This year I was so looking forward to Thanksgiving. I haven’t been home to see my parents, in Ukiah, California, in a year! They have been very supportive and encouraging of my race endeavors this year, but it was high time I made it back to beautiful northern California to spend some time with them. They live in a lovely, …
Last race of the year! I didn’t talk a whole lot about racing in Arizona, because for a while I wasn’t sure I would be doing the race. I was injured back in September, even before doing Ironman Wisconsin, and had to take some weeks off running after that race. I worked hard to rehab the injury, having help from …
It’s not often I get to play the role of Spectator – usually the events at which I’m present are because I’m participating. I’ve been very fortunate all through my life to have family and friends around me that are willing to support me by going with me or showing up to my races. It has meant a lot. I …
Well, it’s been way too long since I posted something on here. Sorry to all my millions of adoring fans who wait with bated breath (what does that even mean?) for me to write something fabulous. After Ironman Wisconsin I felt like taking a deep breath and doing something not-so-Ironman focused. I knew I wanted to keep training and possibly …
This was my biggest event of this first pro season. I had registered for IM Wisconsin last year, the day after the race when registration for Age Groupers opens at noon Mountain Time. My friend Jess and I sat by our computers and clicked away at the Register Now buttons, hoping hoping hoping we’d make it in before it filled …
Big race coming up…soon! Ironman Wisconsin is on September 11th. I’ve heard so much about this race; I signed up for it a whole year ago…and now, it’s finally here. I feel ready, having a great first pro summer season behind me. I’m excited to try out my neo-pro Ironman legs now! Had a great Labor Day weekend – …
Training Weekends, heading towards Ironman Wisconsin… One cannot accomplish these big goals without a sidekick. Or, at least, it’s really not as meaningful to share the journey. I am blessed to have a great number of people in my life who support me, encourage me, and see value in what I’m pursuing. I want to send a “shout out” to …
Grammy and Grandpa Hutchinson. That’s how I address letters to my dear grandparents who live in Long Beach, California. They’ve lived in the same house, near Long Beach Sate University, since right after they got married, 60 years ago. Their house is like my second home; I spent so much time there in my young years. I was born in …
Hometown Race. Well, Boulder is not literally my HOMEtown, but it’s where I’ve lived for the past seven and a half years so these roads, trails, and lakes are very familiar to me. I have never participated in this particular race, in all these years that I’ve been in Boulder and have trained and done other local races, so I …
The last race I did – Music City Triathlon in Nashville, TN – was not only an opportunity to race in another part of the country (a hot and humid part!), and to race an Olympic distance tri, but even more importantly it was an opportunity for me to see two of my very best friends, Heidi Walter and Vanessa …