If you’ve ever trained for anything long course (marathon, ultra, 70.3, Ironman, etc.) you know how exhausting gels, blocks and bars can get–the stickiness, the sweetness, the awful tastingness. I’ve definitely consumed my fair share…
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This past Spring I attended one of my closest friend’s wedding in Cottonwood, Arizona. In fact, I was a bridesmaid. (No, I did not wear a ruffled chiffon bridesmaid dress–but totally would have if asked…
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“Give me your hand, you have to get out of the water,” a heavy Danish accent demanded a second time, “We must take you out of the water. You cannot continue.” A large set…
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the power of the seaweedy subconscious When you’re out on a triathlon course for six hours swimming, biking and running there’s a hypnotic amount of time to ruminate about all sorts of things. For example,…
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After committing to an Ironman race for 2016 I had a lot of friends ask me if I had a training plan–to which my response most likely resembled a drunken rambling of non-sequiturs. (Think…
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“You’re the second person I’ve seen in the past ten minutes wearing a crown.” A gentleman on a bicycle made a bit of small talk as we both waited for the light to change…