The Women’s Race Empowering women through endurance sport. Hey everyone! Time is flying now… we’re nearly two weeks from Kona!! 🌺 The weather took a turn here in Wisconsin this week and it is officially feeling like fall… cool temps, rain, and definitely not enough warmth and sunshine to be prepping for Kona! Luckily I only have to get through this weekend before heading out to the big Island! I’ll be heading to Kona on Tuesday, which means things are getting very real around here. The...
10 days ago • 2 min read
The Women’s Race Empowering women through endurance sport. Another week has come and gone...hope it was a good one!! I have to say, I'm truly enjoying Kona training lately. This week I've felt my run fitness finally return and even surprised myself at track this week during a 5x 1 mile descend workout where I was able to get down to my fastest mile of the year, YAY! Considering everything I've been doing both in and out of training, and most importantly how the effort felt, things are...
17 days ago • 2 min read
The Women’s Race Empowering women through endurance sport. Welcome to The Women’s Race newsletter. I’m so glad you’re here. I’m getting into some deep Kona training, kids school and sports, but Mark is home from his big hunting trip out west so life feels slightly more sustainable :) Although it’s not leaving too many spare brain cells for writing…hope you understand! The Road to Kona giveaway series is going strong!! Each week you are entered to win some awesome prizes from my sponsors,...
24 days ago • 1 min read
The Women’s Race Empowering women through endurance sport. Welcome to The Women’s Race newsletter. I’m so glad you’re here. Well, I have decided not to make the trip to Nice for the 70.3 World Championships. Recovery has gone very well since Ironman Kalmar, however, the logistics of another European trip, combined with family life (hello start of school and insane fall kids sports schedules!) AND my run fitness needing a bit of attention, I need to make the smarter choice and stay home to...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
TWR Friday Finishline Empowering women through endurance sport. Welcome to week 3 of The Women’s Race newsletter. I’m so glad you’re here! Each week, I’ll share a little bit about what to expect on the podcast (it’s already out this week!) and other triathlon things going on. You’ll also get behind-the-scenes stories from racing, highlights from the podcast, and updates on everything we’re building together through The Women’s Race. Whether you’re training for your first finish line or...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
TWR Friday Finishline Empowering women through endurance sport. Welcome to The Women’s Race newsletter. I’m so glad you’re here. I’m back home in Wisconsin after some pretty messed up travel home from Ironman Kalmar, and I’m happy to report that my quads are finally functional again. I’m back in the pool, easing back into training, and curious to see how the recovery goes. Championship season is coming up QUICK, which means I need to make a decision soon: do I head to Nice for 70.3 Worlds, or...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
TWR Friday Finishline Empowering women through endurance sport. Welcome to Week 2 (!) of The Women’s Race newsletter. I’m so glad you’re here. This week I’m in Sweden with my husband, Mark, for my 2nd Ironman of the pro series in Kalmar, Sweden (a rare no-kids trip!! Huge thanks to my mom and sister!) As I’m writing this, we are actually still in travel…already a day later than planned due to a flight cancelation and it feels like dealing with another delay… When this type of stuff happens...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
TWR Friday Finishline The Women’s Race. Empowering women through endurance sport. Welcome to The Women’s Race newsletter. I’m so glad you’re here. This is the VERY first one…so you are officially an OG :) Each week, I’ll share a little bit about what to expect on the podcast, something to know about in the triathlon world and a little tip to help you become a stronger, smarter, and more confident athlete. I have a vision of having other pros contribute in different ways to the newsletter to...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read