Time Train Transform

Happy New Year everyone!
May the new year bring more love, more happiness, and opportunities.
I am also hoping for more opportunities to see friends and family in person, and catch up on all the hugs I missed out on in 2020.
May this year be a year filed with highlights and celebrations. And some travel. And races too!
Let’s all make TIME to TRAIN and TRANSFORM... be that body, mind, or spirit. Happy 2021!

“My liefling” made me so proud today. Where we live, our house is one of the higher points in town so all the main roads go down from here. Today she and I were participating in the VR11 challenge and we have a 3K route that is 3.05 km. At about 1.75 km there is a road that leads us homeward with about a 10 percent grade for about 600 meters, there as I turned the corner, I could see her running up the hill. My heart nearly exploded with pride.

If you want to run up hills faster or be a stronger runner, running hills is an excellent way to do just that. Here is a great video Dave Scott put together.

Running_Proper Form Running Uphill and Down.mov Running: Tips for improving technique and developing a more efficient stride running both uphill and down from six-time Ironman champion Dave Scott.

This weekend Frank and I were suppose to be in Santa Rosa for the 70.3... but instead we ‘raced’ the Ironman VR6!! It was an Olympic distance race again; 3 km run, 40 km bike, 10 km run.
We did the first run as a power walk together and then rode the 5150 bike course in Indian Wells - a race we did before, and it was so fun to see the familiar terrain! The Rouvy platform is very realistic and I enjoyed it! Finished with a 10 km walk... while talking to my mom for Mother’s Day! Great day and weekend!! 🎉 @ Los Alamos, New Mexico

Our weekend Ironman virtual challenges are now part of the lockdown routine... I even forgot to post about it! This time we were back to the Olympic distance - 3 km run, 40 km bike, 10 km run.
I continue to mostly walk, but trying to add more running. And tried Rouvy for the riding for the first time - it’s a really cool platform where you rode an actual course/route with video footage, so it looks like you’re really there!
This weekend it’s back to looooong(er) course, so we will see how that goes! Both Frank and I are loving these challenges - keeping us a little more accountable, and having something complete and achieve every weekend! 🚴‍♀️ 🚴 🏃‍♀️ 🏃 @ Los Alamos, New Mexico