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  • labor day weekend in crested butte, colorado.

    The best way to recover after a race? Hands-down, traveling somewhere new. We really didn’t get enough time in Mont-Tremblant or Montreal after IMMT, but we lucked out on timing that Nick was racing…

    09/19/2018
  • skiing into 2018 at jackson hole.

    We’d just re-fueled on PB + bacon waffles at 10k feet. And after taking in the view from the top, Nick flew by me toward the descent. I was taking it slow – because…

    01/18/2018
  • kona 2017.

    Being in Kona this year for the IRONMAN World Championship was all the emotions – from bittersweet + bummed to not be racing as I’d hoped to a little bit relieved to not be…

    11/19/2017
  • race recovery in the pacific northwest.

    Some people drown their sorrows with wine. Me – I down them in pizza.  We spent the week after IRONMAN Canada pizza eating our way through Vancouver and Seattle. And it was wonderful. Because…

    08/31/2017
  • week 4 positive: marquette, michigan.

    Week 4 positive: Marquette, Michigan There’s nothing like a good weekend road trip – even one that’s seven hours one-way in the car. It was worth every minute and the sore bum, though, because…

    02/06/2017
  • kona recovery + the kauai quiet.

    Kona recovery started with a jump off the end of the world.  It took me a full three minutes to gather the courage to willingly jump – it was scarier than lining up to race…

    12/14/2016
  • sunshiny getaway in seattle.

    Minnesota will always be home, but the Pacific Northwest…! ♥ There’s something so magical about it – the mountains, the water, the fresh pine tree air – and every time I’m there, it’s all…

    06/20/2016
  • #tbt: sail away to the bahamas

    Throwing it back today because this vacation was a trip of a lifetime, and I never blogged about it.  Three years ago this week, Nick and I set sail with six friends from Key…

    04/07/2016