Top takeaways this week, three weeks out from Ironman Canada (how is that possible?!): Sleep. I had some incredibly early mornings (3:30a… whaaa?!), which are not conducive to training. They also don’t help my…
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You know what’s really fun? Seeing progress. A mere 16 months ago, I struggled to even run five miles. And, in the year before that, a couple MRIs, a cortisone shot and months of…
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So, here we are, six weeks out from Ironman Canada! I’m not quite sure how that happened because it seems like yesterday it was cold and snowy and I was just starting this journey.…
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To be perfectly honest, there’s only one goal on my mind this month. IRONMAN Canada. I’ve been eating, sleeping and breathing this race since registering in October, and six weeks out, it’s intensified. My…
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Seven weeks out from Ironman Canada, I’m shaking things up… throwing in some track workouts and hill repeats and logging some serious mileage on the bike… and, it feels good! This past week was…
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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…
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What a demanding week. Not so much training wise – because that’s where I’m happiest and love (almost) every second of it – but life and work wise. One thing after another after another…
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Week 20. How on earth is it already week 20 of Ironman Canada training?! Pretty sure it was yesterday – it was just February 1, right? – that I embarked on this journey. That said,…