If I had a t-shirt slogan it would be:

didn't go as well as I wanted, went as bad as I expected

We arrived in South Denver aka Littleton, on a freezing cold morning with a brisk wind. Apparently we were to be "grateful" that it hadn't snowed overnight. To be honest, I actual was although I'd bought a pair of those cramp-on things that you attach to ( Read more... )

Next up for me in my Wildflower Triathlon 2018 Long course prep is a standalone half marathon tomorrow. I'm not really prepared for it, I've been doing much more riding and shorter distance running, as well as core work under my current coach.

So my expectation is really a DNF. But I've been here before. The competitor in me refuses to quit even if ( Read more... )

Well I wanted to be sub-2:05 and have done lots of mileage this winter, but nothing that gave any confidence I'k be able to achieve my always over optimistic objectives. 2:11:39(official) as a full second slower than last year. I set myself a target pace of 9:25 and was pretty much ahead heading down S 1st St, when the wheels came off the wagon. I ( Read more... )

 I really wasn't sure what would happen at yesterdays half marathon, after last years 3M Half where I'd ended up in tears from the pain in my knees, if I had a similar experience yesterday that would have been my last. However, based on switching to running on my toes over the last year, I was pretty sure I'd be ok and I was.

I met Zac at Jack and ( Read more... )

 Well thats a start... Sub 2hrs expected. Not prepared for less/slower.
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