You know you are a triathlon nerd when……
Hi folks! Virginia here. I decided this week that I am a triathlon nerd. I guess I could say that I am preoccupied or consumed by triathlon, but I think calling myself a nerd sounds better. So, I am asking you to fill in the rest of this sentence by posting your own response. You […]
Eight to Great! A SBM Commitment Challenge
So I have almost 8 weeks until Ironman 70.3 Augusta. The Expert just registered for Rev3 Half Rev Anderson for October 13th, and we are FLOUNDERING. Lawdy, we’ve been under some crazy stresses, yes, but we are desperately ready to get seriously motivated and committed to our “A” races. After receiving emails and messages from […]
How to Find Your Motivation
This was more of a question. How do you find motivation? After Ironman, I figured I would be all pumped and ready to rock out the sprint tri I have this coming Sunday… and Augusta 70.3 in 8 (?) weeks? But I just want to lay and sleep and eat like it’s my job. [Granted, living […]
The IRONMAN Checklist and Race Day Planner
As promised, here’s a checklist (created in 2013!) that I used for my IRONMAN planning, nutrition, race and race week schedule. The original created version is an Excel workbook, but many of you had trouble with it. I recreated in Word and PDF, below, so hope it helps you guys out. EXCEL You can download the Excel checklist […]
Open Water Swim Fears and Fixes
Everyone can understand the sheer panic of an open water swim. Even my multi-Ironman coach says the mass start in an Ironman is enough to make him want to crawl out of the water. And he’s been at it for over a decade. Suffice it to say that everyone has experienced the fear of the open […]
And I Just Signed Up For Ironman…
…wait, what? Do you think I am crazy? [Don’t answer that]. So ever since returning from Ironman Couer d’Alene, I have had a bad case of RRCD—-Race Registration Compulsion Disorder. I have written about RRCD before. RRCD is a serious, dream-like condition. You may easily contract RRCD from rubbing up against a spin class full of […]
Housepocalypse 2013
So someone is out at our house today to “fix our air conditioning.” The Expert and I laughed out loud when our landlord maintenance company told us this. As if. It’s going on three weeks that we’ve been in this house with a broken air conditioner. Now, we’re comfortable finally because the dear Expert found […]
The SBM Army!
Are you a SBM – loud and proud? I have a dude friend who calls us tri-ing moms “The Swim Bike Mom Army.” I say let’s roll with it and take over the world, one tri at a time! 🙂 Want to be included? Send your picture to meredith at swimbikemom dot com to be included on future “army” […]
Kids CAN Run! (bike & swim…too)
Hi all! Virginia here. The title of this post is KIDS CAN RUN, and if you have read this blog, you know that my kids certainly run. However, over the last year or so many people have made comments to me about running not being healthy for kids. Hmmmm? Really? I heard that twice this […]