There are a lot of cross-something or others zipping around these days: cross, cx, CrossFit, cross-training, and plenty o’ others. So what is “cross-training” and why should you care? Cross-training is simply working out your body in the same manner as your main sport does, but without doing your main sport. The goal of cross-training…
The Boulder Rez Half Marathon Race was just a primer to get me ready for Challenge Aruba. The timing was perfect to get in the miles before the trek south. I was treating this race much like a “C” race and did very little to prep for it. I did make sure to increase my run…
I didn’t know what I was getting myself into when I decided to ride with some of my pedal RACING teammates. Not long after we left the Start line, were we hammering it to the halfway point. My goal was to PR the ERock Century Ride, but I wasn’t expecting to go this fast. I…
I first learned about “The Wall” – as it’s so aptly named – from American Flyers. You know, the 1985 cycling film? With their poor excuses for helmets and toe-clips. I previewed “The Wall” after the Time Trial the day before to see just how steep this sucker was. Of course, I took it easy…
I signed up for the Fortitude 10k, because I enjoyed the BolderBoulder 10k quite a bit. This was the first year for the Fortitude 10k, so a perfect time to check it out. Little did I know that unexpected records would fall. Lauren and I decided to get a room up in Fort Collins he night before…
Because I didn’t preview the TT course, I had no idea what to expect. Which, if you’ve read any of my previous anecdotal posts, you’ll know by now that it’s imperative to preview courses. This is why I rarely previewed courses: I didn’t think it was necessary. It was too much work to find the…
Last season I qualified twice for the USA Triathlon Olympic-Distance Age Group National Championship Race. The first was for finishing in the top 33% at the Steamboat Lake Triathlon. The second was for taking 3rd place and finishing in the top 10% at the 106° West Triathlon. It was quite an honor to receive notification that I…
They warned me. They told me women’s teams raced dirty. I was on the offense before we even clipped in. Well, when they blew the whistle, I couldn’t actually clip in (new pedals that I wasn’t used to), so I fell to the back of the pack quickly. Eventually, I caught up-ish. The Front Range…
Last year I was lucky enough to work from home and therefore, could easily leave my house to get to Cherry Creek Reservoir on time for my race. This year I was even luckier – I have a job 6 miles away from Cherry Creek Reservoir. That was my warm-up to the start. Too bad…
This was my first year racing Trip Boulder, however it’s the same course a the Boulder Sunrise Triathlon I raced a month ago. I expected to see an improvement, but what I saw was a consistent performance resulting in less than a minute difference in time. Unfortunately slower, but at least close. This race did…