Hard to admit this, but … my #1 challenge when racing Ironman is strengthening a weak mindset. This post shares my #1 tool to develop a peaceful & powerful mindset. First, let me share this. Early into training I learned… Read More »Strengthening a weak mindset
Last night while attending the Society of Women Engineers meeting at BuildIt Workspace – Yes, I crashed that event! 😉 – my engineering ignorance came to mind: Designing tags will be so easy. NOT! Not all adhesives stick. Not all… Read More »Love is in the details
Yesterday a fellow athlete and overall amazing person, Vaughn Ripley, introduced me to a new word, a new concept, one that I instinctively learned by racing Ironman – Kaisen. Kaisen is a philosophy about continuous improvement or self-changing for the best… Read More »Kaisen
Sometimes life gets in the way of well laid plans – who said that? That’s what’s happening with me. My car battery died and my body is tired – interesting. Man and machine feeling each others pain. During moments like… Read More »Day 27 – Work Through The Pain
When training for a triathlon some days you’re just tired, and that’s how I’m feeling today. In fact endurance athlete embrace these moments as a great training opportunity, but today I don’t feel like it. Yes, I’ll embrace the tiredness,… Read More »Day 26 – Know when to chill out
Getting ready for my first brick training day where I’ll incorporate two sports back-to-back; Cycling then running. For me brick days are the hardest part of training/racing, and admittedly in the past my attitude has been a bit salty throughout… Read More »Day 11- Focus on the reward