Wilmington YMCA 'Race Report'

This year's triathlon went a little different than in years past. This was my 5th time racing this triathlon and my worst finish (haha).2007: 2nd2008: 4th2009: 1st2010: we did USAT Nationals that year, which was the same weekend2011: pregnant2012: 1st2013: 90th overall, 1st beach cruiser and fastest run split :)We rented the same beach house as last year, which is one of the the nicest houses I've ever stayed in. We got down there around 5:30pm after...

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Fun Weekend on Tap

I'm really looking forward to our Wrightsville Beach weekend. Mom-in-law is flying up today to spend some quality time with Logan while we're away and several friends are sharing the beach house with us (including bff Alysia and her husband Jimmy who moved to DC at the beginning of the year).It will also be nice to actually spend some time with my own husband, who has been MIA between coaching cross country, his real job, and training for the B2B...

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Weekend of Racing

Saturday morning started with a bang, or more like a scream, from Junior Awesome's room at 3:00am.  I don't know what woke him up but I have a theory that when he wakes up he doesn't know if it's 3 in the morning or 7 in the morning, he just knows that his next move is to scream for us. His room is really dark at all times, maybe we need to change that? Anyways, I got up with him and when I realized we were both sitting on the couch like zombies...

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Hilton Head

Lots of things have been happening around here and most have kept me very busy and have limited my ability to blog.We went to Hilton Head to meet up with Marty's sister's family and their dad for his birthday. None of us had ever been and we rented a great house right on the beach. Lots of family fun. I had a bit of cold the entire time which made me sleepily and off my game, and also kept me from sleeping all that well so I was more sleepy (ya...

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Racing things

Lake Logan was my last triathlon of the season. Kind of early to end on (early Aug) but the only other race I was considering doing was the Wilmington YMCA which is in late September. I really didn't want to have to keep training on the bike (in particular) for just one last sprint that was almost 2 months away. They have a beach cruiser division which I thought would be really fun to do but two things to consider:1. Probably I'd wind up hurting...

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