On December 31st I had made the decision to not race Pucon. I had been sick for 5 weeks. I had the flu, which turned into a cold, which had turned into a sinus infection. I had been lying in bed more than I had been training. My confidence was low and Cliff and I agreed that I didn’t need to punish myself with a lot of travel with the possibility of a bad race, after taking some time off from racing the past four months. I left for Casa Fred in Austin on January 1st, antibiotics in hand, and a small bit of hope in the back of my mind. But I promised myself that if my 2 week push did not go well, that I would stay home.

I knew from previous experience that I could race well if I built my training right into race day. For ten days, I worked and trained really, really hard…I trained so hard that by the end of the push I was crying and could not possibly imagine training another day…I couldn’t bring myself to call Cliff. I was too burnt up and exhausted and knew that if I talked to him, I would cry even more…lol! In the back of my head, however, I knew that I was in a good spot and the training I had done in that ten days was sufficient. So the decision was made…I…

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Categories: Race Reports, Triathlons
Tags: 1st, chile, ironman, lovato, pucon

The past couple of weeks…(months) have been a whirlwind! November and December seemed to fly by…and it is hard to believe that January 1st is right around the corner!

I just arrived back from a 2 week, buckle down, focus on training, block in Austin.
I wish I was able to really go hard for the entire two weeks, but unfortunately, I got sick the first day there…grrr. By the second week, I able to get a bit of volume up and get in some nice training miles. It was awesome to ride outside with the boys and I had a few really great swim sessions at the UT swim center.
It is amazing what a nice little block can do for your fitness!

When I wasn’t outside, enjoying the warm weather training, I was at Jack and Adams Triathlon Headquarters. Zane (bike fitter extraordinaire) spent a lot of time with me and my new gorgeous Kestrel Airfoil making sure that my fit was aero, fast, and (most importantly) comfortable! I am so excited to show it off at our first race of the season in Pucon, Chile, January 24th!

Michael and I are very excited about 2010. We have some new sponsors onboard and a few new events that we plan on racing.

While some things will be changing, some things are staying the same. The past couple of years, ML and I have enjoyed our winter…

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Categories: Race Schedule, Triathlons

After traveling all day from Austin, I met ML at the Hartford airport Thursday night. It has been about two weeks since seeing each other and I was really happy and excited to be reunited!

I had just finished my final big block of training in preparation for IM CDA. I was tired and I was a bit sore, getting off of the plane. This was a fully loaded field with some of the best short course, 70.3, and ironman girls on the list. I think just about every single girl on that list has some sort of title. I was careful to not put any expectations on myself. I had a few personal reasons why I wanted to race the REV3. And after discussing everything over with Cliff and with ML, I decided to line up with the best of them on Sunday morning…

After I had made the commitment to race, I did everything that I could possibly do to get ready for this race which had one of the deepest, strongest fields…including taking two ice baths before Sunday…lol!

I tested myself a bit on Friday and Saturday to see how my body was feeling. I wanted to feel like I was race ready. My energy was good…really GOOD! But my muscles were sore. After talking to the boss man, I felt a bit of relief. He was happy and I think a bit surprised to hear that…

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Categories: Race Reports, Triathlons