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off-season

  • what i learned from a 16-week offseason.

    At some point last year, the edge – where I usually thrive – started to feel a bit too sharp. It cut into my training and more often than I care to admit, the…

    02/20/2018
  • currently: november 2014

    Autumn in Minnesota… it doesn’t get much better than it did this year (payback for last year’s polar vortex?). Trees were in all their splendor for September and nearly all of October; and, Mother…

    11/07/2014
  • off-seasoning.

    Ahhhhhfffff-season. Helloooooo, recovery, no structure and some fun!  But, it hasn’t all been fun. The post-IM blues… the struggle was real the first couple weeks following IRONMAN Wisconsin. It’s tough to go from 20…

    10/24/2014
  • currently: 10.03.2014

    Wait a minute… Where the heck did October come from? Fall is my second favorite season (behind summer, obviously), but it also means that winter is just around the corner… and, even the hardiest Minnesotan…

    10/03/2014
  • letterpress love at fontlove studio.

    The off-season is all about embracing life outside triathlon… because yes, it does indeed exist. In addition to my November goals (creating and kombucha!), I’ve had one email in my inbox for a couple…

    11/14/2013
  • back at it!

    Not gonna lie, the post-ironman blues hit just a smidge after Ironman Canada. It’s a weird thing working for months toward a BIG goal, reaching that goal and then… bam!, it’s over in a blink…

    11/12/2013