My First Marathon

One of my long-standing jokes is the fact that I am a four-time IRONMAN finisher, but a ZERO time stand-alone marathon finisher. In other words, I have done four marathons—but only after swimming 2.4 miles and biking 112 first. Silly as can be, I know. I decided that 2018 would be the year that I […]

EVERYTHING New on Race Day – St. Anthony’s Triathlon Race Report 2017

A friend of a friend asked me a few months ago, “Do you have any interest in racing St. Anthony’s Triathlon?” It was late February, I think, and I really did not have any interest in driving to Florida, doing an Olympic, in the heat, especially before Chattanooga 70.3. BUT. I started thinking. I loved that race. […]

Give Me 5 Minutes and I’ll give you a PR

(Or tell you how not to PR. #YoureWelcome) I am talking to myself this morning, and thinking:  Make up yer damn mind, Mere!   I am in a state of wishy-washy—not about many things, truly–but for shizzle about one thing. And that is RACING.  I don’t know what is going on with me. I love training […]

Revisiting the “Sucky Rotation Schedule”

After all this time, the Swim Bike Mom infamous “Sucky Rotation Schedule” is becoming a real thing. 🙂 Check out the recent article on TrainingPeaks.com:  SRS: The Ultimate Tool for Triathlete Time Management  … Ah, yes. This is the burning question. How do dedicated endurance athletes do it all—work, raise kids, swim, bike, run, maintain relationships […]

Heartrate Training: Go Slow to Go Fast

Well, it’s the OFF SEASON, and people on Strava are wondering, “Why are you running SO slowly!?” [Dude, that’s my normal pace, step off!] And then I go to the Cayman Islands and run a half marathon ON PURPOSE at a 16+ minute mile (mostly walking, BTW), you have to know there’s a reason. (And yes, […]

New! Motivational Monday

Motivational Monday… so it’s “new” on the blog, though we’ve been doing it for a long while in Tri-Fecta. So what is this nonsense all about here, you might ask? I’m working on new features here at the Mothership, so here’s the first one. Or, at least some of the same kinds of content but with a […]

I Ran a 5k. And It Was Really Cool.

I spent exactly two days licking my wounds from Sunday’s blazing Ironman 70.3 Augusta, before I knew I needed a race and fast.  My knees are hurting, but just in a scabby, bruised way–not an injury sort of way. So I got on the run calendar looking for a Saturday morning 5k that I could wedge […]

Triathlon is Hard. That’s Why I Like It.

This weekend was a victory – a victory of a long-time coming sort. As I round the corner, quickly approaching the six-year anniversary of my crazy ass decision to “become a triathlete,” it’s true that I have been (publicly) wondering whether or not I even want to swim, bike and run anymore. I have been implementing the discipline versus motivation […]