Well I am sitting here with my grande triple-shot soy latte, and Vanity Fair on the table next to me . . . What more could a girl ask for? An Ironman on Sunday? How about that? Could it get even better? Actually, it could–I could have to wait only a week until my next one! [...]
24 August 08: Warm-up Weekend
It’s time for bed here in Leysin because Belinda has done her job and dominated the bike in Penticton (Ironman Canada) to the extent that I can go to bed now that she is running! I have not managed to accomplish much of anything since she began racing this afternoon, our time; when BG is [...]
21 August 08: Last week in Leysin
Life is good. It is a beautiful sunny day here in the mountains, and I got to do a hard long run in the sunshine. I’ve found that hard long runs can be pretty ugly when I am not feeling good, but today was one of those days when it was easy to keep my [...]
17 August 08: Olympic Fever
This will be a quick report, as I must get to bed to prepare for another early morning of virtual triathlon spectating. This morning we were brewing up espresso in the Grangers’ fancy coffee machine at 5 AM, while screaming at the television and computer simultaneously. We take our virtual spectating very seriously around here. [...]
17 August 08: Runfest report and other much more exciting news…
Well I have just completed my runfest weekend and am a bit disappointed to report that my legs are still functioning. They are tired, but let’s put it this way: if my legs feel like this during the last half marathon in Madison, I’ll be a happy girl. But, although this may come as a [...]
16 August 08: Let’s do it again!
After I finished third in Lake Placid last month, while everyone else was busy contemplating whether I would have-could have-should have won the race had I not raced another ironman the weekend before, my coach and I were celebrating and discussing doing another double. I hadn’t planned to make a habit of it, but it [...]
14 August 08: Who is coming with me?
Okay, I am giving you plenty of warning: I am proposing an adventure for January 17, 2009. I’ve just committed to compete in Challenge Wanaka for the third year in a row, and I am already so excited for my next trip to New Zealand and to be involved with this awesome event again. Challenge Wanaka is [...]
12 August 2008: A Blogging Resolution
I’ve made a blogging resolution. This resolution involves actually writing regular blogs. I’ve always aspired to keep this blog up to date, but there always seems to be more urgent writing to deal with: responding to my athletes’ emails, writing training programs, updating my own training log, writing race reports—oh and trying to keep in [...]
Pictures from Quelle Challenge Roth
Here are some pictures from my first–of many, hopefully–Challenge Roth. Most of them are self-explanatory . . . like the pain and suffering on my face while running into the finish! And no, the photos aren’t poor quality–that’s just the rain! But hopefully these pics can provide at least some idea of the atmosphere of this [...]
