Category: race

  • CX Nats

    One warm evening in 2015, Julie Lockhart made us promise that we’d all go to Nationals and race Masters when it came to Hartford in 2017. She was insistent… I promised. we were at Midnight Ride of Cyclocross, the 1st race of my 2nd CX season. I’d come a long way in the year since my ride on the wheel of Helen…

  • Other People’s Shoes – A Triathlon PSA

    The following is a special triathlon public service announcement:

  • Sneaking up on 70.3

    In some weird way, I’m afraid of failing. And I don’t even know what ‘failing’ means to me. Being slow? Being last? DNFing? Getting lost on my way to the race? Looking foolish? (I’ve done all of these things before and survived.)

  • Cranberry Trifest, IV

    The Cranberry Trifest is this weekend. This is my milestone race. Like I mark my kids’ growth on the doorway on their birthdays each year, this where measure my progress as a triathlete. Cranberry 2011 – My first-ever olympic distance sign-up. I had a good running base from doing the Boston Marathon with Team in…

  • My coach is this awesome!

    I posted about starting with a new coach last week, or so. I wanted to clarify her awesomeness.  Not only is my coach, Kelsey, awesome – she is this awesome! → This is Kelsey. Overall female finisher for the 2013 Rev3 Olympic Distance Triathlon. She is amazing and I am completely honored that she’s coaching me this…

  • Unexpected Joys of Running

    Sully and Mike Wizowski were right.  There’s more energy in laughter. This past Sunday, I ran the Ashland Half Marathon.  The plan was to leave the garmin at home and run in a tutu and fairy wings,  1. It was so close to Halloween and 2. To remind myself that I was doing this one…