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swim

  • race report: life time indoor tri

    I wouldn’t exactly call Sunday’s Life Time indoor tri a race, but it was fun to dust off the transition cobwebs and start the year with some swimbikerun.  But, first… haaa-uge shout-out to Coeur Sports teammate…

    01/07/2015
  • 2014 in pictures.

    A look back at 2014 in photos… more yearend reflections to come 🙂  January My 2014 intentions: focus, believe, and keep going + do the work. February Keeping it real and a road trip to…

    12/31/2014
  • 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
  • race report: ironman wisconsin 2014

    And, after nearly 10 months of training, there we were: at IRONMAN Wisconsin!  pre-race  Up and at ’em at 4a, race morning started as usual… toast, double shot espresso, Osmo preload, temporary tats and last…

    09/12/2014
  • never give up.

    Never give up. These words, said by a friend a few weeks before the race, carried me through IRONMAN Wisconsin… through a longer swim than anticipated, 5,700 feet of #bikelove and climbing and shifting and…

    09/11/2014
  • infographic // ironman wisconsin training stats

    Ironman Wisconsin is on Sunday. Whaaa?! How did that happen?! The journey to IM start line number two has been intense and demanding, but most importantly, it’s been a whole lotta fun – punctuated…

    09/05/2014
  • feel, focus and… taper!

    At Ironman Canada last August, coach gave me strict instructions to swim sans watch. I was a bit reluctant – because data or it didn’t happen! – but in the end, left my 910 in transition.…

    08/25/2014
  • race report: chisago 70.3

    Chisago Lakes 70.3 on Saturday was my first race of the season – and, with a shiny new PR (for Nick, too!), it was a good one! I knew if everything went well, a PR was…

    07/31/2014