Diary of a Sandbagging Triathlete

Weekly thoughts, training and racing reports, goals, highlights and recollections about triathlon training and racing.

December 4, 2025

Pending Retirement

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 Eck, in just 15 months, I will be "retired."  That seems hard to believe and I'm struggling with how to feel about it. On one...
December 2, 2025

Florida- the last visit

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So sad to say goodbye to Fort Pierce, FL.  Erin and Joe are moving, but we had a blast with them for a final time in FP!  Spent lots of time...

Kids 23rd B-day and Thanksgiving, 2025

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I can't believe L & M turned 23!  Just too hard to accept.  They have turned into the most wonderful people, kind, smart, motivated,...
October 19, 2025

Perdue Half-marathon

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So, so proud of Mikaely for all she does and the upstanding person she is! We drove to Lafayette, IN this past weekend to watch Mik run the ...
October 13, 2025

Chicago marathon #21 in the books

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 Marathon went well this year. 3:16 and 7th in 65-69 age group! Also really fun because Lance and Diana came to watch and I got to see them ...
October 8, 2025

Chicago marathon 2025

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Feels like I’ve been away from the marathon for years but it’s only been two years. Still I’m really excited to run again. Diana came across...
September 26, 2025

Back to MN

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 Last weekend was really fun. Diana, Mik, and I went back to St. Paul, MN for a Mac Women's Soccer game. We drank lots of Dunn Bros coff...
August 11, 2025

Triathlon Age Group Nationals 2025

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Fun time with Diana in Milwaukee, WI this past Saturday. The race was fun but difficult. The swim was no-wetsuits and I swam particularly sl...
July 17, 2025

Fun LiveAid 40th Anniversary Party

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 Diana and I had fun at our friend's "40th Anniversary LiveAid Concert" party and dress-up.  Here we are as Bob Dillon and Mad...
June 23, 2025

Rockford 70.3

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 This may have been my last IM race. Still not sure, but I don't know what next year will look like and I don't want to commit to an...
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I am a physical therapist and teacher by profession, but my real passion in life is racing! I live for those rare moments in races when you feel you are really putting all the training and planning together with an all-out effort and total commitment to achieve a goal! That goal can be to win your age group, to finish in the top 10 or just to know that you are finishing strong and leaving nothing out there on the course. I wasn't much of an athlete growing up, but even as a 10 year old I would make my sister race me in complicated multi-sport events. We had a swimming pool and these races often involved swimming across the pool, doing a certain number of pull-ups on the clothesline pole, riding our bikes to the neighbors and back and then running around the house. Even then I loved the idea of one race to test every aspect of one's athletic abilities! It's cool I ended up as a triathlete.
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