Nutrition

I recently learned that if my anticipated finish time for Ironman is 17 hours,

I can expect to burn approximately 11,900 calories!

And consume about:
20 20oz bottles of water,
1,800 calories from electrolyte drinks,
25 gels (or their equivalent),
8 energy bars.
To Equal about 7000 calories during the day.

Burn Baby Burn!

Arch Nemesis

Each riding season, I am attacked by these

territorial unruly little buggers

and

I DO NOT like it, not one bit!

Reminders

This is a piece of art I picked up for my recently painted bathroom.

Everyday I look at it and read it, I am reminded to:

unleash your creative spirit

embrace your truth

let it go

unleash your joy

embrace vulnerability

surround yourself with good people

ask for what you need

manifest courage

find beauty in the small

quiet the inner critic

wear more skirts

own your talent

speak of your gratitude

leap fearlessly

do the thing you never thought you could do

BIG SUR

Best Marathon EVER!

Despite the 40 hills and 2700 feet in climb.

I would not have made it here without you Emily!

At this point we were all so emotionally exhausted and I was still hesitant...

Here is the temporary road fix at the site of the collapse and

the reason for the out & back course.

Waiting in the soup isle at the Safeway Grocery store because we were shivering outside!

Here a few of my favorite mile markers!

Mile one made me laugh only because we had to get ready in the pitch black due to a power outage in the hotel...we were ready to have to jump through fire at the end of this race!

Always waiting in line for the potty!

No Joke! 40 HILLS!

Mile 20 was a happy site for me, 'cause I was still feeling pretty good and my last training run (which was HORRIBLE) was about to be behind me!

Singing praises at the finish!

Can't beat this view!