Flat = fast, but it doesn’t mean painless!
If I learned anything on Saturday, that was it. Crossing the line at 9:35, it was the fastest Ironman race of my career so far, but it was also certainly one of the hardest!
All week long, I had marveled at the glassy water and sugar…
I definitely didn’t come up with this nickname, though I wish I had. As someone who grew up in a town where high school Homecoming was celebrated with tractor pulls and truck pushing events, I have self-proclaimed authority to make redneck jokes. . .seeing as I am one. Sort of.
Although…
Seems like the dust (or flower petals and birdseed) hardly had time to settle last week before I was packing my bike and bags for Florida. Andy and I will be treating ourselves to a 4 week New Zealand honeymoon in December, but for now, it’s back to business. Not that I mind, as by…
The events I typically put so much time and effort into preparing for are 140.6 miles long and involve many hours of all out effort in sweaty spandex. Saturday’s big event was not long, nor was it strenuous–and, mercifully, it was spandex free. Saturday’s big event was not an Ironman. It was a walk…
With all this wedding talk, perhaps you were envisioning me spending my entire day wearing taffeta and lace, selecting china patterns, and tying bows on wedding programs. . .ok, fine, one of the three did really happen. But only one. For the most part, wedding week was…
Fortunately, a unique travel experience and my first 70.3 podium (2nd place) made all the travel worthwhile.
The nitty gritty of the race itself can be summed up pretty quickly–shocker of a swim (not in a good way), solid bike, solid run. I’ve been working pretty hard on the swim the last few months,…
You never know where the day will take you.
That’s what I spent the morning hours of last Monday thinking, as I frantically–even more so than usual; )–packed my race gear and bike, along with a few swimsuits, flip flops, and board shorts. Oh, and my passport.
To say that Malaysia 70.3 was a…
Gear bags are packed, bikes are checked in, last minute shake out swim/bike/runs are done. Now it’s just time to hurry up and wait till morning. I’m fortunate to have some good company, friends and fellow athletes Haley Cooper and Mark van Akkren. To kill the time, we’ve posted up at the…
