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….
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
The week leading into Minnetonka was tough, my legs were feeling pretty tight the few days prior and I wasn’t feeling great about my workouts. Saturday morning my alarm went off at 4:30am, which is approximately the time I wake up most days anyway so it didn’t feel so bad. As I started moving around … More Lake Minneonta – Race Report
The week leading into Trinona I was definitely nervous since it was going to be my first Olympic distance race of the year and it was going to be the first time I raced highly competitive races back to back weekends. The week went by quickly and too soon it was Saturday, the day before … More Trinona – Race Report
I was really looking forward to racing the Pigman Sprint triathlon for the first time this year because of the added competition with the Equalizer. The Equalizer is a time differential determined by the difference in the course records. These records were held by Gear West teammates David Thompson and Claire Bootsma, so the elite women … More Pigman Sprint – Race Report
The Tuesday before Blaine, I was doing a new exercise at the gym and majorly tweaked my back. Following my lifting session I went for a swim and it was even irritated in the pool, which is unusual, if anything a swim session usually helps me loosen up. The rest of the week the back … More Blaine – Race Report
I woke up around my usual time of 4:30am to make the 2+ hour drive with my Dad (Stopwatch Greg) up north to Alexandria. It was only in the upper 40’s but the sun was due to come out so I was hoping that would help warm things up. With my Dad driving I slept … More Chain of Lakes – Race Report
After the season ended last year I “took it easy” for a few weeks but got back into a good training routine fairly quickly. I’ve done a few masters swim meets this winter, which are pretty low key compared to any sort of triathlon race, but good to get my head into race mode every … More Greece & Turkey – Winter Update
Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat I’m not sure exactly what made him think racing 125K triathlon would be a good idea but approximately 10 months ago the boyfriend, Patrick, signed up to race Leadman 125 Bend. I knew I had no interest in doing a HIM or IM, but this basically modified HIM with a 2.5 … More Eat, Sleep, Rave, Repeat – Bend Race Report
Heather Lendway 