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IRONMAN Chattanooga Race Recap
IRONMAN is hard! That’s my takeaway from this race. Chattanooga was my sixth full IRONMAN and it did not disappoint.…
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IRONMAN 70.3 BOULDER 2023 RACE REPORT
Every year I hope for great results in training and racing. I put my hear and soul into triathlon and…
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IRONMAN 70.3 Oceanside Race Recap
Welcome back, fellow triathlon enthusiasts! Today, I have an exciting race recap to share from my recent experience at the…
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Haleakala! I Climbed a F’ing Volcano
We were off to Maui, and there was one thing I was determined to do. Climb Haleakala! Somewhere I had seen that you could ride from sea level to 10,000 feet and I was in awe of this. I wanted to do this! It was crazy, but it appealed to me and I was sure…
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Boulder Peak Triathlon Race Report
This was my first year competing the Boulder Peak Triathlon. I had been looking forward to this race since it has a slightly different course than the standard Boulder triathlons. It’s usually the same weekend as the Triple Bypass, which I’ve opted to participate in the past years. The night before the Boulder Peak Triathlon,…
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Marathon Training
This is the third year I’ve singed up for the Colfax Marathon, but it will only be the second year I ran it. Two years ago I had every intention on starting my second open marathon, but my stomach had other plans. A nasty intestinal virus kept me from training and led to my first…
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Dealing with Injuries
I always took care of myself. I watched what I eat, I was pretty strict making sure that I only took in whole, organic foods. I supplemented making sure I got ever single little vitamin and mineral my body needed. I made sure I got recover and enough sleep each night, sacrificing many events to…
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Race Anecdotes: Boulder Stage Race
If you weren’t a climber there was an ice cube’s chance in hell you’d podium in the three races. Friday was an uphill time trial. Saturday was a time trial in Hygiene, which, flatter than the other two days, still had quite the hill to overcome. And Sunday, glorious Sunday, was a 36-mile road race,…
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Battle of the Bear: My First Mountain Bike Race
I had given up on the idea of racing a mountain bike after choosing the Guanella Pass Hill Climb over the Beti Bike Bash. The Beti Bike Bash has a race category specific to women who have never raced before. I was all about that because mountain biking intimidated the shit out me. To factor…
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Race Anecdotes: Guanella Pass Hill Climb
The last time I rode Guanella Pass I did it “for fun” and not at race pace. I let myself take breaks. I took my time. I enjoyed the scenery. And it was three years ago. Mistakenly, I thought riding Squaw Pass last weekend would prepare me enough for the 10-12% grades and the guns…
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Race Anecdotes: Rule 9 and Superior Morgul Bismarck Road Race
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period. -Velominati I wish I could call myself a “badass” and believe it. The conditions for the road race were worse than the Time Trial the day before. It was a drizzling 40 degrees that soaked your bones….
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Race Directors are People too
I met with Rene Macias, race director for the Bill Davis Road Race (formerly known as the Rio Grande Road Race) to gain insight into putting on a road race in Colorado. After giving him grief for what I considered disadvantages for women’s racing, he invited me to chat in person about my concerns. He…
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Fueling with Fat and Figuring it all Out
Diet fads come and go and many provide real results. But you have to ask yourself two questions when choosing a diet; Is this maintainable over the long run, and is it healthy? Generally we associate a diet with weight loss. There are many ways to loose weight, but they are very hard to maintain,…