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  • race report: ironman wisconsin 2014

    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…

    09/12/2014
  • never give up.

    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…

    09/11/2014
  • infographic // ironman wisconsin training stats

    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…

    09/05/2014
  • feel, focus and… taper!

    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.…

    08/25/2014
  • training weekend in the wisco woods.

     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…

    07/16/2014
  • IMWI training update.

    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…

    05/30/2014
  • on getting better.

    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…

    03/19/2014
  • a few thoughts on training.

    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…

    01/10/2014