Did you ever have something that you worked really really hard at? Something that you wanted and you could almost taste, touch and smell but it seemed to just stay out of your grasp? Me too, and that pretty much caps this chapter of the Red-iculous effort. Significant progress…..but not yet achievement. Ugh! But a solid journey…..so here’s how it went. 3 AM – up and at ’em Want to see depleted? Compare this to the last pic – yikes […]

#89: Finding my calm – IM US Championships cometh

With only 1 week of training left before race-week, this week was about final touches, race-simulations and the beginning of final prep. This portion of the training is really NOT about coasting into the starting line, despite how tempting it is to do so……(to me) it’s about arriving at the starting line healthy, strong, confident and ready to lay it out there.That of course sounds wonderful……however the more I compete in these longer races, with this by my definition (anything […]

Category: Ironman US Championships

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#89: Finding my calm – IM US Championships cometh