Healthy Again!I made the right call missing Gran Fondo because after a weekend of ice and rest and pretty much "crushing it"at recovery (haha) I'm back just as strong as before. Its amazing how resilient the body is if you just let it rest.Who turned up the heat?! I've been pushing myself in the summer heat [...]
Better, Stronger, Faster, Smarter (BSFS) was my comeback mantra last year after my horrible bike wreck. The Better, Stronger and Faster part....Piece of Cake. Oh, its the "smarter" tail I slapped on the end that is tricky. I haven't always known when its time to back off the training. Here's some background:2007: Trained through serious foot [...]
For this first time in my time as a triathlete... I'm dealing with the most dreaded issue of all. Oh, I've heard others talk about this (in great detail too, which I'm going to try to spare you from). I got a new bike saddle. I rode it on some hilly courses where I wasn't [...]
There's an open water swimming program in our town. They have 3 1500 M swims this season in the James River designed to help triathletes prepare for open water swims with a mass start, timing chips and buoys. It was a great day. Beautiful weather, fun people and a great swim. It was no speed [...]
Eagleman... I loved it! It was tough. Hot. And felt so good to finish. I'm so proud. I worked hard for this.My swim goal was 36-38... I swam in 34. I have a bruise from getting kicked, my goggles were kicked to the side, but the swim was fast for me!My bike goal was [...]
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 [...]