First of all, thank you to everybody who has supported me in my training, has sent me off with well wishes and was following my race online or in spirit! I was thinking about you during the race and am lucky to have such great friends! Ironman Austria (all pictures here) was the most scenic and […]

Too much time has gone by since my last post. I’m not really sure what happened … “busy” can’t always be an excuse. The end of the semester (March/April) was busy with grading and teaching. After a bit of a “breather” towards the end of April I am now teaching 4 online courses (2 for

What a weekend! It really doesn’t get any better in terms of company, activities, weather and fun! 5 of us, girls that is, hit the road and stayed in Winthrop for the weekend to explore the ski trails that I always rave about. We had cloudless skies the whole weekend, skied for hours each day

Our second annual ski weekend saw us staying at Sun Peaks, BC, for 4 days. What a blast! We were renting a house that turned out to be super-nice (5 bedrooms, 4 baths, huge kitchen), super-convenient (right on the downhill and xc ski trails) and wonderful to relax in. We skied the xc ski trails

Happy thoughts and best wishes, love and peace for your body and soul … enjoy the holidays! Life in paradise (i.e. Winthrop, Washington) is so good that I am going to have a hard time leaving yet again. Can’t we delay the start of the semester just a little bit until the ski trails aren’t as good

Times have been hard and lonely since Kootenai passed away in August and I don’t think I will ever get over his departure. So I didn’t really know when I would be ready but last week decided to adopt a new dog from the SPCA. Her name is Keyla and she is a 3-year old

I have been a little lazy with keeping blog posts coming here … and I don’t even have a good excuse 🙂 Maybe I just got too busy with the end of the semester, lots of xc skiing, swimming and gym workouts. Christmas is getting closer and it sure has been cold around here (-3 to

Even though I have been back for 3 weeks, I am still trying to keep the sun of Hawaii inside of me for a little while longer! I do need it as the days are getting shorter, the lake swims less frequent (1-2 per week now but I have also started substituting with pool swims)

… The 2011 trail running season is completed, with the last two events (IRA XC series, first in Summerland and then in Vernon) being very enjoyable and fun! Summerland was a great course with a smaller group of racers participating, while the season finale in Vernon saw more runners which quickly spread out over the

I just finished the second of racing three weekends in a row! On September 17, my annual pilgrimage to the Grand Columbian Triathlon in Grand Coulee was again a very enjoyable experience. The new race directors have brought back the Ironman distance and have even added a super tri for good measure … even longer than