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What is a triathlon team?
Last year I was privileged to be on the first Team Freeplay team. So many amazing athletes I was really honored!! Friends and family would ask me questions about what a triathlon team actually is. “Do you all race all the same races?” me “Uh, no.” “Do you all race...
Radioactive
Imagine Dragons' lyrics to the song Radioactive resonates: "I'm waking up, I feel it in my bones, enough to make my system blow. Welcome to the new age." Yea for me, I move up in age groups this year. Wait. What? Yes, I turn 50 this year people, did you hear me? FIFTY...
Into the Cosmic Tree
That spade. That Freeplay spade. What does it mean? A quick Google led me to a definition of a leaf representing life on the cosmic tree. Other meanings were strength and wisdom. And then there was death. Geez, let’s forget about that last one! Now I need to read up...
Winter Cross Training
After a few years of low snow levels and trails open year round for riding and running, Mother Nature decided to return home to Tahoe. I should be jumping for joy right? Actually I am now, but after the first few snow storms all I could think about is how am I...
Forward Motion
I finished off 2015 with surgery on my left wrist to remove hardware from a previous break. At my one week check up my surgeon told me he "recommends" I wait another week before running as to be safe from getting an infection or falling and re-injuring the bone....
The 2016 Season is Here
Year 2 with Team Freeplay is under way and I couldn’t be happier. 2016 looks to be an inspiring, yet busy year for the Freeplay athletes with women competing every month of theyear. Last weekend’s team meeting definitely kicked me back into competitive mode. Listening...
Reflecting on CIM
Marathons are hard. No matter the pace. The pain will always come. Physically and mentally. As runners, a road marathon is one of the ultimate tests of these capacities. I have had marathons where I have conquered both the physical and mental, where I have felt...
Challenge Ixtapa
And that’s a wrap! Challenge Ixtapa was a great way to finish up the season. Things went smoothly for weeks before the race; I felt ready to get out there and give it my all. I finally felt on top of my game and was excited to see what I could do. Challenge Ixtapa...
Spartan Sacramento
Just after Ironman Lake Tahoe I started tinkering with the idea of doing the Spartan Super Race in Sacramento but I quickly realized that what I actually wanted was a break. After spending well over a year in triathlon training with no real break I was more than ready...
Silverman 70.3 Race Report
I am not sure where to start on this one! I was excited to have a 70.3 within driving distance that I could race at. A long 9-hour drive to Vegas, but it beat flying with my bike and the costs/hassles of that. I wasn’t sure how my body was going to respond at this...