Nearly 3 years since my last blog post. What? Wow, I have been slacking; or have I? A lot of things have happened since my last post. I am hoping that I can get back into a routine of doing this again. A safe place, where I can post my thoughts and recap my training and racing. A place where I can go back and find thoughts thoughts; like an on-line journal.
So what has happened since my last post? I finished the following events: (I may have missed/forgotten a few) 2017: Surf City 5K Santa Cruz 70.3 on my birthday in September 2017 Man vs Machine - road bike race. Grand Canyon to Williams (56 miles) A Mountain Half Marathon Hot chocolate 10K The Tucson Half Marathon 2018: Cardiff Kook 10 K Oro Valley Triathlon - Sprint Couer d' Alene 70.3 Raptor Ridge Half Marathon Santa Cruz 70.3 Mission Bay Triathlon - Women's Relay team: 1st Place!! Double Peak 10K Ragnar Trail Run-McDowell Mountain Ironman AZ. (Yes, I am now an IRONMAN) 2019: Part of the Carlsbad 1/2 Marathon (Not registered, ran 10 miles of the course- self supported) Cardiff Kook 10K KOZ Spring Sprint Solana Beach Duathlon - 3rd place AG June Lake Olympic distance triathlon ....then everything started to slow down and since that last race and until today the only event I can think that I had done was the Cardiff Kook 10K earlier this year. I was scheduled to do the IM Super Seal Sprint mid March 2020 and then the Oro Valley Triathlon's first Olympic distance at the end of March. Thankfully I will be doing the Oro Valley event in 2021. I am looking forward to getting back on a familiar course that I have raced 5 x, this time adding some more distance to the course. The cancellation of the IM Super Sprint awarded me a deferral to a different IM race of my choosing (I believe the event will no longer be held) so I chose the La Quinta 70.3 in Dec. 2021. My 2021 race year so far looks like: February: Huntington Beach 1/2 Marathon (hopeful) March: Oro Valley (Tucson, AZ) Spring Triathlon - Duathlon (registered) May: St. George 70.3 (registered) September: Santa Cruz 70.3 (hopeful) December: La Quinta 70.3 (registered) I am hoping that other events like the local KOZ series will open up but I also think this may be a good year to look at other options in California and Arizona for the smaller sprint races. Maybe I will even check out some of the USAT events or LA Tri series events that I have been seeing in the past. I am hoping to also find other events including the Ragbrai cycling tour/race in July. That may not happen in 2021 but certainly on my "race list" to eventually do. The one thing that hasn't changed over all the years is my nutrition brand of choice - Hammer Nutrition. After 30 years of production, they know what they are doing. Why should I change what works? Hopefully this won't be my last post for the next 3 years. LOL!! Here's to new chapters!!
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Victoria "Torie" GrammarJust your average Mom and Friend who found a love for the swim, bike, and run. Archives
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