My personal race report and/or review of an event I participated in.
“How did your race go?” This is the first question I always get when I finish an event. It’s understandable; training for an event pretty much consumes my life, especially a half-iron distance. My friends see constant posts on social media of my training; my family wonders where I’m at most of the day. So [...]
The Deschutes Dash is our only local triathlon in Bend, OR with a unique river swim. The swim takes place in the frigid Deschutes River and swims downstream making for some very fast swim times, even for the very slowest of us swimmers (aka, me!). The Deschutes Dash was my first triathlon in 2015 after [...]
Going into the Bend Half Marathon I had no real expectations. It’s a very hilly course and although I put in some nice long runs during training, I never really did much speedwork or tempo runs so I definitely wasn’t looking to PR at this event. Finishing less than two hours would be nice but [...]
“It may be the same course but it’s a different race” my coach Michael Larsen from Larsen Performance Coaching reassured me after I finished the Hits Lake Havasu 70.3 in 6:09:04. You see, I raced my first 70.3 on this same course in 2013 and finished with an impressive 6:00:18 and hoped to come back [...]
Finishing Strong I had some major downtown after qualifying for Boston at the Phoenix Marathon at the end of February. But I can say after my awesome race experience at the Best in the West Triathlon Festival this past weekend I’m officially back in the saddle again! I decided a couple of months [...]
Finally! It took four attempts and finally the fourth marathon was a success. I qualified for Boston….barely! I needed a 3:55:00 to qualify and I squeaked in with a 3:54:30. Yes, by just 30 seconds! I’m so happy I didn’t take that potty break at mile 21 and that when I stopped to tie my [...]
