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  • 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
  • race report: ironman 70.3 wisconsin

    IRONMAN 70.3 Wisconsin can be summed up with Hs – heat, humidity + hills. It was also really hard… but then again, it’s supposed to be hard! And it was the perfect race to…

    06/29/2017
  • race report: get in gear 13.1

    And just like that, the 2017 race season has started. The Hot Dash 10 mile has been my season opener the past two years, but my legs weren’t quite race ready a month ago. So…

    05/09/2017
  • race report: ironman arizona

    Keep fighting. This sign – held by a woman at mile 10-ish of the marathon – sums up my IRONMAN Arizona. I fought so damn hard all day long, but punching that second trip to Kona…

    11/25/2016
  • race report: kona!

    Where to start! It’s been a month(!) since Kona, so ample time for race reflection – both while sunning on Kauai’s incredible north shore and while back at home in the real world (of mittens and…

    11/10/2016
  • 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
  • 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
  • race report: liberty 70.3 – 2016

    I ignored the number one piece of racing advice – never use anything new on race day – during my 2016 season opener. And, while I was never planning on “racing” Saturday’s Liberty 70.3…

    06/14/2016