A couple weeks ago my riding buddy Katie and I rode up to Pine Flat Lake. We started at Shaw and Academy. I had a three hour ride with a one hour tempo on the schedule. So we hammered out Belmont Ave. to the climb up to the lake. Once at the lake, we just [...]
So, the title should explain it all. I have all these stories locked up in my brain, and a few pictures to go with them (all of which I am downloading tonight). I LOVE blogging and I love telling stories, so I’m not sure why I’m so bad at actually doing it. When I’m [...]
The Surf City Half Marathon was a blast! It was a very busy weekend too. Just because you are in Southern California for the weekend doesn’t mean Ironman Training stops. Brett and I drove down to San Pedro Friday night after I got of work. We arrived at the harbor (we were staying on his [...]
Last week was my recovery week. It was fantastic. It’s funny when you are closing in on your need for recovery…..and the idea of a run or a bike ride makes you want to cry. You start wondering why you are doing an Ironman, when you hate training. I was definitely in this low dark place before [...]
The BBC is a little thing the Just Us Girls Tri Club started a couple years ago. BBC stands for Bare Belly Challenge. The Bare Belly Challenge is a personal challenge in which you commit to running or participating in a race (of your choice) showing your Bare Belly. It’s just a little incentive program [...]
Brett and I did a little a puppy sitting last weekend. Zona thought she was in puppy heaven having play partners 24/7. Rocky (the orange cat outside the door) on the other hand didn’t think it was very fun.
It only took about 20 or 30 tries to get a picture of these two where no [...]
I got this in the mail today!! Gatorade Endurance (for riding), Endurox R4 (for after my long training sessions), Endurox Restore (for recovery after my shorter training sessions), and some new HOT PINK (wow) compression socks by CEP (as seen on Hillary Biscay )
I’ve been a HUGE fan of Endurox R4 for a few years [...]
I don’t know if I’m actually calling them resolutions or goals but I have some things in mind for 2010 that I’d like to work on. First on the list, and the overall focus for 2010 (as most of you know) is to break 12 hours at Ironman Coeur d’Alene. As you can see that’s [...]
This is a picture of me and my outstanding friend Scott Bolin, aka Scotty-B. This picture was taken just before we jumped in the water at our first Ironman distance race, Ironman Coeur d’Alene 2007. This was an intense moment, you can probably see the tears a-wellin’ in my eyes here. This was just the [...]
as you’ve noticed i’ve been on a little posting/blogging hiatus. it’s hard for me to write about things that aren’t entertaining, inspiring, or hilarious….so i don’t. it’s like the ol’ saying, “if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all”. that’s how i feel about blogging.
so as you know i [...]