The Breakthrough? NOT!

It’s Tuesday night in Culver City.  It is cold, but we are all in it together.  I am standing on the Deck of the Culver City Plunge, getting ready to jump in so at least I can warm up and not be so cold anymore (it is 46 degrees out and for us SoCal people, that is COLD).  Never thought I would say that-getting wet to get warm?  Crazy. Anyway, I jump in and start my 400m warm up.  Slowly other teammates get into the water...

Consistency is Key

Someone asked me in the beginning of training “Have you had second thoughts?”  At that point, the answer was most wholeheartedly “No!”  But now I am not so sure. Fear is an interesting thing- it can make you stronger when you rise above it.  It can also cripple you when you are down.  I am incredibly lucky that I have such a great support network keeping it from crippling me, but the doubt is there...

Products and Gear and Training, Oh My!

So there are a lot of things about triathlon that people don’t talk about.  Mainly because men don’t talk about this kind of stuff?  Because they don’t have to deal with some of the things that we (and by we, I mean women triathletes) do?  I have no idea, so we are going to dive right into the unpleasant and get things out there. First, there is the simple.  Swimming WRECKS my blonde hair.  My hair feels like...

Drinking the Kool-Aid

Someone asked me recently why I was launching into 7 months of training and pushing myself to its physical and mental limits.  Frankly, I am still trying to figure out why I am doing this.  But the Kool-Aid was strong and tasted good and so far I can’t complain.  We are four weeks into our training program with the goal being May 1, 2010- the Avia Wildflower Long Course. We have been in the pool as a group three times, and all...

First Iron Meeting

Our first...