Delayed- but detailed...Pre Race: Apart from losing my brand new goggles and having to find my spare pair, the morning went by fine. The Swim Having slipped away from my friends and team mates to cross the timing mat on the beach and start on my own, I was ready. I was a little concerned [...]
I've signed up for Mooseman 70.3 for June 2010.The lake is supposed to be pristine, the course should be beautiful and I get to race close to my MA/ME/NH friends and family. Perfect. However, the hilly bike course looks scary....er um challenging. The water will be chilly and it sounds a little intimidating after training [...]
I don't feel like doing anything. I don't want to write my race report, go to happy hour, clean my house, plan my holidays or anything else. I do wish I could go for a run (darn toe injury) but maybe I'm only thinking that because its not actually an option right now. I think [...]
I am an Ironman!The race was amazing! A full race report will follow, but here are the highlights:Beautiful weather, rough swim, windy bike, awesome run in the dark.I did not cry the entire day, not at the start and not at the finish. I am so proud.I PR-ed on the swim, the bike and ran [...]
I'm busy, but here are some of my random, unorganized pre-ironman thoughts:Earlier this week I was really happy and excited- but with a lot of temporary OCD about the swine flu. Now I am still excited...but worried about last minute things that could ruin the race.At this time in one week, I should be off [...]
This year, I’ve run 22 hilly miles in the heat after a night of drinking, fallen off my bike and got back on, fixed flats & dropped chains. I’ve swam in choppy waters with jellyfish, vomited behind a tree and continued running for 8 more miles. I've been lost while biking, running and even swimming [...]
I've been training and working so hard that I haven't had a chance to give an update:10/16- 10/18- Training weekend with most of the team. Friday night we had lots of delicious pasta, a little bit of wine, and we were in bed by 10pm after helping one girl with a random flat tire. It [...]
Friday I experienced by far the scariest injury I have had to date through my training. My theory is that my HR monitor has been too tight, but we aren't really sure how it was caused. This injury is inflammation of cartilage in the rib cage. They symptoms? Are 100% identical to a heart attack.Imagine [...]
This is supposed to be peak training time. I can't seem to hit my weekday workouts. I just don't want to do it. It could be stress. Normally, my workouts help me relieve that, but instead, I've lacked training motivation. I gave my bike to the shop to clean on Monday. Since I was so [...]
Yesterday was difficult. It was the longest and most challenging race I have ever participated in. It is the first race I have done that I really did not enjoy. I was certainly the most ultimate physical challenge of my life and although I had to wrestle a lot of self doubt all day, I've [...]