Among many silly reasons, I started my journey to Ironman because I wanted the challenge. I wanted to see what it felt like to take something from concept to completion. I wanted to do it to see if I could do it. There have been a lot of things I've started and never finished...plenty of … Continue reading Week 19 Ironman Louisville Training: Finish What You Started
Category: Triathlon Training
Race Recap: 2013 Rock ‘n Roll Seattle Half Marathon
Ahhhhh. There's nothing feeling like you've finally arrived in a new city than running a road race there. Make that three. I've completed the Athleta Iron Girl 10K last year, along with the Sporty Divas half marathon in Tacoma, but the Rock n Roll races always hold a fond place in my heart. This race … Continue reading Race Recap: 2013 Rock ‘n Roll Seattle Half Marathon
Week 17 + 18 Ironman Louisville Training: Surgery + Post-Op Recovery
This post will be relatively short since I spent week 17 in massive amounts of pain and eventually surgery. I spent week 18 recovering from my surgery, considering my racing/training options, hopped up on pain medications, handling personal family issues, and mentally prepping for a half-marathon since I couldn't actually physically train. So, even though … Continue reading Week 17 + 18 Ironman Louisville Training: Surgery + Post-Op Recovery
Wisdom teeth surgery tomorrow. We're probably looking at knocking off two weeks from my training plan. This will be interesting.
Week 16 Ironman Louisville Training: It All Goes Up From Here
11 weeks left in my training plan. It was a good week, even though I was short two hours. I was short because one evening, I was coming down with some flu-like symptoms and canned my workout. The other was because of my bike shorts seams digging into me. The two hour ditch was meant … Continue reading Week 16 Ironman Louisville Training: It All Goes Up From Here
The Great Open Water Swim Plan of 2013
If you know me well, you know that I looooove to plan (and execute on that plan). I had a good (enough) open water swim yesterday. It was a beautiful evening at Harry Todd Park. The days are getting much longer in Seattle now. The sun comes up at 5am now and sets at 9:30pm. … Continue reading The Great Open Water Swim Plan of 2013
Week 15 Ironman Louisville Training: Short Week!
A short week calls for a short blog post. There wasn't a single lone workout at all this week. It was a fairly short week, since I stacked my workouts for the last two weeks in order to get a few days off consecutively. On the very last day of my training week, Friday, I … Continue reading Week 15 Ironman Louisville Training: Short Week!
Week 14 Ironman Louisville Training: All Great Changes are Preceded by Chaos
What. A. Week! I've learned a lot this week...learning a thing or two about making a schedule and sticking to it. Learning to "embrace the suck." Learning to view my goals as non-negotiable. Learning to read my body a little better. I'm trying not to go crazy but my wisdom teeth are giving me problems … Continue reading Week 14 Ironman Louisville Training: All Great Changes are Preceded by Chaos
Race Recap: 2013 Rock n Roll Portland Half Marathon
So I've had Rock n Roll Portland on my list for quite awhile now. I was really happy to knock this one off my list! This particular half marathon was very important to me since it was my first official long run since I sprained my ankle a few months ago. Thankfully, it held up … Continue reading Race Recap: 2013 Rock n Roll Portland Half Marathon
Whatever You Do, Don’t Panic
It has been said that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. I definitely have this incessant need to plan and re-plan and re-work a plan. (It's just necessary when things don't go according to...er...plan!) Well, that's partially from my parents too (they are expert planners) but I think I just like to … Continue reading Whatever You Do, Don’t Panic
Amara in Training 