, Tricia, Addi, Jackson and Laura. Killer Run 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Lake Swims. We went to the lake on Monday. It had been raining a lot so I figured the bike ride was out of the question. If I can't keep the bike upright in a smooth, dry parking lot.well, I have no business riding on slick, wet roads. So I skipped my much anticipated first hilly bike ride. Jeff and I went for a run instead. It was in the 60's outside (in July.what? And raining. The run was awesome. The next day, I swam before doing any ...
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The Durands: July 2013
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Jeff, Tricia, Addi, Jackson and Laura. Not Much to Report : ). Went to the gym today for a swim. I have no kids and plenty of time, so I spent a lot of time doing kick drills and working on that aspect. I am for sure getting more relaxed in the water, and getting stronger in general. So that's something. Relaxing in the Lake Biking. First of all, biking is fun! I rode for about an hour and have no idea how far I went. I still need to get over the hump and swim further, but my goal for those days was to r...
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The Durands: May 2012
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Jeff, Tricia, Addi, Jackson and Laura. Family Update, With Pictures! We didn't want kittens. We didn't go looking for kittens. But we now have two cute kittens to call our own. Smokey is the gray one and Quint is the tabby. Both have very appropriate names because they were rescued off the fire truck. On the Thursday before Easter, we think the mother put the babies inside the ladder compartment of the ladder truck, Quint 6. And a hazmat suit. One kitty perished, but these two little girls made it! J and...
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The Durands: June 2013
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Jeff, Tricia, Addi, Jackson and Laura. Triathlon.weeks 1 and 2. Wow, I haven't been on here in a while. I didn't know if I'd even be able to sign on. But yay! I jumped through a few hoops, dug around for my account password, and here I am! Things have changed. Someday I will figure out how to put a pic from the ipad to the blog, but not tonight. People gotta sleep! For the near future, I'm using this as my exercise journal. It'll encourage me to see the progress I've made. I thought I was swimming 50 m w...
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The Durands: Bike
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Jeff, Tricia, Addi, Jackson and Laura. I got a road bike today. I haven't gotten on a bike in years and years. Mountain biking was a college thing, then babies, and now this stinkin' triathlon. I've been shopping for a while. Bikes are pricey! I'm a mom of 3 who may or may not stick with this triathlon thing and I refused to spend a thousand dollars on componants that I didn't need. When people started throwing those words out and talking about carbon vs. aluminum and all that, I kinda shut down. This si...
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The Durands: All Three
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Jeff, Tricia, Addi, Jackson and Laura. Got up early this morning to swim a big. I didn't swim much, but did get in the water and did some laps. Nothing special. But then, my sweet friend and I drove over to FW to bike and run on the Trinity Trail. We did about 8 miles best guess and who knows the pace. We were just riding. I was working on figuring out the bike and gears, etc, and focused on not crashing. Happy to report that I did not even teter today! July 16, 2013 at 9:44 AM. Welcome to our blog!
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The Durands: April 2012
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Jeff, Tricia, Addi, Jackson and Laura. God sent me to Ecuador so He could show me firsthand some things about Himself. I believed God was all-knowing, but when we were in Fanny's home (read her story below), He showed me first-hand. Only God knew exactly what Fanny needed and placed the one person in her home who could give that. The Compassion people who made the assignments did not know Fanny's story or my friend's story. God knew and he put them together. Fanny is 27 and part of the CSP. There were an...
