Planning out the 2015 season has me really excited. Laying out a schedule and putting it in writing is that first real step to the incredible adventures ahead. I love dreaming about the races, coming up with goals and thinking about where I will go and who will be on the journey as well. Planning [...]
The off season. I have taken almost an entire month away from any structured training. My body is rested. And the mind? Anyone who has followed me closely knows despite my performances being somewhat solid, I've suffered a few knocks in tri world at the conclusion of this season. Well, the first part of my [...]
Are you doing a late season race and/or trying to integrate your training with the responsibilities of the first of the BIG 4th quarter holidays? I've seen all kinds of tri related articles on how to navigate the snowy holidays but what will you do about the the annual festivities where zombies, witches, princesses & [...]
We woke up early again for part 2 of the Giant Acorn Double weekend. I was tired but also excited as I knew even more of my tri pals were racing this one. Again, we had great weather and this time a bunch of my pals were near me in transition which made it a [...]
After worlds I wasn't sure I would do Giant Acorn. It was a tumultuous few weeks and I was tired. However, one of my 2014 goals was to place in my age group with the Set Up Events VTS/MTS series. I needed a 5th race in order to achieve this, which is why this race [...]
The good news, is that I am now a 70.3 World Championship finisher. A year ago, I never would have imagined this could happen THIS year. I definitely far exceeded my lofty goals that were set at the start of 2014...hence 3 trips to Canada, haha. This is the first year the World Championship was [...]