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Sometime mid last year after I finished a Sprint Tri on 8 days of “training”, I had a crazy idea. So crazy that I immediately banished it, but so crazy that I couldn’t help keep thinking about it. I wanted to do Ironman 70.3 Augusta. There was a small catch though – along with being a slow…
This is Gary’s Race Report for Ironman 70.3 Augusta. He was nice enough to let me host the report when I asked around for race reports to compile in my Augusta Half Ironman section of the blog. This was to be my second attempt at the 70.3 triathlon distance; 1.2 mile swim, 56 mile…
Ever since the day I even thought about signing up for Ironman 70.3 Augusta, I knew it would be a long and hard road. Hence the #LongRoadToAugusta. But it was almost 10 months to the day that I signed up. I knew I would stumble, I knew I would have my firsts, I knew I…
As I pickup my race number and everything else, and before I get engulfed in the pre-race bubble, I want to take a minute to look back at the great support I’ve had in this #LonRoadToAugusta. Without the support of people around me, I don’t know how I’d have gotten through the training cycle. …
In 6 days, at this exact moment, I’ll be lined up on the dock at Augusta waiting to take the jump to my first 70.3 triathlon. Coach asked me earlier today how I was feeling. I can’t seem to muster up an THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE IN CAPS yell,…
CLOSED: Congrats Erin! As a lot of people in my running circles know – I LOVE my running skirts! My preferred brand is Sparkle Skirts – pockets on each leg, pocket on waist band and shorts that don’t ride up! I wear mine for running and out about town! I’m raising money for Run for…
My training peaks for one of the days last week said 2k swim and 45min recovery run. An easy knockout of 2-2.5hrs with my slow swim pace. Plenty of similar days that I’ve done in the past. Except this time, I didn’t want to. I didn’t want to swim or run or do anything. I…