Pass Them Like You Love Them

“Passing a cyclist like you LOVE them could be all it takes to save a life.” The wonderful cycling campaign, Pass Them Like You Love Them, started as just a few words that hit the hearts of cyclists and their families. In April 2014, Frank Guinn (husband of 2015 Swim Bike Mom Ambassador Team Member, Kimberly […]

The Cost of Triathlon: Swim Bike Mom’s Take

Excerpt, Abridged, Updated, and Funnified from “Triathlon for the Every Woman: You Can Be a Triathlete. Yes. You.“ There’s a post floating around (I think it’s from Active.com) about the so-called fact that it will cost you $2,000- $25,000 to make it to an Ironman start line. I think that they are totally right–you can absolutely fall […]

The Beginner’s Guide to Cycling Three Gap = Dahlonega, Georgia

Okay, like I would ever really write a post called “The Beginner’s Guide to” anything. I can’t really guide anyone or anything… So let’s start over. There’s a cycling legend here in North Georgia and it’s called THE GAPS. The Gaps is an approximately 80 mile (depending on where you start) ride consisting of Six “Gaps” […]

Legs Did Not Give Out, FTW

So my first ride with Coach Brett was last July. It was quite humbling to say the least.  Complete with a low speed tipover. I wasn’t sure I was cut out for this tri thing, let alone Roswell, Georgia cycling, after that little ride. And here was the elevation chart from our 47 mile ride last […]

Tuesday Thoughts

When I was training for my first Ironman in 2013, I would religiously track the weather the days leading up to the long ride on the weekends. “Oh no, it’s going to rain, guess I’m on the trainer for 4 hours. Six hours.” I would set up my trainer. Get Netflix ready. Lube up the […]

Taking the High Road…

I’ll never forget the words of the managing partner of a firm where I worked as a baby attorney…  “You must always take the high road. Even when opposing counsel digs deep and comes up with mud—you should always, always take the high road.” Well, I didn’t feel like taking the high road today in my […]

50 Women to Kona, Mud, Social Media and Rain

Today, I endured an amazing and wet and muddy 48 miler at the Cartersville Budweiser Plant. The Expert, “You can’t be seriously going riding in this weather.” To which I said, “Yes, yes I can. Every single rainy cycling day before Ironman Coeur d’Alene? I sat on my trainer and watched the damn sun come […]

One Thing Sunday

I was so glad to be outside riding today.  I had forgotten just how much I LOVE TO BE OUTSIDE ON A BIKE and not on the trainer to nowhere. I don’t mind the trainer… but outside riding?  Gah. It’s awesome.  Amen. Even if I did pop a spoke.  Oooops. And it turns out that my […]

Beach 2 Battleship 140.6: The Swim Bike Mom Race Report

Beach 2 Battleship 140.6 Who:   Setup Events When:  October 25, 2014 Where: Wilmington, NC How Far:  2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile marathon (also known as the IRON distance, but not a branded Ironman race) The Long Road Down… er, Up… er, Over? The Swim Bike Family hopped in the car on […]