I *think* I am all ready to go for Pacific Crest half Ironman
My stuff is layer out and my bike is checked in.
My main goal is to survive and finish given my knee injury but I would really like to beat my time from 2011. Fingers crossed, catch you all on the flip side!
Cory, Daisy, Winston, Bailey and I are on our way to Oregon.
We are snuggled in and ready for a long night. It’s about a 20 hour drive and we usually drive straight through. Have a nice night and we’ll see you on the flip side!
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You pack more triathlon gear than normal clothes for vacation
We leave tomorrow for Oregon and I am excitedly laying everything out and packing. I will share my Ironman pack list tomorrow. We created it for IMCDA but it can work for any triathlon with a little adjusting.
Did you notice that the moon has been abnormally large this weekend? I was curious why especially when my mom, who is at the beach, mentioned a supper low tied. So like any good digital native I googled and found that not only is it a full moon but also the closets the moon gets to the earth this year. 
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You can read more about it here you can also look up when the moonrise will be where you live here
On another note a big congratulations to all that finished Ironman Coeur d’Alene and Ironman France today!
I have heard of podcasts for years but for some odd reason I didn’t start listening to them until just recently. A few of my favorites are Zen and the Art of Triathlon, Endurance Nation and IM Talk. I have a few others as well but haven’t gotten into them yet.
Do you listen to podcasts? Any you would suggest?
WTC announced today that Ironman Boulder is now official and will run on August 3rd 2014 (this means Ironman Boulder 70.3 will now move to June). Announcement found here. 
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I am very conflicted, I would love to be there with all of my friends. But I really want to race IM Canada and it would be fun to host a pro and volunteer at the race….Registration opens July 17(but you can register for the series starting on the 16th) so I guess I will have to decide by then.
The question is….will you be there?
I thought this might be a fun little series to document some of my observations of how life is different when training for an ironman. So you know you’re training for an ironman when…
That’s it for me for now, your turn! What’s on your list? What things make you know you are training for (fill in the blank)
I can’t believe it’s almost been a year since I finished my first Ironman with Cory by my side.
Coeur d’Alene was an amazing race, so beautiful, and the people were so nice and supportive.
The entire town treats the athletes like royalty. There was a little bit of magic in my first ironman. I hope that I haven’t been spoiled and Lake Tahoe can live up to my expectations. I am a little sad to be missing the race this year but also excited to be training for another on in a new location. Good luck to all that are racing this Sunday. Have a wonderful time, remember that things will go wrong, it may suck or hurt at times, but it will all pass and be better again soon. There will be ups and downs but ride them out because the finish the the highest high and well worth it. 
I have written about this before but it’s summer and it’s a great time to give bike commuting to work a try. Here is how I make it work:
I bike commute to work quite often. It doesn’t really count as part of my training as it’s less than two miles from my home to work. Admittedly the proximity makes it pretty easy for me but I have a routine that makes it easier for me so I really wouldn’t mind if I had to ride further.
I pack special jewelry in little bags to make sure it doesn’t get scratched
I pack everything into a canvas bag to keep everything together in my backpack
I then just throw on shorts, a t-shirt, shoes and my helmet to ride in.I can’t believe that I am now less than 100 days away from Ironman Lake Tahoe 
Time is flying, and I am ready for a summer of big training and hopefully a lot of focus! First triathlon of the season is less than two weeks from now and I am excited to FINALLY get this season rolling.
What are your big races coming up?