You know you biked your legs off when you say, “I think I may die,” at the end of the race. Not much to say about last week’s Twin Cities Spoke Tuesday Night Time Trial,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…