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erin

  • race report: superior man 70.3

    After Toughman’s bike disaster, I really wanted to race one more time before Kona. Mentally, I needed a confidence booster, rather than going into my A race a little shaky and, honestly, kinda questioning my…

    09/06/2016
  • why you should run the desmoid dash.

    My good friend Sonia runs for a few reasons – because she’s healthy enough to do so, for her patients and, most importantly, for her fiancé, Matt. And, they’ll both be running, along with hundreds…

    09/05/2016
  • currently: july + august 2016

    No idea where the summer’s gone, but here we are at the end of August. I don’t like it! Make time stop! Bring back 9:30p sunsets! It’s always hard to accept that summer’s fleeting……

    09/02/2016
  • 7 ways to recover (sans normatec boots!).

    Here we are, less than 50 days until Kona. How did that happen?! Training is nearing peak, and along with it, the heaviness in my legs. There’s nothing quite like that omg-my-legs-feel-like-they-may-explode feeling two days…

    08/26/2016
  • madison + IMWI love.

    It’s hard to put into words just how much Madison and IRONMAN Wisconsin mean to me. If it tells you anything, I teared up both just talking about the mass swim start and when…

    08/05/2016
  • race report: toughman minnesota 70.3

    I went into Toughman Minnesota 70.3 with a fair amount of mental and physical stress. I won’t go into detail about the mental stress other than to say that I think it dulled my mental…

    08/03/2016
  • kayaking the minneapolis lakes.

    In this occasional series, I’ll show you around where I live, work, play and swimbikerun – Minneapolis / Saint Paul, Minnesota. I promise it’s not winter all year! One of the things I love most…

    07/11/2016
  • currently: june 2016

    You guys. How is it June 30? I’m soaking up as much summer + sunshine as possible – anyone else loving daylight at 9p still?! – but seriously. Time needs to sloooooooow down. Despite…

    06/30/2016