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  • race recovery in the pacific northwest.

    Some people drown their sorrows with wine. Me – I down them in pizza.  We spent the week after IRONMAN Canada pizza eating our way through Vancouver and Seattle. And it was wonderful. Because…

    08/31/2017
  • race report: ironman canada – 2017

    The short of IRONMAN Canada: It wasn’t my day.  I gave everything I had and then some, but came up short of my goal (which was, no surprise, a Kona spot).  I know I…

    08/17/2017
  • the stories we tell ourselves.

    During a short recovery run along my regular route a few weeks ago, my legs felt like sausages. Ugh… they’re so heavy… I’m so tired… is this done yet?… I don’t remember being this…

    07/29/2017
  • ironman canada // course preview

    I almost asked coach if I could race Ironman Canada this weekend. Because FOMO. As my first 140.6 distance race, Whistler holds a special place in my heart, and I’m a little sad to not…

    07/23/2014
  • ironman canada: finisherpix

    Despite having my own personal photographer at IRONMAN Canada – my sister takes amazing pics! – there were a few taken by on-course photographers I wanted to buy. Spending $25 per .jpg download, however,…

    11/06/2013
  • ironman canada: if you go

    This is my last post about IRONMAN Canada… I promise! When we registered for IRONMAN Canada last October, we were pretty clueless about the logistics. I figured we’d get around to booking lodging eventually…

    09/20/2013
  • ironman canada // thank you

    Triathlon can be a selfish sport, especially during ironman training. Weekdays revolve around morning and evening workouts, second breakfasts, 9:30p dinners and somehow squeezing in an eight-hour workday. There are long run Saturdays and…

    09/17/2013
  • ironman canada: the run

    All I could think about during my 4:18 T2 was how bad I had to pee. Twenty-two miles is a long way to bike when you have to go! After the awesome volunteer dumped…

    09/11/2013