We Drove 4 Hours To Swim 10 Minutes
I’m on a super-short countdown to the Iron Girl Rocky Gap, and getting nervous and anxious and excited all at once. And naturally I’m thinking a lot about the swim portion of the triathlon. I’ve been...
View ArticleSwimming In The Potomac River
After the semi-failed open water swim in Rocky Gap State Park [hey, let’s all get this straight: it was only semi-failed, it wasn’t failed since I got a nice little 10 minute swim in before the...
View ArticleTo Wetsuit Or Not To Wetsuit, That Is The Question
When we were kids, we jumped in any water – cold, warm, freezing, hot – whatever, we were KIDS! We spent our summers at the neighborhood pool for swim team practice without being a wimp about the...
View ArticleI Am An Iron Girl!
I did it! I’m a triathlete. And not only did I do it, I felt strong throughout the race and strong at the finish. I loved it and immediately wanted to sign up for another. I’m typing up a race recap,...
View ArticleXTerra Wetsuits sponsorship & discount code!
I teased you this week on my Facebook page with the promise of some discount codes, but today I am happy to announce a big one – I have a partnership with XTerra Wetsuits! Not only that, but the...
View ArticleTri Talk Tuesday: Preparing For Your First Open Water Swim Practice
Hooray – it’s Tuesday! A much better day than Monday, right? Plus it’s time for Tri Talk Tuesday with me, The Cupcake Triathlete, and The TriGirl Chronicles to discuss Open Water Swimming. For my post...
View ArticleTri Talk Tuesday: Improving Triathlon Swimming
It’s Tri Talk Tuesday, and this one is exciting. Exciting because it’s so close: the start of triathlon season. I can almost taste it – the salt water, I mean. I love swimming outside, even though I’m...
View ArticleTraining for the Open Water Swim
Open Water Swimming: maybe you thrive on it, or maybe you merely tolerate it as part of a triathlon. Perhaps it’s the leg of the triathlon that you merely have to get through, to survive. Whichever way...
View ArticleTri Talk Tuesday: Wetsuit Basics
So you’re doing a triathlon and the water temperature is going to be a bit nippy.The solution? A wetsuit. Or maybe you’re a tad nervous for the open water swim and the security of a wetsuit’s extra...
View ArticleOpen Water Swimming and Epic Meltdowns
Whew, what a weekend! It totally flew by, as it often does, and here I am again, staring down Monday morning with half-finished house projects and half-finished workouts under my belt. I’m linking up...
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