Ironman Timberman 70.3
I arrived race morning with plenty of time to set up, do a warm-up, and get settled in for the 70.3 Timberman. It was business as usual with absolutely NO snafus. Everything went along as planned and things seemed easy.…
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August 22, 2010
May 3, 2010
St. Croix 70.3 race report: finding the good in the bad…
There were a lot of unknowns coming into this race. My previous block of training was nothing to write home about. Before the race, I couldn’t remember the last time that I felt awesome on the bike. I couldn’t remember…
March 29, 2010
Oceanside 70.3: Race Report
Sometimes when you gamble, you win. Sometimes when you gamble, you lose.
This race started like most other 70.3 races. The pro women started 3 minutes after the pro men. We all sat on the start line, jockeying for position. …
January 28, 2010
70.3 Pucon–Race report
On December 31st I had made the decision to not race Pucon. I had been sick for 5 weeks. I had the flu, which turned into a cold, which had turned into a sinus infection. I had been lying
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January 27, 2010
70.3 Pucon: Race day Nutrition
Going into this race, I was unsure of my fitness. I had been sick for 5 weeks in November and December. And I had not finished a race since August. There were a lot of “what if’s” going into
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June 24, 2009
CDA Race Report
I prepared for IM CDA with meticulous execution. I ate perfectly. I took my recovery from workouts and races seriously as I must have taken hundreds of ice baths. I used all of my First Endurance products on a daily…
June 8, 2009
The REV3–my race report.
After traveling all day from Austin, I met ML at the Hartford airport Thursday night. It has been about two weeks since seeing each other and I was really happy and excited to be reunited!
I had just finished my…
May 20, 2009
The Columbia Triathlon
The third weekend of May is always a busy time in Baltimore. There is so much happening with Preakness, Bike Jam, and…the Columbia Triathlon.
We all race for a variety of reasons. Some folks race for the money. Some race…
May 5, 2009
Some thoughts about last weekend…
I have some final thought about last weekend that I’d like to share…
***We have been staying with the same homestay, The Isherwoods, since first doing this race back in 2000. Michael and I have really enjoyed watching their children…
May 4, 2009
St. Croix–race report
Michael and I are getting ready to leave beautiful St. Croix in only one hour.
However, I wanted to give a short race report before some of my memory and some of the details from the race are clouded. I…