Four a.m. is reaaally early when you only get three hours of sleep…! Thanks to race anxiety + anticipation and too much sleep the night before, shuteye was elusive Saturday night. I tossed and turned for at…
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Monday, July 16 – a much needed rest day! Tuesday, July 17 – it was a sticky one at tonight’s P2 run workout. We met at the Macalaster track, and after recapping the weekend’s…
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On Sunday morning, all the season’s sweat and hours of swimbikerunning (80 since April 30 to be exact) roll into one day of limit-pushing, endorphin-inducing, body-aching wonderfulness of my first 70.3. Do I feel…
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Race day started in a flash when my eyes flew open, 90 minutes after the alarm was supposed to sound. Nick and I scrambled out of bed, each of us on autopilot making PB…
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Monday, July 9 – it couldn’t have been more perfect outside – sunny, 90 degrees, no breeze – for a late afternoon swim at Highland Park Aquatic Center. If only my attitude would have…
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I know I’m not alone in my fear of open water swimming. There’s been twitter talk between friends about it recently and procrastination of even toeing the lake water (yes, I’m guilty of this…
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There’s rarely a trip out of town when the bikes aren’t in tow. Mine’s traveled to the rusty red roads of western North Dakota, my hometown in northwestern Minnesota, scorching Oklahoma, and later this…
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Monday, July 2 – today started another rejuv week… whoa, the past three weeks went quickly! Nick and I joined our P2 teammates for a quick spin down Minnehaha, around Nokomis and meandered back…