I don’t think it was any secret that I was planning to race professionally in the coming year, but it is now official! Today I finally got my Elite License (Pro Card, however you like to call it) for racing in 2015. If you asked me two years ago, or even last year, where I … More It’s official…
Here I am on my lunch break, walking through the downtown skyways writing my blog in a note on my phone. Normally I’d be at the pool but the time has come, finally, to take a real break from swimming. I haven’t taken more than a couple days away from the pool since my 16 … More December Update
It’s that time of year where I’m normally thinking about putting my tri schedule together for the year. Since I’m still waiting on some schedules to come out I decided to think about something completely different, my dream bike vacations. So far I’ve come up with four but feel free to comment and give me … More Dream Bike Vacations
Last week I was lucky enough to escape snowy Minnesota and head to Florida for the week to attend a work conference. Fortunately they had a fitness center with some weight and cardio equipment so my training wouldn’t be affected too much. The website for the hotel also advertised two “lap pools” but I wasn’t … More Improvising Training While Traveling
Like I mentioned in my last post, I hadn’t taken a week off of swimming yet, so very last minute on the way to the gym two Mondays ago I decided it was time for an “off week” at the pool. I changed up my normal routine to give myself a break from the usual … More Taking an off week
When the season ended I was pretty ready for a break. I took some time away from the bike and away from running. I took a week or so to get back into workout mode for each sport before I added some more structured workouts again. It was a much needed reboot for my mind … More Quick Update
The October 15-28 edition of the Villager, a local St. Paul newspaper, featured an article highlighting my recent win at the ITU World Championships. A huge thanks to Sarah Barker, for stopping by a couple weekends ago to chat over coffee about my experience at World’s, my background and triathlon training. Another thanks to Brad Stauffer, who stopped … More A Little Ink
Now that the season is over it’s time to step back and reflect on the year. What did I accomplish? Did I reach my goals? What did I learn? What went well for me and what didn’t? What do I need to improve on for next year? What did I accomplish? In a 19-week season, … More A season to remember…
Now that most of us are moving into the off season you may have started thinking about what you’d like to work on for next year. Or maybe you’re still enjoying some down time and just getting back into the swing of things. No matter what you’re up to, I thought I’d share some tidbits … More Swim Workouts
The week leading into One Last Tri my body was feeling sluggish. All week I felt like I struggled through my workouts. My nagging hamstring pain that usually wears off a few blocks into a run seemed to stick with me throughout each run. My workout notes for swim, bike AND run looked like a … More One Last Tri – Race Report
I was looking forward to racing at Square Lake all year. It’s the only race I have been able to do all three seasons I’ve competed and it’s fun to see the improvement. Square Lake was also my first amateur overall win so it will always be a special race for me. My first year … More Square Lake – Race Report
After USAT Nationals last year I paid the required $50 to reserve my spot for racing at the World Championships in Edmonton, 2014. My training this season was focused around my Olympic distance races leading up to Worlds with each race being a dress rehearsal, giving me the opportunity to fine-tune my race execution and … More ITU World Championships – Race Report
Before leaving for Detroit I prepared as much as I could for the YWCA Women’s Tri, knowing I’d be on a tight time crunch when I arrived home Saturday night. I setup my bike for racing and piled up whatever clothes and race gear that I could. When I arrived home I was still running … More YWCA Women’s Triathlon – Race Report
About a month ago, thinking forward to next year, I had emailed USA Triathlon to find out more about draft legal triathlons as a potential way to get into ITU racing. As a strong swimmer and biker, I may not be the ideal draft legal racing candidate but I didn’t want to write it off. … More My First Draft Legal Race – Detroit EDR – Race Report
Going into nationals I had a target on my back. Winning the USAT AG National Championship last year was a pretty big surprise to everyone, but this year people would have high expectations. Could I repeat my overall win? The week leading up to the race I actually wasn’t too nervous because I had raced … More Age Group Nationals – Race Report
As triathletes our bodies take a beating day after day. The thought of using recovery to get faster is probably at the back of our minds. I personally have never been fond of days off, “recovery” days, “tapering” or resting. Unfortunately if you don’t take care of your body eventually it will break down and … More Recovery Secrets
Chisago was one of the few repeat races on my calendar this year so I was excited to see how my race would compare to last year. Heading into the race I set my “goal” (expected result range) a little higher than Lauren Goss’s professional course record. When I mapped out the course though, it … More Chisago Sprint – Race Report
I have a confession. I don’t cook. It’s not that I don’t know how to cook of course; it’s just that I really don’t have time before my stomach decides it needs food now or we’ll enter the hanger zone. After a long day of work and workouts I’ll typically just go for whatever is … More Food Confessions….
I’m honored to share that I was chosen as Macalester’s Macbassador, Alumni Volunteer, for the month of July. Here’s what they had to say about me: For her steadfast dedication to strengthening the Macalester community, Heather Lendway ’06 is our Macbassador of the Month for July. Lendway, a math and computer science double major, is … More Macalester ‘Macbassador’ for July 2014
The entire week leading into this race excitement and nerves were building. This race was going to be the biggest race to date for me this season because of a highly competitive elite amateur field and there would be a pro field racing, Saturday couldn’t arrive soon enough. Saturday morning my alarms went off at … More Lifetime Minneapolis – Race Report
Heather Lendway 