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open water swim

  • training weekend in the wisco woods.

     Wisco didn’t disappoint this past weekend.  After a 13.5-mile run along the Mississippi on Friday – it’s fun when you PR on a training run – Nick and I packed our swimbikerun gear and headed to…

    07/16/2014
  • currently: 06.20.2014

    The past month has been pretty good; it’s been filled with swimbikerun, settling into the ‘burbs, grilling for dinner, spending time with my niece (she called me auntie for the first time!) and really…

    06/20/2014
  • ironman canada // week 28

    ONE. WEEK. One week! The bikes are packed and en route to Whistler (the living room looks really bare!), my parents left on Friday and we fly out this Thursday. Now it’s real… and,…

    08/19/2013
  • ironman canada // week 26

    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…

    08/07/2013
  • ironman canada // week 24

    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.…

    07/23/2013
  • ironman canada // week 23

    Such a great, confidence building week! Highlights included an open water swim, long run and a solo almost-century ride – all were awesome. With each mile of swimbikerunning, I feel more ready for Ironman…

    07/18/2013
  • facing my swimming fears.

    I know I’m not alone in my fear of open water swimming. There’s been twitter talk between friends about it recently and procrastination of even toeing the lake water (yes, I’m guilty of this…

    07/13/2012