By Tea Chand Let me ‘splain. No, there is too much. Let me sum up. —-Inigo Montoya A couple of months ago, I volunteered to run a half marathon with a friend who had been ditched by her friends. This was going to be her first half marathon. Her *friends* had committed to running…
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Outdoor Diva’s 2012 Race Report By Tea Chand I’ve never had so much fun racing. I’ve done a lot of it this year. For me, the biggest benefit to racing as often as you can is that everything becomes habit. Yea, I’ve learned how to deal with different situations. Even more importantly, everything becomes a…
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I recently raced at the Curt Gowdy Xterra race in Wyoming. The day was hot, the course was tough and pushing hard the entire way wasn’t easy. Just my kind of race! After a solid swim, which I cruised, I hopped on my mountain bike and had some fun. I made quite a few obstacles…
Read MoreIronman Wisconsin 2011 Warning: Long RR ahead… So I’ve had a little over a week to truly let this year’s MOO experience sink in. I’m still riding a bit of a high from the race this year. Granted, you hit a bit of a funk when returning to reality, but reliving that day still brings…
Read MoreLoveland Lake 2 Lake 2011 Now that Dave and I are one to one, this was the rubber match. I went into this race feeling confident that I had a pretty good advantage: 1. It’s a long run from swim to T1 2. The bike is hilly and I’m biking stronger right now than Dave…
Read MoreSunrise Tri – Boulder Res 2011 Having a good start to the season in Lake Havasu – and I mean just about everything going right before the race, I had the opposite experience from March 19th until just recently. I had a great block of training in Tucson following Lake Havasu and I felt as…
Read MoreChris Carmichael wrote an article in December of last year for the IronMan web site in which he suggested that taking on a tough “challenging” course increases the chances of qualifying for Kona as it might keep some of the competition away. If you think about it carefully there is really no such thing as…
Read MoreIronman Cozumel is a journey for me that has no starting point and no ending point. It is a marked moment in the timeline of my life. I will attempt to document here some details and some personal anecdotes to convey my experience. ______________________________________________________________________ I will always remember the e-mail Heidi sent in May of…
Read MoreRace day was overcast with some headwind – exactly like the meteorolgist said it would be. I warmed up for about 4 miles, knowing the early and steep downhill would force me to go faster then I wanted to, and I wanted to be ready. My left calf was l sightly sore and maybe I…
Read MoreHaving spectated this race a few times, I was anxious to finally race it. In 2004 and 2005 I manned the Transition area for Barry Siff, and in 2006, I had D3 booth for the race. Since I wasn¡¦t traveling this summer, thankfully, I was excited to race this course. The course is very fast…
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