Here We Go…Pac Crest 2013

I *think* I am all ready to go for Pacific Crest half Ironman

My stuff is layer out and my bike is checked in.

My main goal is to survive and finish given my knee injury but I would really like to beat my time from 2011. Fingers crossed, catch you all on the flip side!

On the road again

Cory, Daisy, Winston, Bailey and I are on our way to Oregon.

We are snuggled in and ready for a long night. It's about a 20 hour drive and we usually drive straight through. Have a nice night and we'll see you on the flip side!

You know your are an endurance athlete when....

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You pack more triathlon gear than normal clothes for vacation

We leave tomorrow for Oregon and I am excitedly laying everything out and packing. I will share my Ironman pack list tomorrow. We created it for IMCDA but it can work for any triathlon with a little adjusting.

Happy Super Moon!

Did you notice that the moon has been abnormally large this weekend? I was curious why especially when my mom, who is at the beach, mentioned a supper low tied. So like any good digital native I googled and found that not only is it a full moon but also the closets the moon gets to the earth this year.

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You can read more about it here you can also look up when the moonrise will be where you live here

On another note a big congratulations to all that finished Ironman Coeur d'Alene and Ironman France today!

Triathlon Padcasts

I have heard of podcasts for years but for some odd reason I didn't start listening to them until just recently. A few of my favorites are Zen and the Art of Triathlon, Endurance Nation and IM Talk. I have a few others as well but haven't gotten into them yet.

Do you listen to podcasts? Any you would suggest?

It's Official….Ironman Boulder 2014

WTC announced today that Ironman Boulder is now official and will run on August 3rd 2014 (this means Ironman Boulder 70.3 will now move to June). Announcement found here.  


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I am very conflicted, I would love to be there with all of my friends. But I really want to race IM Canada and it would be fun to host a pro and volunteer at the race….Registration opens July 17(but you can register for the series starting on the 16th) so I guess I will have to decide by then.

The question is….will you be there?

You Know You Are Training For an Ironman When...

I thought this might be a fun little series to document some of my observations of how life is different when training for an ironman. So you know you're training for an ironman when...

• All your travel is based around races or off season
• At least something on your body has a chafe, scab, blister and/or sunburn

• Your dishwasher has more water bottles than regular drinking glasses

• Sleeping in on the weekend means setting the alarm for 6:30 am
• You find yourself almost constantly thinking about what your next meal will be

• Coffee is not just to get you going in the morning anymore

• You shower at the gym, pool, lake, etc, than you do at home
• That shower at home is too full of drying wetsuits, towels and swim suits to use anyway

That's it for me for now, your turn! What's on your list? What things make you know you are training for (fill in the blank)