Author Archives: Anne-Marie

The Swim I hopped on my bike, clipped into my pedals and was off!  After a mile or two I felt like I was moving pretty slow, I looked down to see if my front brake pads were rubbing but … Continue reading →

Pre-Race They weren’t joking about the seaweed/seaplants, ohmygoodness!!  It was wrapping around my arms and legs and covering my face!  I did very shallow strokes and NO kicking the entire time until finally I was clear of that area.  It … Continue reading →

Week 13, the weekend especially, was very busy!  We had our ‘Epic Race Weekend’ this past weekend – I gave it that name because JMR was running a marathon that Saturday in South Bend, IN and I was racing a half-ironman on … Continue reading →

Well, I am a bit behind on my weekly training updates and since there is so much to update, I’ll spit up Week 12 & Week 13 training updates 🙂 Week 12 – light week Monday – rest day 🙂 … Continue reading →

Well this was a rough week, Vino Fondo really took it out of my legs so I suffered during most of my training this week.  I was also reeaalllyy tired.  Getting up in the mornings was a struggle, hence the missed … Continue reading →

This was another big week, and I got in both of my swim workouts. I think my coach gave up on having me swim 3x a week, just getting in 2x is a victory for me.  Although maybe if I actually keep … Continue reading →

Yesterday ended up being pretty busy for a Monday, so I’m giving my weekly training update today 🙂 Monday: Rest Day Tuesday: I hit snooze too many times, that when I finally paid attention to the time, it was too late … Continue reading →

This will be a quick recap as I didn’t take any pictures this week and it was a pretty light week training-wise! Monday – Rest day. Tuesday – 2000y swim with a 1000 time trial (17:30) in the middle.  Not … Continue reading →

A little mid-week update 🙂 Ironman Wisconsin is my A race of the season and was going to be my last big race for 2015.  I wasn’t planning on turning into a couch potato after, but was going to cut back … Continue reading →