My Ironman Florida sherpa duties started early: Hauling three tri bikes + two road bikes cross country to Panama City Beach. Two days, 1,300 miles and 19.5 hours later, we arrived at the beach…
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The car’s packed (five bikes, race wheels, aero helmets, espresso machine)… The t-shirts are designed and printed… follow Nick’s race at #deterMiNICK. And, the energy bars and pumpkin loaf are made (I sampled couple tiny…
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Last Sunday’s Ironman Wisconsin can be summed up in one word. Inspirational. From the moment the gun went off at 7a until 10:30p (and later) when triathletes were still pounding the State Street pavement, there…
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I wasn’t planning on racing last weekend. But, while standing in line at the Superior Man 70.3 race check-in, Nick bummed about his bum running knee and me pouting because there likely wouldn’t be time…
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Four a.m. is reaaally early when you only get three hours of sleep…! Thanks to race anxiety + anticipation and too much sleep the night before, shuteye was elusive Saturday night. I tossed and turned for at…
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On Sunday morning, all the season’s sweat and hours of swimbikerunning (80 since April 30 to be exact) roll into one day of limit-pushing, endorphin-inducing, body-aching wonderfulness of my first 70.3. Do I feel…
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Race day started in a flash when my eyes flew open, 90 minutes after the alarm was supposed to sound. Nick and I scrambled out of bed, each of us on autopilot making PB…
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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…