I had an awesome day Sunday at Ironman Coeur d’Alene! I truly enjoyed my experience… and for many reasons. This is long… get comfortable!
CDA is just gorgeous. Derek did this race last year so I was familiar with the course, but didn’t really appreciate it until I was the one doing it! Everyone was so [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Blessed By Sister Madonna Buder
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
The water is 59 degrees, 6 degrees warmer than earlier in the week, the race director’s allow you to wear booties to help prevent hypothermia.
It’s 7AM and the cannon goes off. 2,000 triathletes hit the water running. From my position, it looks like a swarm of blue fish on the Jersey Shore devouring [...]
Reflecting
We leave tomorrow morning for CDA. I’m just about packed – race countdown – 5 days away.
It’s hard not to reflect on all the elements that got me here. I’m a sap- a very emotional person in general and anyone who has ever done an Ironman before can relate to the feelings you have this [...]
Today is a Great Day
Today is turning out to be a great day. Especially after the day I had yesterday. Yesterday was filled with a lot of self doubt. Why am I so tired? What’s wrong with me? I need a day off… last day off was 8 days ago. Am I ready for this race?
I dropped Cassidy off [...]