I left for Clermont after Christmas. We were meant to drive altogether – Dave, me, Madison and Brunswick – but the surgeon who fixed Dave’s back said that the back surgery would be null and void if Dave attempted a 20-hour drive to Florida. So, I drove to Florida with my dear friend, Jody and…
Naturally, the week of the big trip was crazy busy. We had just returned from Boulder on the Saturday and now, 6 days later, we were going away again. And Dave was not really able to help out around the house since he could not bend, lift or twist for 6 weeks post surgery. So…
Dave and I were meant to go on a holiday last week to the Outer Banks but that has been put on hold. Dave is going for back surgery in Boulder next week! After a whole summer of being in agony, Dave and his completely herniated disc are going to Boulder to be fixed up….
Let’s see, my season ended with Longhorn Austin 70.3 and from there, we went to Hawaii. I did some fun media stuff for Fuelbelt and Saucony and PowerBar and then, on race day, I teamed up with Graham Fraser and we did the on course race commentary for the Canadian TSN televised version of the…
Dave and I were in Hawaii and we had front row seats as Craig took the highest prize in our triathlon world. I was doing some work for TSN – our Canadian version of ESPN – and I was able to watch the race unfold. At around 15 or 20 km into the bike ride,…
We had heard such great things about Austin and since Austin is home to football’s University of Texas Longhorns, this was a must-do race according my sport nut husband! The people of Austin were most accommodating and hospitable. We made the pilgrimage to Jack and Adams Bike Shop and we saw why it is the…
Cunningham runs his way to first at Longhorn Ironman By Brom Hoban AMERICAN-STATESMAN CORRESPONDENT Monday, October 06, 2008 Australians figured prominently in the international field headlining the second annual Longhorn Ironman 70.3 Sunday, as Richie Cunningham outlasted Joe Gambles to win the half-ironman length race at Decker Lake. Cunningham set a course record of 3…
It has been a busy few weeks since Subaru Ironman Canada. First on the agenda was recovering in time to race at Subaru Muskoka 70.3. This was a bit more challenging than I expected since I was also recovering from a nasty chest infection which had been lingering since late July but by the time…
The past few weeks have been pretty darn exciting here post Subaru IMC. We came home to absolutely gorgeous weather. It was a huge effort limiting my bike rides to 2-2.5 hours that first week back but recovery after an Ironman is so important especially when I have the Subaru Muskoka 70.3 on September 14th….
Now that I am home from Subaru Ironman Canada and have had a little cry about what was a pretty difficult race day, I can now reflect on my very human performance that was dug out of heart as opposed to talent. When this year started, I did not even know if I would race…
