Well, we did another half-Ironman (Ironman 70.3 Canada). The race was in Whistler, which is probably the most beautiful setting for a triathlon in all the land. Mountains, lakes, mountains, lakes, mountains. Seriously, Google image search the race and enjoy all the splendor. Whistler was the home to the 2010 Winter Olympics (shout out to…
spring.
I’m alive! It has been so embarrassingly long since I have blogged that I had to google “wordpress login” to figure out how to sign into this thing. So, now that it’s late July, I figured I’d play mega catch up and update you on everything that happened this spring (partly for the benefit of…
ironman 70.3 lake stevens.
There’s another half Ironman in the books. Let’s start back at Ironman Victoria, the half Ironman we did in June, which was insanely difficult and made me declare that I would never do another half Ironman. Fast forward a week or so, and Eric and I signed up for, you guessed it, another half Ironman….
ironman victoria 70.3.
Well, we did it. After months and months of training, hundreds of hours of swimming, biking, and running, and thousands of hours thinking about (and dreading) this race, we completed our first half Ironman in Victoria, British Columbia! Eric, Megan, and I, along with our incredible support team of Jordan and Nathaniel, made the drive…
our first wetsuit swim.
Good news. I successfully got my wetsuit on all the way. For those of you following along, you might remember my first wetsuit attempt from last week. It was rough. We were supposed to do an hour long open water swim on Saturday as part of our triathlon training. We spent quite a while pondering…
birthday in bend.
Dear Bend, I am obsessed with you. For those of you not familiar with the little town of Bend, let me paint a picture for you: Imagine the beauty of the craftsman homes and mountain scenes from Everwood (am I incorrect in assuming everyone who reads this blog was once a huge fan of every…
just call us triathletes.
We did it! We completed our first triathlon! Huzzah! So let’s cross that off the ol’ bucket list and give ourselves a pat on the back. Or a massage, because that’s what I really want after exercise. We competed in the Beaver Freezer at Oregon State University, which was kind of a perfect setting for…
triathlon training.
We’re training for a triathlon! Two triathlons, to be exact. One of which is approaching way too quickly for my comfort. We’re starting with a sprint triathlon in April, which is a 500-yard swim, 12-mile bike, and 3.1-mile run. Then we’ll have the big kahuna this summer: a Half Ironman. That’s a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile…
the eugene marathon.
Well, I can officially cross “run a marathon” off the ol’ bucket list. I ran the Eugene marathon yesterday morning. I know. I can’t believe it either. Eugene brought out the best running weather we could have asked for. After a week of beautifully warm, sunny days, I was a little nervous that it would…
when in oregon…
…do as the Oregonians do. I’m running the Eugene, Oregon marathon on April 28, 2013. I signed up. I paid for it. Now I have to run it. 26.2 miles, here I come. -Ally
hiking spencer butte.
It’s Saturday, which means that it’s an Ally-day. Ally-days are the best because I get Eric all to myself for a full day of exploring and fun (although I will admit that I shared today with an Oregon football game). We started our morning with a walk down the street to the Humble Bagel Company…
the oregon trail: day 4 (hiking in the grand tetons)
There are two things that you need to take away from this post: 1. We saw a live moose in the wild. 2. We hiked 10 miles in the Grand Tetons. If either of those interest you, keep reading. Let’s start with a recap of the night before. We camped at Gros Ventre Campground, where…
zumba.
In the land of exercise, I’ve been in a pretty exclusive relationship with running. Sure, sometimes we’d go a while without seeing one another and I’d try something else, but I always came back to good ol’ running. At the start of 2012, I decided that I needed to mix it up a bit. Running…
national pancake day.
Today was absolutely beautiful (once we knocked out that whole below freezing thing around 10 a.m.), so Eric and I went on lovely 4-mile runs (separately, of course, as Eric’s legs are about a foot longer than mine, meaning I slow him down). I ran to the Arboretum today, and then traveled the 2-mile loop,…
a sunday hike.
It’s finally warm! The temperature topped 50 degrees on Sunday, so Eric and I headed out for a hike in Shaker Village (just another stop on our tour of Kentucky). We visited Shaker Village a few months ago and enjoyed the cute little craft stores and freshly baked cookies. We picked up a map of…