My stories of training & racing around the world
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Open Water Swimming Without a Wetsuit
My heart was pounding in my jaw. I spent more time being apprehensive about jumping into the water than actually being in the water. I had a fear that somehow, without my wetsuit, I would just sink… Read more
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Week 19 Ironman Louisville Training: Finish What You Started
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… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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Wisdom teeth surgery tomorrow. We’re probably looking at knocking off two weeks from my training plan. This will be interesting. Read more
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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.… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
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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… Read more
Amara in Training 