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April

0

The Big Scary Test

REMINDER!: This year I am blogging on Athleta.com website and will be sharing the same blogs I offer Athleta to this blog site. Enjoy! – Terri In my last post, Part 2, we were left working with word imagery while prepping to head to Kona for the big scary test at the Ironman World Championship. Check list en route to Kona: Word cues and affirmations solidly in place? Check. Fit as I can be given minimal land running? Check. Stifling heat and unrelenting winds on the Kona Coast? Check. Huge unknown hanging over my head as to how this race will play out!? Check! Even though I was completely unsure how my injured leg would play out on race day, as [...]

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Category: Racing/Reflection

06

May

4

First Lust Remix at ‘The Escape’

If running is my first sweet love, then triathlon would be my first hearty lust, and after a painfully long hiatus from either type of racing I jumped in a triathlon this past Sunday for a pure dose of—unabashed satisfaction. It turned into the kind of really rich pleasure one only gains access to when years have offered perspective and the body’s been around long enough to sag a bit. After a 13 year hiatus from completing a triathlon I, along with 2000 others, boarded the Hornblower Ferry in San Francisco for the 30th Anniversary of the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon. As a 10 year pro triathlete happily extending my endurance endeavors into getting dirty with adventure racing, ultra running [...]

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Category: Racing/Reflection