It's been so exciting and busy here in Colorado Springs and I'm so exhausted I can barely stand up.  Always the sign of a good trip!  I came out here for a mini training camp with my coach.  It's been fun to see Colorado since I have never been here before and even better to get some one-on-one time with my coach.  We've done tons of testing, swim lessons, cycling skills work,  a fun little Splash and Dash race, and lots of other workouts.  What a great place to train, beautiful roads for cycling, great little running trails and resevoirs for open water swimming (I never get to swim outdoors at home!).  I've been at the Carmichael Training Center the past few days for testing and it was great to meet Chris and all his crew and see the new facility.  Today we stopped by Denver after our morning workouts and had a great lunch outdoors in downtown Denver.&n ...

Finally we have had some nice weather here in Philly and it's back to our normal Philly summer, hot and humid.  The weather for the Philly Tri this past weekend was pretty much close to perfect.  It was 80degrees and low humidity.  The race was a lot of fun.  You can read my race report for details but I was happy and relieved I had a good race.  I always feel a lot more pressure to perform well at my home race.  My parents came down to watch and we went out for some excellent Mexican food after the race. I can't believe it's the 4th of July this weekend already.  I'll be off in the mountains to relax and train (and hopefully see some fireworks!) and then when I get back I am off to Colorado to do some testing and training with my coach.  I am really excited about it.  Not only just for the high altitude training and time with my coach but just to see&nbs ...

With a few races over I finally feel like triathlon season is in full swing.  It's about time! This is my favorite time of year.  Racing has gone well so far and Eagleman was a ton of fun as always.  Now I'm taking some much needed time to rest and recover.  Work has been a bit better but mostly because I only have 2 days left.  Yes, I quit.  Yeah!  Things just weren't working out the way I had hoped.  No worries though, I have found a new job and will be starting next week.  I hate all these changes, especially when I'm trying to concentrate on racing and training, but I definitely needed a better situation so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.  I AM hoping for a change in the weather.  It has been raining non-stop in Philadelphia and has been overcast, cool and humid for months.  It definitely does NOT feel like su ...

Yes, once again it's been FOREVER since i blogged...

Life has been absolutely crazy and not necessarily in a good way.  My "oh so wise" job change ended up being not so wise and has been 3 months of stress.  Not very good for training and I've definitely suffered.  Memphis in May triathlon came and went with me barely noticing and although the race wasn't all that bad I know I can do better.  You never know how things are going to be unless you try and as my coach said, "it takes a lot of guts and confidence to make big changes".  This made me feel better.  Not all decisions work out and I am a firm believer that all things happen for a reason.   So, whatever the reason, it happened and now...I'm moving on.  I'm pretty nervous due to the scars from the last change but I don ...

I am usually pretty good about going with the flow when it comes to the weather (other than dealing with the cold which I am definitely a wimp!) but I have absolutely had it with all this rain.  I have barely seen the sun in over a month now and I am feeling it.  This weekend I ran the Broad Street Run 10-miler and of course it rained.  On the bright side (no pun intended) it was much better than the last race, the Doylestown Du.   At least I didn't have to bike.  The race was really crowded this year with over 27,000 people.  I got to the start with barely enough time and wasn't able to push through the mobs of runners to get a good race position. It took me over 4minutes to cross the start line.  I was bummed but I was just doing this race for fun and to get in a good long workout so even though I wanted to run a good time I wasn't in full on race mode.  The race did go well although ...

I'm off to San Diego this weekend for Zoot Camp.  I'm so excited!  On the agenda is meetings with sponsors, photo shoots, team gear pick-up, a party, and a few group training sessions.  I'm also going to watch Oceanside 70.3 since some of teammates and friends are racing.  I'm sure I'll be envious watching them race.  It will get me reved up for my little local duathlon I will be racing in the following weekend.  The winter seemed to drag on but now I feel like time is flying!