Pre Race Woke up at 5am, took in avocado toast (two slices of whole grain bread with one full avocado and Trader Joe’s “everything but the bagel seasoning”). I drank my habitual soy latte and prepared a travel coffee mug with chamomile tea, which I found out in my previous triathlon, settles me and hydrates […]
Race Report: Shawnee Mission Triathlon – July 5, 2019 Read More »
Woke up at 5am and went downstairs to grab breakfast. Noticed right away that the weather was nasty (rain and 47 degrees) so I grabbed an extra rain jacket, put on closed toes shoes (vs the flip flops I planned on wearing) and went to eat. Had an avocado on wheat toast (a little nervously
Race Report: 2019 Kansas City Triathlon…My first in 4 years Read More »
When I decided to take the plunge and sign up for the Indiana Muncie 70.3 (Half Ironman race) this July 15, I told myself (and my husband) that it wouldn’t cost that much because I “already had everything I needed”. Ha! I seem to have forgotten that doing triathlons, like owning a boat, is something
I can’t believe. I finally did it. I signed up to do a Half Ironman. A Half Ironman, like other triathlons, starts off with a swim (1.2 miles, 2112 yard or 84 loops around your 25 yd pool). After the swim, you hop on your bike for 56 miles and then you finish it off
I’m signed up to complete a Half Ironman in July 2015 Read More »