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  • ironman canada: the bike

    Oh, the IRONMAN Canada bike! There were many long, slow climbs (thank you, 12-27 cassette), screaming descents (top speed = 46.4 mph!) and smiles the entire way. Like the swim, much of the bike…

    09/06/2013
  • ironman canada: the swim

    Race morning, August 25, started out like any other: 4a alarm, gluten-free PB+honey toast, double shot espresso and last minute gear check. Thirty minutes later, friend Sonia arrived and we were out the door…

    09/02/2013
  • race report: lake waconia triathlon

    Although the Lake Waconia Triathlon was on my calendar this year, I completely spaced it and signed up the last possible day. I even debated signing up at all, but knew open water swimming…

    07/05/2013
  • race report: liberty 70.3

    Here we go! My second 70.3 ever: Liberty Triathlon. I had butterflies all week leading up to Saturday’s race, but was excited to test my fitness and all the hard training the past four…

    06/10/2013
  • tuesday night time trials: week two

    Holy @#$%… that was COLD. Wearing just a SOAS kit and arm warmers – the forecast wasn’t supposed to be rainy + 52 degrees! – I was a bit under dressed for week two of…

    05/24/2013
  • tuesday night time trials: week one

    Eleven all out, max heart rate, leg burning miles of bike riding bliss. That perfectly sums up the first Tuesday Night Time Trial (TnT) on May 7 and my first-ever TnT (and definitely not…

    05/18/2013
  • race report: take the hill tri

    Last Saturday morning, I woke up to this: The forecast had been dismal all week, and I was pretty cranky about it (just ask Nick), but I was hoping they were wrong (they weren’t). Nevertheless,…

    05/16/2013