Challenge Accepted. But wait... that wasn't a challenge. No, no one even told me to do it... but I HAD TO! I met a really nice cyclist at a happy hour in a bike shop put on by the team where I train now. The guy was ALL worried about me being able to [...]
Yesterday, having to stay in town for the holiday weekend, I needed some different riding pals since I just did not feel like doing a 3 hour ride on my lonesome yesterday and many of my training friends were out of town. I heard about a 67 mile ride to Lake Anna and back with [...]
The Columbia Tri was wonderful. I hope to race this one every year, so mark your calendars. You are not a triathlete (yet)? Well, go get to work so you can do this awesome race with me! We had a little group, but I'd love to get a larger group of my friends to come [...]
I had the near perfect race and it was just 2 weeks ago at Monticelloman Olympic in Charlottesville, VA. It was a race that made me so proud and had me smiling the entire next day over all of the accomplishments. I have never felt so confident leading into any race. I was feeling very [...]
Nothing is better than 4.5 hours on the bike out in the Blue Ridge Parkway with some of the toughest adventure seeking triathletes in town. Today I rode with some people I refer to as "The Hard Core Ironman Junkies." They are all multiple ironman finishers and most have been in this sport much [...]
This week I had a bike fit. I've been eying race wheels and all sorts of gadgets...but more important is having a bike that fits like a glove and slices through the air while you can continue to produce watts! My bike position was really not very aero. I had totally outgrown it. I saw [...]
I became totally and completely obsessed with my Garmin watch in July of 2011. It tells me pace, speed, distance, heart rate, elevation change and all kinds of important numbers related to triathlon training and racing. It can provide constant feedback, alerts and information during a workout as well as even more data to review [...]
Nick drove me out there race morning and my super awesome coach called and left me a message making sure my head was in the right place and telling me to be aggressive and kill it! I had sent him a list of my goals, but he’s encouraging me to race more by feel than [...]
My foot is better! I'm grateful to my active release therapist, my husband, my former coach, my friends and my podiatrist for seeing me through that awful injury. I'm also grateful to everyone who was generally "there" for me while I got through the hardest winter of my life. I've reconnected with many of my [...]
I have been struggling with the dreaded Plantar Fasciitis monster since the first week in November. The frustrating part is that I did not get a PF relapse from over training. I haven't had PF since 2008, but again I have also been careful with my foot and never wore heels two days in a [...]