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 Tuesday Night Time Trials. And, as Nick and I drove…
There was a whole lotta swimbikerun love last week, and I’m still high on the training-induced endorphins! Pretty sure my mood directly correlates with my bike mileage… it topped 100 miles for the first time since last fall, and I’m still smiling. Even better:…
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 last!). Nick and I arrived at Twin Cities Spoke event…
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, I packed all my gear for the Take the Hill…
What did ironman training teach me this week? That sometimes your body screams at you to slow the eff down and REST. After a particularly fantastic Friday filled with my sister, my sweet niece and a 51-mile out-and-back bike ride from Woodbury to Afton…
It was a good gear week. This sweet #teamSOAS package welcomed me home from work on Monday. Best gear ever, and I am thrilled to race in it and represent such a kick ass company all season! Not to mention my rock star teammates!…
I learned to bike with the boys and Missy on quiet country roads in rural Minnesota. Tuesday nights were sprints, and we’d race to the stop ahead signs for a smelly XL green jersey. On Saturdays, we’d ride long, up and down hills, legs…
And, suddenly, it’s May 1 (not that it feels like May in Minnesnowta). How the heck did that happen?!! April was a bust… between five different airports and one amazing vacation (recap soon, I promise!), setting monthly goals completely slipped my mind. With that,…