I loved my off-season in late September and October. I am starting to think that it was not as off as it could/should have been but there’s no looking back now! I loved base/heart rate training in November and December. Against what some people might think: I enjoy going slow! I feel no need to…

In case you missed it, I attempted a race report here a few days ago but it got so lengthy that I had to turn it onto a pre-race report. Consider yourself warned… Yup. That would be a heel strike Start:  Running races hurt. A lot. I try to mentally prepare  myself for the pain…

Almost to Page…  Remember last year’s miserable experience? I was determined not to have a repeat! Everything I thought might have been a factor in getting terribly sick last year, I changed this year. That said, the most significant difference was not feeling under the weather before I even left Flagstaff. I got lucky. With one…

All I could think of last night during my first (indoor) track session of the year and then swim #2 of the day was: You can do this. Just hang in there and get’er done. All that’s on the plan for tomorrow is a recovery spin and a swim in the evening. You can do…

Assistant Coach Shayla Houlihan Team Run Flagstaff is back!  After a little winter break  we now get to run in NAU’s fantastic Skydome. I am so excited! What could be better than cruising around a 300m indoor track with more than a hundred of your closest friends?  Although I can’t think of anything,  I had to sit on…

I am proud and very happy to announce that  I will be racing for  this coming season!  I still can’t really believe that I made it onto their Team!  It’s going to be so much fun.  I am stoked to be representing such a great store.  I have only frequented them online but I can’t…

(You probably don’t care too much but I have to say it anyway. I wrote a post very similar to this one last night already and then, when it was all ready to be published, I lost it. It was gone. Just like that. I was extremely pissed. To say the least. I went to…

I found this picture here and I love it. Balance bike with aero bars – how cool is that? Of course, this picture was taken in Europe. But I am excited that balance bikes are getting more popular in the States as well. They are the best. Noah actually ‘raced’ his first triathlon at age…

At the Temple of Sinawava St. George is everything I had hoped for:  sun blue skies amazing scenery fun HT Training teammates Craig and Colleen non-stop triathlon talk warm(er) temperatures awesome group of riders a goofball for a Coach The drive down with HT was great.  Nothing like picking his brain and getting the scoop …

Zion NP I was hoping to make it back to Flagstaff in time for NAM swim & brunch extravaganza on New Year’s Eve morning. But, alas, it is not happening. The husband wants to hang at his parents’ house a little longer and who can blame him? So, I came up with a different plan….