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Ironman 70.3 Traverse City race review and why you too should do a relay

August 30, 2019September 21, 2019Posted in AboutTagged adventure, bike, bucket list, half Ironman, Ironman, Ironman 70.3, Michigan, Music That Moves, race, run, sports, swim, Traverse City, triathlonLeave a comment

Guys! Traverse City is going to host a half Ironman next year! Who’s going to sign up?

That’s the text message that started it all over a year ago. Nicole, my trainer, had just found out that Traverse City, Michigan would be hosting an Ironman 70.3 in 2019 and wanted a bunch of us who train with her to sign up. But most of us, having never completed a half Ironman before, weren’t too quick to jump on that and, as it was Traverse City’s inaugural Ironman, the race sold out very fast. Nicole was in, we were out.

Fast forward to June 2019 and we received another text from Nicole:

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My First Ironman and my Biggest Surprise

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019Posted in AboutTagged adventure, bike, community, half triathlon, Ironman, Ironman 70.3, Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga, Music That Moves, running, swimbikerun, swimming, training, triathlon1 Comment

“Is this your first time? Oh, you’ll always remember your first one!”

I have received questions and comments like this quite often over the past few weeks. People are very excited when they realize I am about to do my first half Ironman. This first Ironman, the Chattanooga 70.3, is coming up – this Sunday in fact. I’m excited and nervous and scared and really, just ready to get it over with!

Last August I was running with my trainer Nicole and she encouraged me to sign up for a half Ironman. “I know you can do it”, she said. The swimming portion scared me to death, but I was in. My heart pounded and I felt sick to my stomach as I registered for the Ironman 70.3 in Chattanooga, but I was excited to have a real challenge. With the right training I was pretty sure I would survive it…hopefully.

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