While my year did not start out on the right foot I was looking forward to racing in Santa Rosa for a few reasons.  Firstly it has to be one of the more beautiful race course with my preferred race whether, sunny but cool, reminiscent of race morning at one of my favorite Minnesota races, … More Santa Rosa 70.3

Hello! This year has been a little more than busy but I’m trying to catch up on some blogging now.  I’ll take you back to the last week in April.  I was looking forward to some short course racing at St. Anthony’s in Florida but unfortunately life had a different plan.  Early Monday morning of … More St. Anthony

I was fortunate to have met an awesome tri couple back at Silverman 70.3 that relocated to Puerto Rico and offered me a home stay for the race.  I put PR on my calendar back in December but life happens.  Three weeks before the race I happened to check out houses on the market in … More Puerto Rico 70.3

My second pro season was filled with some highs and plenty of lows, coming off a solid 2015 it was tough get my head around the lows. I had high expectations to carry my rising performance level through 2016. I started the year off early racing in Panama at the end of January with possibly … More 2016 Reflections

With the purchase of Ironman by the Wanda group based in China, a few pro races were added in China. After a little research on China I decided it could be a worthwhile trip to take.  There were a few hoops to jump through to get a Chinese Visa, including a letter from the entity … More Ironman 70.3 Hefei – Race Report

When I started racing 70.3 I never thought I would be in the mix for qualifying to race at the World Championships. A few really good races at the end of 2015 and early 2016 set me up well and I was ranked 20th going in.  My main season goal was to race well at … More Ironman 70.3 World Championships

About 30 minutes before race start they told us not to walk down the beach to the swim start.  We were soon told the race would be delayed until at least 9:30 and to go seek shelter due to an incoming storm.  While this was unfortunate I can say that the storm was intense with … More Racine – Race Report

I’m really far behind in race reporting so I’m going to implement rapid fire races reports.  They’ll be short and sweet: 10 things good, bad and/or ugly. A quick note on why I haven’t been writing… I felt my last few races have been far from stellar and I find it hard to write about … More Mont Tremblant – Race Report

It’s finally time for a very belated race report.  Last fall I knew I was going to be headed to Israel for memorial week for a wedding.  Knowing it would be tough to train while there I wanted to make this a mid-season mini break.  Looking over my race options I found Barcelona 70.3, Chattanooga … More Ironman 70.3 Barcelona

I knew this race was going to be tough with World Champions, Olympians, repeat 70.3 champions and past St. Anthony’s champions on the start line.  Oddly, I never really got too nervous in the week or even days leading into the race.  I was feeling much more confident heading into this race just knowing I … More St. Anthony – Race Report

Last week I raced my first Major League Triathlon race in Temple, Texas.  If you don’t know about the series you should check in out at http://www.majorleaguetriathlon.com.  It’s a series of four events featuring age group races, a pro mixed relay super sprint (the most entertaining form of triathlon), clinics with the pros, meet and … More Major League Triathlon – Temple Texas Race Report

Patrick and I took the ten hour overnight flight to Buenos Aires on Wednesday night.  My goal for the flight there was to get as much sleep as possible so I could stay on a somewhat normal schedule.  While sleeping sitting up is highly uncomfortable I was able to get at least six hours of … More Ironman 70.3 Buenos Aires – Race Report

My Dad and I flew into Panama City Wednesday evening, arriving at the hotel late we went right to bed. Thursday and Friday I was working remotely so I parked myself at breakfast for a few hours each morning and then my hotel room desk. It was a nice distraction from the race ahead and … More Ironman 70.3 Pan American Championships Panama – Race Report

2015 – First Pro Year in Review Well it’s 2016 so it’s about time to reflect on my first year racing as a pro. Following Austin (back in November) I took two weeks completely off: no swimming, no biking, no running and no strength work. I honestly can’t remember the last time I ever took … More 2015 Review and Thanks!

Going into Austin I was pretty nervous. After an awesome result in Vegas I had high hopes for this race.   The start list was a much deeper field than I expected for a lower point/$ race but I guess there are a lot of ladies that want a head start on next year.  Typically … More Austin 70.3 – Race Report

After racing Penticton Half at the end of August I decided I wasn’t ready to be done racing for the year. I researched my 70.3 options and landed on Silverman in Henderson, Nevada, neighboring Las Vegas. I figured the week before Kona some big names might not be racing, but I think everyone had the … More Silverman 70.3 – Race Report

I was so happy to be able to race my fourth square lake tri this year as it’s the only tri I’ve been able to do every year since I started racing.  It’s definitely one of my favorite courses, the lake is deep, clear and beautiful.  The rough road on the bike was recently redone … More Square Lake – Race Report

Morning race prep: My chain came off when I was putting my shoes on my bike and I found out my derailleur was rubbing my disk when in the small gear. The mechanics were able to adjust it big PHEW!! Swim In the pro meeting we convinced the race directors to have the pros start … More Challenge Penticton – Race Report