As I round out a year of Ironman training, I have many people to thank for their support. Impressing me today are... Betsy Sobiech, Harris Elias, Amy Butts have shared their bike expertise with me, have come to Madison to do a triathlon, were with me for my first loop on the IW course, have not laughed at me when I’ve not unclipped and have fallen over, have taught me to change my bike tires, etc, etc, and now…Are Continue Reading
Chicago Triathlon!
I wasn’t all that excited about doing this event. I had just wanted to be done with all events a week ago and be solidly on the taper, worrying about far fewer logistical details. Day dawned and I wasn’t that jazzed. I was feeling “eh.” I was also feeling like I was cheating. I got up at 7 am for a race. When can you get up that late for a race??! Left the house by 7:30am on my bike and headed down the lakefront Continue Reading
Racine Half Ironman … Almost
Another Incomplete Triathlon I felt so ready to tackle the Half Ironman. My game plan was to be conservative and have a confidence-boosting day. I was ready to take my time – spend up to 7.5 hours – and finish with something in the tank. Not able to do the full event due to weather. I was okay with being rained on, with wind even with rough waters. I just wanted to do it. When they announced that the swim was Continue Reading
Why Oh WHY? Why am I doing this?
Why am I doing an Ironman again? [Picture is an "OLA." When facilitating for a business partner, LIW, we cover their Organizational Leadership Architecture, which has leaders getting really clear about what they want and are truly inspired to achieve - in their role or for a specific project - and then what it'll take to get there. It's powerful stuff. As we covered this in training this week, I did an OLA for Continue Reading
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