It doesn’t get much better than this…  Finally! A little 3-day stint with our best friend: Karen’s VW van! We had been talking about it for a while and at the beginning of April we actually made it happen! 3 days, 2 nights, road trip to Tucson, campgrounds, showers at the pool, no internet, waking…

First triathlon of the year is in the books and it was a good one! Let’s make this short and sweet since there will be many more race reports to follow this year! Pre-raceLove sunrise in the desert! Highlights Being in the warm and sunny desert! While I don’t want to live down in the…

Sand Hollow, Utah It’s that time of year.  Time to ride the bike.  A lot.  Riding bikes happens to be my favorite pastime, so I am one happy camper over here!  Especially on days when I am not just holding on for dear life because of ridiculous winds.  Those days are few and far between…

photo by Ian Torrence So. It’s been a while. Definitely too long. But I have a pretty good excuse: The husband has been out of town for a loooooong time! In case you don’t remember: He is a PhD student here at NAU and decided he needed to camp out in the field for six…

In case you haven’t heard yet: I GOT A NEW BIKE!!! Not just any new bike. A Fuji Norcom Straight 1.3 Have I mentioned that I am OVER-THE-MOON EXCITED about my new bike?  Yes. This is a big deal. If you know me, you know just how big of a deal! I will tell you…

Max came home from Kindergarten with this wonderful piece of art the other day: I certainly can’t keep all my kids’ art projects and was about to throw this one in the trash, when I folded the bottom out and read this:  When I am 100 years old I will…  … be a professional at…

Summer is long gone but I have so many great memories from training and racing in Utah this summer that I wanted to put them on here.  ready to climb! First up was the Wonder Woman Hill Climb put on by Coach Mahogani. It’s always a treat to race with a whole bunch of awesome…

riding in St. George So I got a new bike. And then I rode it a whole lot while I was in St. George for the long weekend. I ran and swam some also and was loving it. All I needed to take care of was myself. It was a nice break. Karl and the…

Alpine Loop Emerald Lake Triathlon Bike-Run-Swim-Run-Bike Karl and I like to go on adventure dates. Not sure if we’ve ever done a dinner-and-a-movie date. That is way too much sitting for my liking. But because we don’t live close to family who will entertain the kids all day while we are playing, this only happens…

I am super excited to announce the awesome companies that I will be racing for this season!  I can already tell that this is going to be a year filled with great fun and fantastic teammates!  I am a Coeur girl!!! As soon as I heard about this new triathlon clothing brand last fall, I knew…