Tri-Dogmom

With Shane busy launching a new business..... and me bored out of my mind with work on the slow side, and not so much Ironman training anymore... I've decided to take it upon myself and get some more content loading onto http://www.allthingstriathlon.com/ . So, while I'm going to be catching up on writing a bunch of reviews on all the fun triathlon related products I've tried lately, I'm also going to send out a request to all my fellow bloggers... If you have any of your favorite, or even not so favorite products that you've tried lately, we would LOVE to hear about them. New shoes, wheels, tires, running skirts, tri-shorts, SADDLES, nutrition, sunglasses. You name it, we want to hear about it. Also, we'd love to start getting our forum busy. Training questions, race questions, wanna talk about it, please go here: Race reports. It's summer and for most of you I've been reading about some great upcoming races. For those of us in Hell, I mean Arizona... n

My friend Stacie tagged me a while back, but I was still trying to finish my race report. Well, that's done and I'm bored so here we go: The 6 Quirks Meme - -The Rules 1. Link the person(s) who tagged you. 2. Mention the rules on your blog. 3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours. 4. Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking them. 5. Leave a comment for each of the tagged bloggers letting them know they’ ve been tagged. 1. I hate dry feet. I just hate how they feel... they itch and feel gross. I will walk around looking like a fool wearing stupid old socks cause I just slathered lotion all over them and it needs to soak in. I'm a walking fashion statement, of course. 2. I have shopping basket issues. When I'm bored, I'll be all over the internet looking at things I've been wanting needing and add them to a basket. But 99% of the time I don't follow through with the purchase. I suppose that is a good thing? 3. Most of you already know this, but I am DEATH

We're just over 3 weeks post Ironman . I know everyone else is starting their freakout modes of what is next.... I must figure out my Ironman plan!! I guess since I signed up right away from CDA after last year, I didn't ' really have this feeling. And, once again... as much as I love having that goal out in front, I'm doing ok not making any big decisions. There are so many races I want to do. Unfortunately, most of them are big destination races ( IM Brazil, Australia, NZ....) so those take a lot of $$ and planning. There are also a couple of NA races I want to do. 1. Canada 2. Wisconsin. Again, unfortunately there are some downfalls . Those are both late summer races, which means peak training in 110degrees plus 70-90% humidity. It's downright miserable here in AZ so I just can't bring myself to sign up for those races right now. The LaPan's (one in particular) are busy working on some business opportunities that WILL (that was for you honey) eventu

After a week to get unpacked, and we started to go stir-crazy post Ironman, the Angelones invited us to spend the 4th of July in San Diego with them. Ugh 110degs and humid in AZ, bring on California! Actually, for as many times as I have visited San Diego, it was always for a race. I never really got to do anything fun... I was totally ready. We left Friday late morning - momo in my car, and Shane with Big J. You know M & I talk about the same stuff every day over and over, but somehow it never gets old, or boring. Although Shane will totally disagree. I think we did talk about some different stuff this time around though. Must have, at one point I totally forgot that we were following Big J and he lost us. Not cause he was speeding or anything :-) The weekend was absolutely FABULOUS. We did what we do best when we get together. Drink wine. Damn, the four of us can put some bottles down. We ate fantastic seafood from our GrillMaster Big J. We went to some friend's of the Angelo

After a much needed potty break and a quick change, I was out of T-2 in about 5 mins ! I had no idea what was going to happen to me on the run after a slower than expected bike, but I certainly didn't want to waste more time in transition... As I headed out to the run my stomach felt like a big old bubble. I had been so cramped up on the bike, I think as I took in water, I was also taking in extra air. This is what my stomach looked like on the start of the run. See the bloating OVER the race belt? Nice, huh? My 19 week run training, was actually more of about a 14-15 week run training due to the IT band. Lots of massage, foam roll, constant ice and ART treatment. About week 10 it finally came around and I was able to complete most of my runs pain free. 69Hours, 426miles. My runs were getting much faster closer to a 9min pace than a 10min pace and my HR in the low 140s. I haven't run this efficiently ever. Every training run was a boost in my confidence. A much needed boost. I

19 weeks of training... 128HOURS, 2,241miles on mini-me. Needless to say, I have NOT yet been on her post race. Again, I was trained. I ran in the cold in January with 8 layers on. I rode in the heat in June pouring water down my back. I rode 7hours in a freak cold storm (for AZ) and in the rain. We were in bed the night before the race, and I asked Shane , "how fast do you think I can ride?" You see, all week long my friends, fellow bloggers that had followed my training on my blog were telling me how ready I was. How well I could do. They were trying to help me get my "game" face on. To get some confidence. Last year I did a 6:32, but I rode scared. I didn't let my HR get above 150 (except on the hills) and I drank WAY too much water having to stop a lot for potty breaks. AND, I didn't train nearly as much, or as fast.... So, my question to Shane was something I needed. I needed someone ELSE to tell me how well I could bike. His response, "Sub 6."

Over the course of 19 week I swam 168,575 yards. I was trained. Unfortunately due to 6 months of neck/nerve injuries I was unable to swim from July 07-January 08 so I had lost a LOT of speed. The first couple months of training were getting the feel back, and being very very careful not to tweak anything. Slowly, I got my rhythm back and started movin in the water again. I wasn't quite as fast as I was the previous year, but I knew I could swim a 1:10, 1:15 slowest, with minimal effort.... We did a couple of pre -race swims and I felt great. No arm pain, or neck pain, although I did have some tingling going down to my fingers... I was hoping it was just from being stiff and running around like crazy for a couple days. The water was COLD. Like hurt your skin cold, but my wetsuit is awesome and my core stayed very comfortable. The swim was totally "doable." Come race day, after all the body marking, and pre -race jitters we were on our way to the water.... I felt SO diffe