“I choose to race with Team Empower for my first Ironman because it combines my two favorite things: my love of triathlon and my love of helping others. It’s pure joy being part of a team that’s working hard to improve the lives of others, knowing our efforts will make a tangible ...
My Top 7 Toughest Triathlons(which are also the only ones I’ve done) 1.Ironman Wisconsin– Choppy swim, relentless hills, body hurt every step of the run 2.Goosepond 1/2 Triathlon– Anxiety riddled swim, cooked bike, tough run 3.Nashvegas Olympic– Almost drowned, twice, extreme panic ...
A great thing about triathlon is that the run is rarely crowded, but once the track cleared it was like the start of a competitive 5K – around a hundred people all hearing the gun at the same time and making a move. To make things trickier, I knew we were yards from the narrowest ...
I know I can get in the water, swim and get out. That’s the only part of triathlon I am usually certain about. I tend to have little drama in the swim portion–when I stay away from the 40-44 age group males. My triathlon race day drama starts small an...
I always push the fact that people should see a race in person; at a minimum you will be uplifted by the strength of human spirit and more than likely be inspired to take on a challenge of your own. Find: Your Next Triathlon
Pamela Fagan Hutchinswrites award-winning fiction and nonfiction about “having it all” from the position of having a little too much of everything, and loving it: writer, mediocre endurance athlete (triathlon, marathons), wife, mom of an ADHD & Asperger’s son, five kids/step-kids, busin...
I had never done a triathlon much less an Ironman… needless to say, I didn’t get in to Hawaii but I did sign up for Great Floridain- for the next 3 months I trained… my first triathlon EVER was a half Ironman which was NOT pretty… I thought… I better do a few more of the...