Knoxville Rev3 Recap
Welcome to Tennessee, the land of the Volunteers. Life is Orange and White!
I graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1995. Going to a SEC school, I feel a lot of pride, especially since I was a varsity…
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March 20, 2012
Puerto Rico 70.3 Race Recap
Race morning started at 4am Sunday.
I had my normal breakfast of rice cereal and watered down coffee. I felt well rested. I felt nervous. I felt ready to race! I had a plan. And I intended to follow it!…
January 20, 2012
Pucon 70.3~Race Day. The Volcano. Part 3 of our Race-Cation.
Race morning didn’t start off like any of my other race mornings. I didn’t sleep a wink the night before. And when I say I didn’t sleep, I mean it. I woke ML up at 5am. I tried to eat…
January 19, 2012
Our Race-Cation in Pucón-Part 2
One of my absolute highlights of our trip was my morning run with my black Perro. It didn’t matter what time I decided to go for a run, my black, furry dog was always waiting for me outside of the…
January 19, 2012
Our Race-cation in Pucón! (Part1)
Michael and I have traveled the world, especially in our years of being triathletes. We have been to some pretty extraordinary places, Pucón being one of them. When we were offered the opportunity to return this year, we could not…
November 7, 2011
…And that’s a Wrap!
When I decided to race Long Course Worlds in August, I was very fit and I was enjoying a great block of training. At the time, I was not considering my two week trip to Hawaii or the sort of…
September 12, 2011
Muskoka 70.3
Michael and I arrived in the beautiful Muskoka region of Northern Ontario after eleven hours of fairly uneventful travel. We love going to new races, and we jumped at the chance to check this event off the to-do list, where…
August 8, 2011
Boulder 70.3: The LONG version
This past weekend started off with a signing at the ZIPP booth on Saturday. Zipp has been a favorite sponsor of Team Lovato for 2 years! We feel so lucky to have them be a part of our race arsenal!…
August 7, 2011
Quick update on Boulder 70.3
I was really pleased to podium at the Boulder 70.3. Here is a brief update before writing my full report tomorrow!
I had a pretty good swim. I actually got beat up the first 25 meters and lost my
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July 14, 2011
Portland, birthday, Race, Sonoma!
Michael and I are back in Boulder after a whirlwind trip. We started off traveling last Thursday for the REV3 race in Portland which was on Sunday. I like to arrive a few days before race day in case something…