Tri-Dogmom

I'll keep this short and sweet. Unfortunately, the ride didn't happen - so I'm going to save a full post for when I actually get to reach the top! Sunday I was feeling pretty worn down - house chores, etc all day long. When I finally sat down about 7pm after 10 hours of laundry, picking up, bathing dogs, unpacking from Mexico and re-packing for the bike trip I was DONE. I made a big batch of red sauce and we had a pasta dinner, salad & glass of wine. I was fully fueled, that's for sure... I woke up several times throughout the night. I had some sharp stomach pains, which I thought maybe ulcer related (a wee bit too much alcohol in Mexico and over the weekend maybe?). Then I just couldn't really get back to sleep. I didn't FEEL nervous. I mean, it was just a training ride, not race. I had my caffeine, and made a PB bagel for the road trip. The 2+hours of driving I was fighting back watery mouth, nausea, etc. I told Shane I was happy I was driving or I think I...

I know I say it all the time, but I just love our little place in Rocky Point. It was about 8 years ago when I made my first trip across the border, and it was such a different experience. My roommate at the time, Erin, had her sister & friend in town visiting so we decided it would be fun to take them there. We got hand written directions from someone at work & left at about 4PM. We had only lived in Phoenix for about 5 months so we didn't know our way around the valley, let alone how the heck to get to Mexico. She talked to a travel agent online & asked where we should stay. Mind you, 8 years ago Rocky Point was not what it is now. There were only 2 resorts, some homes and condos, as well as a few "hotels." After a VERY long trip, and a very intimidating drive through the border town of Sonoyta, where we had no idea where we were going until we saw a random sign pointing to the right that said "Puerto Penasco." I'm not even sure we knew...

"I am a marathoner" 1. Number of marathons you have run: 4 stand alone full marathons, 2 ironman marathons: Monaco 2001, RnR San Diego 2002, NY 2003, St. George 2007. Ironman CDA 2007 & 2008 8 half-marathons: Dessert Classic, Arizona Distance Classic, RnR AZ, AFC 3 times, Seattle, Tucson . 2. Where was your first marathon? Monaco 2002 3. Favorite Marathon course: New York, even though I hobbled in pain for 20miles, the crowd was AMAZING.... 4. Most memorable race: Again New York. Shane proposed to me before the start of the race. He had a shirt printed up that said. "He asked, and all I got was this crummy T-shirt" It had a picture of the ring - which I was given AFTER the marathon! My IT band locked up at mile 6, and I hobbled the last 20miles to the finish line. Shane ran it with a hernia. 5. PR? St George. I think I could run a lot faster now, but my IT bands don't want to let me. 6. Ever run in a costume?NO 7. The only running shoes for me: I've trie...

I've had a good, no make that GREAT year so far. It actually started after my DNF at Soma. I decided to put my efforts to a little more work and then to the test by racing my first bike race, and shooting for a big PR at the Half Marathon distance. I pushed, I left my comfort zone and I had great success in both races. Little did I know that was the beginning of my fun. The beginning of a long awaited peak in my fitness. The hard work I've been doing for so many years, battling injury after injury. Training my hard heart out. Battling a huge lack of confidence in myself and my capabilities. It was all about to really start paying off. 2 Huge Pr's at the 10k distance. Not just placing, but winning my Age Group. I never ever ever thought this would be me. For the first time in SO long I have this new fearless mindset. It's ok to feel that burn, to push beyond what you think you can do. Even if the bonk happens. Even if the disappointment happens again. I...

Another week down, another race down. Another unbelievable PR & even more unbelievable, another 1st place. It's really all unexpected and I'm kind of in awe of it myself. I heard about this race several years ago, but was always too injured, or just coming back from injury and too slow to want to race. I heard it was crazy fast, and for sure a PR. A downhill course. I didn't realize she was talking about the 5K..... Friday afternoon when I went to register us for the race, I was trying to figure out where the race actually was. The website had no race map, just a brief description. Then the words came. "Turn right and go up into the HILLS." So much for a downhill course... HA! Oh well, at least the finish and start are downhill - and being familiar with the area the hills couldn't be that bad. It was really a great race. A little weird to be bussed to the start of a 10k, but hey - gotta love a point to point race, right? The morning was gorgeous...