Race Entry Giveaway!
Free race entry! Free race entry! One of my absolute favorite races is the PTS Acworth Women’s Sprint Triathlon. This year’s event takes place on Sunday, August 4th in Acworth, Georgia. You can read my race reports from 2011 and 2012. I will be there again this year racing, along with a huge group of wonderful […]
Ironman Coeur d’Alene 2013: The Swim Bike Mom Race Report
Pour yourself a glass (or a bottle) of wine. This here’s a long one! (The Ironman Supplemental stuff: “Things I Learned from my ‘First and Last’ Ironman” is here, and the SBM Ironman Checklist Spreadsheet is downloadable for free here.) If you only want the race report, scroll on down… and scroll some more. You have been […]
Doctor, the Patient is Ready…
Hi guys. Swim Bike Dad here. Tomorrow the Swim Bike Family flies out to Coeur d’Alene. It’s the beginning of many “firsts” for our little family. First “official” family vacation First airplane ride for the babies And oh ya, a first Ironman for someone I pray the next seven days are full of joy, but […]
The Last Post before Ironman Coeur d’Alene 2013
Loved this post from Another Mother Runner, Dimity, today on her thoughts going into Ironman Coeur d’Alene. To those of you new to this blog, I am tackling my first (and only Ironman) on Sunday… and so is #BAMR Dimity. So anyway, Dimity posted a chart of her proposed times for the race, saying, “I […]
The Calm before the Whatever is Coming
The weather for Sunday in Coeur d’Alene looks beautiful. I spoke with one of my girls from the 12 Week Mentoring Program today, and she asked me how I was feeling about the race. Then I talked with Coach Monster a bit. And I realized that I am actually in quite a calm place. I’m […]
The Father’s Day Countdown
A super happy Father’s day to all the Swim Bike Dads out there! (And non-Swim Bike Dads!) How about all the dads… 🙂 I have been blessed with an amazing father. One of the things I love best about my dad are the random texts I receive. They are always so very special, so […]
Recovery Ride
SBK Virginia here… Today I had a wonderful recovery ride. Now, normally “recovery” means that you’ve had a hard workout….but this recovery ride was about recovering my mental well-being. After the crash that my son took the other day and the death of the rider in my home town, I was super nervous about riding. […]
Life is Good…Enjoy the Ride
Greetings! Virginia here for SBK. This week I am on vacation at Edisto Beach in South Carolina. We take this vacation each year with my parents and sister. It is always a great time full of family, food, and sun. This year it also coincides with the start of my 16 week training plan for […]
The Iron Taper Worm
The Taper Worm. Ahhhhh… it’s back. Hadn’t seen it since September 24th, 2012. Oh, TW…how I’ve missed you. I had a good chuckle at this post from one of my favorite bloggers, Jen Hatmaker—where she’s talking about the absolute hell that is the end-of-the-school-year. I laughed out loud at the line, “What in the fresh hell […]