And, after nearly 10 months of training, there we were: at IRONMAN Wisconsin! pre-race Up and at ’em at 4a, race morning started as usual… toast, double shot espresso, Osmo preload, temporary tats and last…
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Never give up. These words, said by a friend a few weeks before the race, carried me through IRONMAN Wisconsin… through a longer swim than anticipated, 5,700 feet of #bikelove and climbing and shifting and…
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Ironman Wisconsin is on Sunday. Whaaa?! How did that happen?! The journey to IM start line number two has been intense and demanding, but most importantly, it’s been a whole lotta fun – punctuated…
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At Ironman Canada last August, coach gave me strict instructions to swim sans watch. I was a bit reluctant – because data or it didn’t happen! – but in the end, left my 910 in transition.…
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Wisco didn’t disappoint this past weekend. After a 13.5-mile run along the Mississippi on Friday – it’s fun when you PR on a training run – Nick and I packed our swimbikerun gear and headed to…
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The countdown is ON! How is Ironman Wisconsin only 100 days away?! I couldn’t be more excited – for race day and to climb that hill! Training has been humming along, a steady rhythm…
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Halfway through an ohmygod-I-can’t-breathe-and-my-arms-may-fall-off interval swim last Thursday morning, Nick said to me from the lane over: If you aren’t pushing it, you won’t get better. I had been complaining that 200s sucked, cursing…
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We’ve been in an arctic icebox in Minnesnowta, with temps not climbing above zero for most of the last week; factoring in wind chill (air temp was -25°), it felt like 50 below here…