Team News
Let’s Get This Started
The other day, a guy at the gym said to me, "Oh, I heard you did a triathlon." Which I didn't really know how to respond to. I went with, "Yeah, thanks." People say lots of things to me I don't know how to respond to. Aren't you a big athlete? Ho, ho, that was a lot...
What’s Up?
The question I hear the most now. "how are your clots?" Where are you now and what are your plans? My plans have changed significantly from what I planned to be doing and/or achieving in 2017. That doesn't mean I have given up but have changed my course temporarily....
My Lucky Break
No one wants to get injured. Yet it’s something we all experience at some point, whether it be something minor or some significant and serious injury. Last September, thankfully after my race season had ended, I had the unfortunate experience of breaking my elbow. It...
now for something completely different…
I’ve had some fun races since ITU World’s Championship in Cozumel last September. I did Heart of Cool trail 10K on my birthday (came in first overall!). SF to Napa RAGNAR with 11 other amazing woman (200 mile relay), no sleep for 30 hours but an amazing time. We took...
What’s Next?
It felt like just yesterday that I was ringing in the New Year and now I already have two races under my belt and two more around the corner. If you read my Editor’s Note in the latest issue of Freeplay magazine you already know that I haven’t mapped out my races this...
Xterra World Championship: An Epic Training Day
Highlights: - Getting my picture taking with Ironman Legend Scott Tinley - Finishing the race in one piece – both me and my bike - Seeing all my Xterra Race Friends Downsides: - The weather Lessons Learned: - Travel with mud tires (skinny ones) - Cleats on mtb shoes...
Race Report AZ 70.3
Bright Spots: hanging out with Freeplay teammie: Mary Tanner; AZ 70.3 Volunteers; Qualifying for 70.3 World’s in Tennessee on September 9 Things I could do without: Yucky water on the swim and a bike course with way too many turns To get into Arizona (AZ) IM you...
The Kona Dream
Race Highlights High-fiving thousands of people while running down Ali’i Drive My race crew riding beach cruisers during the run Racing with the best athletes from all over the world Living out my dream of competing in the World Championships After two years of...
Ironman World Championship 2016 Race Report
There's truly something magical about the island of Kona. Having my family along with me for the trip kept me distracted from thinking about the race too much. I think that was a good thing - seeing all the athletes training along Ali'i drive was very intimidating. ...
ITU Worlds Cozumel
I am going to backtrack a bit before I start my Cozumel race story. Not many people know this but at the beginning of the year I didn’t want to do triathlons any more. I lost that inner drive that got me excited to train and race. I still trained, and I still raced,...