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Well, I'm a few weeks late with this report, but the big race of this year's tri season (for me) took place a few weeks ago, on August 8. The Ironman Boulder 70.3. Back in January, it seemed like a really good idea to sign up. :-D The Boulder Reservoir is not my favorite place to race. Oh, the swimming and biking are fine, but the run is always ...

Because something happened this weekend that I didn't think was possible. I took third in my age group in a race!!! Yep, that's right, ME. Completely average, middle-of-the-pack, some might say slow ME. I placed third in the Female 30-34 age group at the Highlands Ranch Splash-Mash-Dash sprint triathlon. First off, I have to say thank you to ...

Monday was my third year in a row running the Bolder Boulder 10K race. I love this race. The spectacle, the course, the ceremonies...it just all combines to make an incredible event. I was really nervous heading in to this race since I hadn't raced since February...it was like I'd forgotten how to get ready! Plus I honestly had no idea how I ...

It's hard to believe, but my baby turned FOUR on Sunday! How the heck did that happen? And when did he get so tall?   The only thing that I could get out of Tyler leading up to his birthday was that he wanted a fire truck cake. Hmm, ok. I can do that! Although I had originally intended to have his party at home at least one more year, the ...

Yeah, yeah, I know. I've been neglecting the blog again. Sorry about that! I finally got around to uploading a bunch of pictures, so it seemed like an appropriate time for a ''what we've been doing lately'' post. First of all, for those of you who may not know (which probably isn't very many)...I got into nursing school!!! Hooray! School starts ...

I first heard about the Brooks ID program sometime last year. My superstar, kick-ass, ultra-running triathlete friend, Sonja, was a member, and so was her also kick-ass friend, Michelle. Hmm, that looks kinda cool, I thought. But stuff like that is for the ''real'' athletes, not the slowpoke wanna-bes like me, right? Well, just for the heck of ...

The three saddest letters in a racer's vocabulary. DNF. Did Not Finish. I guess I've been somewhat lucky that it's taken me this long to encounter them, but unfortunately my luck ran out on Saturday. Saturday was the third and final installment of this season's Chilly Cheeks winter duathlon series, and it lived up to its name. It started snowing ...

Wow, what a weekend! I flew to Phoenix Thursday night, and Valerie, the friend I was staying with, picked me up at the airport. First stop....In-n-Out Burger. Mmmm. Valerie had to work on Friday, so I took the opportunity to just hang out and relax a little. I also had one last training run to get in, a quick 2 miles. Since it was dark when I ...

Goodbye 2009, hello 2010!   2009 was full of highs and lows, as well as lots of firsts, both for myself and for Tyler. Preschool and a half-ironman were just a couple of the new challenges we tackled this year.       2009 was spent hanging out with friends, at the zoo, on a run or bike ride, at Monkey Bizness, ...

My journey towards full-blown insanity just keeps on going, and today I took the next logical step. I signed up for a marathon! I've got 12 weeks until the Rock n' Roll Arizona Marathon on January 17.  The scary part is that the heaviest week of training will be while we're in Ohio for Christmas. Nothing like busting out a short 20 miler in ...