I think I very well get the worst friend of the year award. Recently, one of my closest university friends let me know she was engaged and asked me to be a bridesmaid. My response was: “As long as it isn’t on one of my race weekends.” What I really meant was as long as it… Read More…
Time to Recover
A week before my half ironman, I was contacted by Recharge with Milk saying that I was selected to be one of their racers for one of their multisport series. After a while on the phone, we determined that the only race that would work with my training and racing schedule was the triathlon after the… Read More…
Muskoka 70.3 Race Report
Well, I’ve had a couple days to process everything so I think it is time to talk about the race. Let me start by saying that I have never put this level of time, training or commitment into any singular event so it ended up being one of the most rewarding racing experiences of my life. The… Read More…
Goals for July 2016
Good morning and welcome to JULY! I had an awesome weekend in Kingston, doing a bit of exploring and a lot of tapering for the IRONMAN 70.3 NEXT WEEKEND! I can hardly believe we are this far into the summer already, but it just means that it is time to take a look at some… Read More…
Genuine Health IRONMAN 70.3 Team: May Training Update
Believe it or not, this is the second last training update before the race. The pressure is ON and the team is feeling a mixture of excitement and apprehension for their first IRONMAN. It has been a big month of training for everyone and one of the newest additions to our nutrition repertoire is the… Read More…
Genuine Health IRONMAN 70.3 Team: April Training Update
It’s FRIDAY! And it also is time to do another half IRONMAN update. The Genuine Health IRONMAN 70.3 team (Todd, Clare and Mark and I) have been busily prepping for the Muskoka 70.3 in July. This week, we all recieved our training badges: It somehow makes it that much more real! So how is training going for… Read More…
Genuine Health IRONMAN 70.3 Team: March Training Update
Last month, I rolled out the dream team for IRONMAN 70.3 – a group of newbies to the triathlon sport who decided to tackle the first triathlon together and put it out there for everyone to read. It has been one month since we made introductions to Mark, Clare and Todd and it is high time… Read More…
Goals for April 2016
Um, March? That is kind of how I am feeling about this past month. I have been running 100 miles an hour and I can hardly believe that we are in April already but I am so excited. It means warmer weather and summer adventures are just on the horizon. As I always do, it’s… Read More…
IRONMAN 70.3 – Clare Horan
The final athlete to be rolled out as a part of our Genuine Health IRONMAN 70.3 team, Clare is certainly not the least. She adds some much needed estrogen balance to the team and has more will power than the rest of us combined. Meet Clare “Iron Will” Horan. A Little About Me: I started… Read More…