Iron Girl

Hear Me Roar

August 21, 2011
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The Iron Girl Triathlon has come and gone. I roared through the course.  I raced through the course.  I smiled, I cringed, I felt proud. It is hard to believe that three months ago, I was still afraid of my bicycle and trying to visualize completing my first triathlon. Completing a second AND raising money [...]

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Bringing It

July 31, 2011
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Three weeks to go. Three weeks until I conquer the lake, the bike, and the run at my Iron Girl triathlon.  Three weeks until I can officially bring it. Principessa told me the other day that she would like me to win this race.  I laughed as I always do when she mentions winning a [...]

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One Month To Go!

July 17, 2011
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My arms are sore. My legs are sore.  Everything on my body is whining, “why?” These are just two reasons that make up my “Reasons I know I am One Month Away from My Iron Girl Triathlon.” There are more reasons. And of course, I am going to list them for you.  Because I am [...]

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It’s Just Like Riding a Bike

July 3, 2011
Training for the Iron Girl

This post was going to focus on getting my USA triathlon membership card, my swimming progress, and my finally getting back to my running–all big steps in my training for the Iron Girl triathlon. Instead, I realized that there is something more important than all of that. A connection. A fear. A few falls. Pushing [...]

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Just Keep Swimming

June 13, 2011

Tonight I am reveling. I am sitting here feeling good. Now I should point out that I this feel good feeling has only been around for three days. It was preceded by a “how did I end up like this?” “are you serious?” “how can I possibly not fit into anything?” few days. A few [...]

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Iron Girl Hear Me Roar

June 5, 2011

A few weeks ago I caught a bug.  A nasty little thing that I just could not get away from. Something that I thought about and thought about and thought about…until it was time to finally take a stand, for once and for all. The bug…was the ache in my belly to do another triathlon [...]

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