Big Bend Ultra – 50 Mile Race Recap
It’s been years since I’ve written in this blog but it’s been years since I’ve raced! Last month I traveled to Big Bend once again to tackle the insanely tough Big Bend Ultra. I wanted to document everything so there’s no better time to bring the blog back from the dead. I love this race. I love it for its remoteness, solitude, the majesty of the landscape and I love Big Bend Ranch State Park.
Rocky 50 Race Recap
It’s been a month since Rocky 50. For various reasons it has taken that long to get this post finished. I started writing it, then got distracted, the edited it some, then went on spring break, then came home, wrote/edited some more. I knew I’d get it eventually. I could have scrapped it entirely but it was a great race and I haven’t written here in a while so I thought a race recap would be
2018 VO2 Max Test
I had my annual VO2 Max test a week ago Monday, and boy was it interesting. I did the test at my local Lifetime Fitness because last year I got kicked out of my Y by Harvey, and when I joined Lifetime as a stop-gap measure until the Y reopened they sold me on an “Active Metabolic Assessment”. Remember that? More accurately, they sold me on two Active Metabolic Assessments. Related Post: VO2 Max Test
Post Ironman Texas Recovery & Plans
I can’t believe it’s been almost three months since Ironman Texas. It’s been a busy three months. Jason was offered/started a new job. We went on a week-long vacation and then turned around and spent a weekend in Galveston. I organized a fundraiser. My cat died. I had a birthday. We got two kittens. When writing this post I went searching for good pictures to include and didn’t really find any. So it’s a practically
Ironman Texas 2018 Race Recap
I DID IT, Y’ALL!!! WHAT. A DAY. The week leading up to the race was crazy. It was the longest 7 days of my life. I spent most Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nervous-cleaning my house, doing laundry, frantically cooking, and otherwise trying to keep myself busy. Thursday and Friday was spent in The Woodlands picking up my packet, attending the pre-race briefing, attending the athlete dinner, doing the practice swim and dropping off my bike.
Ironman Texas Training, Is Done!
Y’all, Ironman Texas training is DONE!! I MADE IT! (If you missed the first three updates they’re here, here, and here.) Back in January, a friend asked me if I was excited about the training and I honestly replied, “No, I’m actually kinda dreading it.” Blunt, but it was the truth. I was dreading it, and around the time of Big Bend, I was having a pretty serious case of buyers remorse. It was unknown. It