By Jean Gillis, February 9, 2021, https://www.jeangilliswellness.com/1296-2/ There are plenty of books on training and plans available...

The Appleman Sprint Triathlon was about three weeks from this weekend. The Cranberry Olympic Triathlon was approximately two months away...

August 15, 2022 Jean Gillis I feel very comfortable breathing only to one side when I swim, why should I bother learning to breathe on...

On Monday June 26, I biked 8.5 miles with a pace of 16.8 mph along a hilly loop. I pushed my heart rate on the hills but not to zone 5...

On Monday, June 19th, I ran in Jackson, New Hampshire. Any direction I leave the house, I have hills to deal with. The more I understand...

During the week, I was able to get in the pool for 650 meters on Tuesday. On Wednesday, I had a speed workout on the bike for 10 miles,...

On Saturday, June 10, 2023, I had a great swim. I was at the back of the pack, which I probably would be for quite a while, given the...

Nice to get out for my second swim at this great pond with a great group of people. I made it a priority to get back to the pond that I...

After not swimming well the week before in the Max Performance New England Season Opener Sprint Triathlon when I panicked shortly after I...

It was a beautiful day, overcast, about 65 degrees to start up to 73 degrees. Since it was May, most athletes were wearing wetsuits for...

Nice trial triathlon with the wetsuit on this morning at Hopkinton State Park. Beautiful day for it! With the Providence Marathon...

It was a beautiful, hot, and rough day for my friend Chris and me. The sun was out with a lot of blue sky. However, temperature rose...

This was another week of tapering for the marathon in two weeks. I pushed it on the hills to try to get my heart rate up and ran the...

This week I was tapering for the marathon in two weeks. However, I ran it hard to try to get my heart rate up and practice running hills....

Great run with Chris today. We beat my previous time by nearly 6 minutes. The temperature was cool - at close to 50 degrees and great for...

Chris and I finished 24 miles this morning. It was our second attempt at 24 miles after our Providence run a couple of weeks ago that we...

I ran a shorter run this week, since I had a long run a week ago and there were two weeks remaining until the Newport Half Marathon....

Preparing the garden at our relatives for growing this year. We expanded the second portion of the garden at the end of last year, since...

We try to eat a lot of whole foods and save money in the process. One of our methods is to make our own broth. We use all the leftovers...

My friend’s goal for the day was to complete 24 miles along the Providence Marathon route as a confidence building training run. Although...