Sleep deprivation does a funny thing to your brain. When you add that with oxygen deprivation from the high mountain summit, it creates havoc in your brain. Legs 25 - 31 We sent Julie and Melissa down the mountain. Visited for a little bit at the summit as we enjoyed the sunrise. Loaded up the … Continue reading So She Did – Swim
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One Week
It's done. The training. The planning. The stressing. The freak outs. All of it. Done! One week from today I will be on the course of the Doxa Threelay. Since March 6th: Just shy of 400 miles on the bike. Right at 115 miles of running. Barely 8 miles of swimming. Almost 100 miles of … Continue reading One Week
The Taper Effect
Between Ann and my two sisters (the two who are doing the Iron Cowboy with me), I have a pretty good sounding board for all things training related. This coming week is my recovery week, and I always seem to fall apart emotionally during a rest week. I feel like I have this huge event … Continue reading The Taper Effect
A New Level Of Freakout
Well, if I was afraid yesterday, today I. AM. PETRIFIED!!!! My sister posted this blog and highly encouraged all our team members to read it. So I did! As I read through his description of the legs of the race that I would be tackling (14, 19, and 31) I had to keep reminding myself … Continue reading A New Level Of Freakout
And Thus It Begins
On December 26th I began the journey towards training for my Iron Cowboy. Building up workout minutes. Building up mileage. Building up seat resistance to the horrid saddle on my bike. Building up strength to withstand the grueling training that I'm about to embark on. Ten weeks later, I have reached my official "Start training … Continue reading And Thus It Begins
If It Can, It Will
I had such a perfect plan for my Sunday. Get up. Hit the weight room at the gym for a little pre-swim lifting. Go to the pool and get my swim in. Go home and clean house. Relax and catch up on my Ellen shows for the week after Mark left for volleyball. But, as … Continue reading If It Can, It Will
Easily Amused
Time in the pool is always well spent for me. I love to swim. Always have. I'm fairly certain that I could swim before I could walk. My mom was the swimming instructor at our local pool for what seemed to be my whole childhood. She made sure that we all knew how to swim. … Continue reading Easily Amused
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