Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but by how we react to what happens, not by what life brings us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive…
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Following a big training weekend in northern Wisconsin, Nick and I were being lazy relaxing when I noticed my IRONMAN Coeur d’Alene medal hanging on the mantel (highly debatable living room decor, I know). It…
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HOT DAMN. Ironman Coeur d’Alene was one of the hardest and definitely the hottest thing I have ever done. And, although not the outcome I trained for – 106F = goal paces out the…
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After a fantastic 1,300-mile road trip across North Dakota, Montana and Idaho with my good friend, Sonia – including a visit at my aunt + uncle’s in western NoDak and a stay at the…
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Time to dust off the cobwebs three weeks out from Ironman Coeur d’Alene! pre-race Mosquitoes welcomed us just after sunrise to Lake Rebecca Park Reserve near Rockford. After a quick check-in and packet pick-up,…
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Here we are… exactly two months out from Ironman Coeur d’Alene. How did that happen?! I’ve been so in the zone lately that I barely noticed it’s suddenly almost May. The theme of the…
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Toward the end of a really hard interval session on the bike recently, I welled up and had to choke back some tears. It certainly wasn’t because of the R-rated Girl Talk lyrics blasting…
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feeling Sick (er, well, I was). Nothing like norovirus to get you to race weight during the holidays. Jeez. But, how lucky am I? Nick brought home my favorite, Juice So Good, and picked up pho…