Today I walked most of the Way with my little group of French friends – Florence and I had walked together before, and then she added a gal named Melanie, an older gentleman named Pascal (newly retired), and a younger man named Anrique (Ahn-reek). All spoke a little English and wanted to practice (as I want to practice my Spanish …
I am using the John Brierley “A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino de Santiago” as my guidebook, as it came highly recommended. It is very useful and I reference it multiple times a day. It sometimes gives options for routes off the main Camino, which always merge into the main route eventually. They offer some different views and sometimes allow …
Today was long and difficult, physically, but mentally I was so excited and pushed myself a bit harder than I should have because of it. And also because I am in the process of trying to shed some of my habits of expecting myself to go long or do as much as possible. This is a goal of mine, to …
Hello and welcome to my blogsite, if you haven’t visited before. It was orginially set up to document and share my traithlon endeavors, and now that I’m not racing, I want to use it to share other types of adventures. I left on Sunday Sept 27th for France, to walk the hundreds of years old spiritual “pilgramage” called the Camino …
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, Lucas’ father Rusty approached us with the idea of a family trip to the Grand Canyon, in order to complete a “Rim to Rim to Rim” crossing. It’s something we’d both heard of; some of our fellow endurance-junkie friends (in both Boulder and Nashville) had accomplished this feat before and both Lucas and I were very …
“Retirement Race” is what I dubbed this event for myself. This was my final race as a pro triathlete. If you’ve been reading my blog posts for the past couple years, you’ll have noticed a theme of me getting ready for this decision to step down or step away from the pro competition. It’s not an easy decision to make, …
Let me begin by saying how special this race is to me! I raced Vineman and won it in 2008 and 2009, before I got my pro license. My parents live in Ukiah, California, an hour north of Sonoma County where Vineman takes place. The scenery is beautiful, and I love the rolling hills. The course is challenging! Road surfaces …
Less than a week after the Boulder 70.3 race, Lucas and I packed up and flew to Tennessee. Some time ago I had been asked by Eddie Ferrel, manager of the X3 Endurance training group, to help out/talk/attend a triathlon training camp in Chattanooga, TN, home of one of the newest Ironman (brand) races. In fact, Lucas and I are …
June 15, 2014 – my first race of this year. I can’t believe how time is flying by…Lucas and I planned to have raced twice by now, but had to cancel or postpone due to various work and life circumstances. This race has been special to me mostly because it’s on “home turf” and people I know and care a …
Hello family, friends, fans, people who stumbled upon this page looking for another Whitney for another reason….. ?? I’ve been busy! Sorry I haven’t been around on my website lately! Life has its ups and its downs and, as we all know but we seem to be amazed about over and over, things change. For me, the past year or …