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bike

  • IMWI training update.

    The countdown is ON!  How is Ironman Wisconsin only 100 days away?! I couldn’t be more excited – for race day and to climb that hill! Training has been humming along, a steady rhythm…

    05/30/2014
  • infographic: world triathlon london

    One of my life to-dos is to bike or run in all 50 states, but I may have to add one more to the list: Run or bike internationally every couple years (and then vacation…

    05/28/2014
  • race report: tuesday night time trials, week one

    Thirteen miles of all-out pain pedaling kicked off my 2014 race season last week.  I raced week one of Twin Cities Spoke Tuesday Night Time Trials, and in between rolling hills and a wicked…

    05/16/2014
  • how to clean smelly cycling shoes

    Nick and I were relaxing on the sofa the other night when he said, “What is that smell?!” “What smell?” I asked, completely oblivious. A few sniffs around the living room – where our…

    05/02/2014
  • on getting better.

    Halfway through an ohmygod-I-can’t-breathe-and-my-arms-may-fall-off interval swim last Thursday morning, Nick said to me from the lane over: If you aren’t pushing it, you won’t get better.  I had been complaining that 200s sucked, cursing…

    03/19/2014
  • on the trainer // buh-bye boredom

    This is the third post in the series, on the trainer. The trainer doesn’t have to be boring. Sure, it’s not quite the same pedaling through beautiful countryside in the summer sunshine, but it…

    02/28/2014
  • #keepingitreal

    Do one thing a day that scares you. Well, hitting publish on this blog post – sharing the bike photo – is absolutely terrifying (I’ve procrastinated allllllll day). I’ve long talked about my genetically…

    02/18/2014