Petite French lesson

My friend Amy & I at the carbo dinner

This year marked my fourth trip over to France for Ironman Nice. When people ask me what it is I love about this race, I always find myself a bit flummoxed. Let’s see. . .the French Riviera, the…

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St. George–engine lights, red rock, cows, and wind

It’s almost go time here in Utah.  Transition bags have been packed, bike has been racked, and the course has been scoped–or, at least enough of it to realize it’s going to be really friggin’ tough, but I think we all knew that coming in!

  I arrived Tuesday night after a, thankfully, uneventful sojourn from…

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RAGE Race Report

With so much going on last week, between getting ready for IM St. George, speaking at the Tri Club San Diego meeting, and the fun of finals week at school, this is a “better late than never” kind of post, but, I didn’t want to miss my opportunity to rave about Rage (say that…

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Pink Panther Party

What could be better than 20 x 400m on the track?

20 x 400 in hot pink sports bras and knee high argyle socks, that’s what!

For our final morning workout in Tucson, we decided we needed to do it up right.  Target obliged with the hot pink sports bras, which were just…

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Tucson Training

Hillary & I K-Swissed out Near the top of Mt. Lemmon

I’ve survived nearly a full week of training camp in Tucson–this was my closer to home substitute for the March camp in Australia which I reluctantly decided to give a miss when I switched my plan from IM Australia to IM St George. …

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FREE Skincare & the Good Morning America Show

First, I’ll get to the part that I know you care about–that bit about the “free skincare”!  If you provide a health tip that’s used on the Tone Up Challenge website, Dickinson’s* will send you FREE 100% Natural Witch Hazel skin toner.  Just leave your suggestions in the comment section below and you will be…

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Tone Up Challenge!

Yesterday we shot the video for the Tone Up Challenge in NYC!  The challenge is a 2 week program created by Dickinson’s Original Witch Hazel and the Women’s Sports Foundation to promote a healthy lifestyle for women by encouraging exercise and excellent skincare.

I’m VERY excited to be working with both organizations.  The

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Spring Cleaning

Spring is almost here!  I don’t know exactly how that happened so quickly  (I think the 4 week December/January stint in the Southern Hemisphere certainly helped) , but I’m thrilled.  Warm weather, longer days, and best of all, race season is right around the corner!  Since it’s been awhile, a few housekeeping matters. . .…

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Life is like. . .

Personally, I think Forest Gump had it only partially right with the “Life is like a box of choc-o-lates” quote.  Sure, it’s true that you don’t ever know exactly what you’re going to get–after all, even a cartographer (that’s a map maker–I looked it up) can’t reasonably be expected to decipher those little diagrams…

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This week, I had a date with Mr. T.  Andy was pretty jealous. . .but not so jealous, I guess, seeing that I did give him plenty of opportunity to keep me company, instead.   He declined.

Mr. T and I are pretty tight for just that reason–he never turns down a date.  I wouldn’t…

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