Lucy Danziger, True to my SELF, SELF Magazine

Another true confession: Sometimes I just don't want to get out of bed in the morning to fit in my workout. Sometimes I just want to sleep in, then make a pot of coffee and read the paper. Or I manage to strap on the sneakers but after two or three minutes of plodding along I don't feel like... Read More »

I have on these cute little weird little MBT shoes that I got shortly before my latest race. They are called MBT as in Massai Barefoot Technology, and they are designed to mimic the way the foot works when it has no shoe on. It literally rolls you forward as you walk, since the heel is basically... Read More »

Wow. It was the weirdest weekend. In a good way. I thought of this blog at mile 18 on the bike leg of the NYC Triathlon, when I realized I could possibly medal, if the next half of the race went well. And I thought about the stings I had already had to endure to get to here. And I thought about... Read More »

Speedo, specifically our pal there, sent me a fast suit to try in honor of the Olympic trials and the fact that ALL the athletes, no matter who their sponsor, chose to wear the incredible sharkskin that was designed to minimize drag and make times faster in the water. I had heard and read and was... Read More »

Here we are, old together. Actually I am old. She, somehow, at 41, is young. How? I have read her reports about having more than one coach (in fact a head coach, like a general contractor, a speed coach, a strength coach), plus two masseuses and two stretch people, a nanny, and various family and... Read More »

Just returned from L.A. where SELF was a sponsor of the Get Smart premiere, to celebrate the July cover of Anne Hathaway, hitting newsstands this weekend, and let me tell you it was so much FUN! We got to walk the red carpet, see Anne in her Bill Blass splendor being intereviewed before the show... Read More »

The week that just ended was a whirlwind of presentations and travel, all of it fun and all of it exhilarating. I truly love being busy, and the finish line (literally) for me was a triathlon on Sunday morning, before the whirlwind began again, this time in L.A. First, the tri. It is called the Gold... Read More »