2014 Ironman 70.3 Augusta: The Swim Bike Mom Race (Sorta) Report

The Race Ironman Augusta 70.3 Sunday, September 28, 2014 Augusta, Georgia Swim:  1.2 Miles (0:00:00) 2013: (28:22) 2012: (29:15) Bike:  56 Miles  (0:00:00) 2013: (3:17:12) 2012: (3:08:26) Run: 13.1 Miles (0:00:00) 2013: (3:05:37) 2012: (2:49:23) Total Time:  0:00:00 2013: (7:03:44) 2012: (6:36:44) What is with all the 0:00:00?? Oh, did I forget to mention that I […]

Race Report: 2014 Acworth Women’s Triathlon

Race: PT Solutions Acworth Women’s Tri Location:  Dallas Landing, Acworth, Georgia When:  Sunday, August 3, 7:30am Distance:  Sprint: 400 yard swim, 13 mile bike, and 3.1 mile run It’s my FOURTH year at the race. (Race Reports here:  2011, 2012, 2013.) This is such a wonderful race… I say it time and time again, but it truly is […]

Race Report: Allatoona Triathlon 2014

What Race: PT Solutions Acworth Sprint Triathlon Dallas Landing, Acworth, GA June 29, 2014 500 meter swim / 16 mile bike / 5k run The Report So I do not like hills.  On the run. On the bike?  Sure. On the run? No.  I do not like them Sam I am.   And Allatoona Triathlon?  Holy […]

Race Report: Tri Goddess Tri 2014

My bestie, Ansley (Sweet Red), and I hit the road early Saturday morning for another stop on the 2014 Race Tour. This stop we were hitting Epic Races’ event, Tri Goddess Tri, which is a fabulous gals-only event near Ann Arbor, Michigan. The day before, I told Sweet Red that I we needed to rent […]

Ironman 70.3 Florida: The Swim Bike Mom Race Report

In this fourth installment of a half Ironman race report, I am still sweating and feeling sunburned (ah-hem, another lesson learned… a little invention called sunscreen…who knew!?). Ironman 70.3 Florida Haines City, Florida April 13, 2014 Swim:  43:54 Bike:  3:09:39 Run:  ETERNITY INFINITY Total Time:  7:42:15 Traveling Down The Expert and I hit the road […]

2013 Ironman 70.3 Augusta – The Race Report

The Race Ironman Augusta 70.3 Sunday, September 29, 2013 Augusta, Georgia Swim:  1.2 Miles  (28:22) Last Year: (29:15) Bike:  56 Miles  (3:17:12) Last Year: (3:08:26) Run: 13.1 Miles (3:05:37)  Last Year: (2:49:23) Total Time:  7:03:44 Last Year: (6:36:44) Suffice it to say, “I did better last year.” Oh, the negative self-talk we triathletes say to […]

The Augusta Report!

Hi world! Virginia here with my Augusta 70.3 update! (AND IT IS LONG) First, let me say that it was AWESOME to get to see so many SBM folks out there. Meredith certainly has established her “army,” and I am so pleased to be a part of it. Before I get into the details of […]

2013 PT Solutions Acworth Women’s Triathlon

This is one of my favorite sprint distance races. You can read my race reports from 2011 and 2012. What do I love about this race in Acworth, Georgia? 1) All women 2) All really awesome women 3) Great course, supported well.  The race director is amazing and sends out detailed emails about what to expect […]

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 […]