Journey to IMAZ 2017

well this has been a much lighter week for sure. after that last weekend of  craziness i think we are all ready to do this!!! this week when i was coming to work some jackass hit my bike on my bike rack on the back of my car. i rode it on wed night and all seemed fine, but just to be sure i took it to bike way since its close to home...they didnt find anything on the frame thank goodness but then they tried to tell me that i needed a new cassette and chain and all of a sudden my back tire was flat??? they also said i needed my back brake bled. i told them dont do anything, and i took it to mark at trek. he agreed the chain needed to be replaced...guess i've been riding a lot lately. hah...but the rest was complete BS. he is going to check over the tire and change the tube and the chain and i'll pick it up Friday before our next big ride/run. we have our last big brick this Sunday and its gonna be coooooolllllldddddd! i got up and swam masters this morning and i will swim the...

We are at exactly 28 days til the big day!!! This weekend was a true test of the endurance and strength the Imazing ladies have!! On Thursday night, pretty certain we did our last OWS before the race. The water felt at 1st jump in like it was around 60ish?? my hands and face and feet were pretty darn cold, but i pushed through it and did the full loop in candlewood. The wet suit is serving me well, but i need to make sure the sleeves are pulled all the way up. I feel super strong in the swim. I know its going to be good!! Afterwards we ran 4 miles. Brad ran with us. felt a little stiff and sore at the beginning, but loosened up to be able to finish it! I took Friday off of work and we did our last training 100 miles on the bike. the weather was calling for wind gusts of 35 to 40 mph for the day so we knew it would be pretty brutal, and they weren't kidding..it was pretty brutal! We headed out towards Ashland and I started out way behind the pack, which always makes me get down on ...

Wow! what a couple of weeks!! our longest bike ride in our training 110 miles! We decided to do the simulated "Arizona" loop for all three loops. the 1st time through the wind was pretty brutal, but I was able to keep it in check. tried to stay as positive as I could. On the 2nd loop we were supposed to pick up Kris Story and Lisa Martone. I got told we weren't going back to the cars....well not going to happen cuz I had to refill my water...and it was just in time to catch Lisa and Kris. The attitude on this ride, left a lot to be desired and after the 2nd loop...the attitude left the building! This was a super hard ride for me. I was too much in my head and I was worrying about my mom. Got a text from Dad saying she wasn't doing well...very tired and lethargic. i wasn't sure what to do on the last loop..if i should just say screw it and go to the hospital...or since I was already in the middle of nowhere, if I shoudl just head toward fremont so the wind wou...

This weekend was a major challenge!!! It also was a major accomplishment! Friday night was Carrie's bday party at Tanners (and the Husker football game) So we were out pretty late...got to bed about 1145. Met Lynn and Wayne at tahazouka park in Elkhorn at 715 for our longest brick EVER!! of course the wind was ridiculous!! On our way down maple we had a truck driver honking at us and one lane was closed so there was no where to go. I did wave at him one finger at a time. Later on the frontage road he stopped us and said that he was only honking to let us know he was behind us and that we should move over when ppl honk. Wayne explained we ride 2 abreast because so many people try to pass us on those narrow or roads under construction. He was nice about it all, and understanding and i think we learned a lesson when those guys in big trucks are behind, they may not be able to stop so we should just pull all the way over and stop to let them by. We did the mock Arizona route 1st and...

Wow! Feeling super sluggish this week. not sure what my problem is. We had 18 miles on Sunday to run, and the weather was fantastic. I was sore by the end, but felt over all pretty good. Did go home and take a nice nap though! Nothing wrong with that. Also had a nice carb full meal when we took mom out to eat for her bday at Jack and Mary's! Yummy Chicken and Noodles! Good thing I was hydrating the whole Husker game the day before! i think that helped for sure. This week has been mostly shortly runs and bike rides. This weekend just has a 3 hour ride and 10 mile run. We are camping in Des Moines for Mike Kellar's bday so i'm going to see if I can do my 10 miler the night before so I only have 7 miles on Sunday :) Last night was a bit of a tough ride for me, just into the wind part of the time and it felt like my legs were super tired. It was great when we had the tail wind though! We did 2 hours on the bike so about 31 miles and then ran 2. We kept a pretty good pace of...

Yesterday marked our 1st OWS that is the full distance of ironman!! I didn't wear my full wet suit becuz it was just too hot, but i did wear my lava pants. I felt so good and strong! I was super stoked! i was able to do 4000 meters and didn't have to stop at all. I took a honey stinger gel before I started and it helped a lot. It was super choppy coming back but I was able to swim it without a problem. I did have to pee half way and had to take a tiny slow down to be able to pee. LOL. Estella and I then ran our 6 miles. It was pretty brutal but luckily the temp went down and we did it together. afterwards we went to the store and got our supplies for Today's big ride!! Today started out awesome. The weather was cool, the wind was low. We did the route that mimics our IMAZ route. The loop goes to Fremont and by the time we got to Fremont, the wind had picked up so the stretch on Old HWY 275 was a full on head wind. It was tough, but i was able to keep it at between 14 and...

Our last race before the big one!!! I feel very pleased over all with how it went. The swim was of course my favorite. I was playing a game of "finding nemo" I called the yellow buoys "blow fish" if they were round and sharks if they were triangle...I swam along trying to get past those and "find nemo" the orange buoy at the turn! i also tangled a bit with one guy who was by my side for a long time and finally said...finish him!! Sweep the leg Johnny! and got past him. I came out of the water in 34 minutes and was greeted by a guy on the shore that said i was the 4th woman out of the water!! YES! my transistion was kinda slow...over 2 mins but I got on my bike and got ready to face the hilliest course known to man! these hills are just brutal...not rollers where you can get momentum coming down and then fly up the other side...ooooh no!! these are down adn then flat and then straight up!!! i started to name them on my way..."mother dick" "...