holidays

My goal for the holidays: To clean my apartment so it looks like a real grown-ass adult lives here. However, I am currently doing...

heart and courage

Those times when you listen to '90s R&B on the trainer and start singing "I'll Make Love to You" to the cat and then realize...

IMAZ race report: post-race

So what happens after? If you're me, first you lock yourself out of the condo at 1 a.m. and start calling locksmiths. But then...

IMAZ race report: the run

Dear god, if there was a moment when I wanted to kiss the ground and hug my running shoes, it was the second the hell on earth of...

IMAZ race report: the bike

My mom and I were having a conversation the other night. "We're still talking about Ironman," she said. "It's been how long and we're...

IMAZ race report: the swim

The day before the race, Coach Mark and I had a long conversation. He asked me for my exact plans for every leg -- what I'd be eating...

thanksgiving in london

Back in Seattle. The bad news: I'm completely jet-lagged and it's still dark out and I'm wide awake. The good news: It's snowing....

studland and swanage

A place called Studland exists; I had to go. Because surely it could only be a village of shirtless English Premier League players,...

corfe castle

You know how in "The Hobbit," Bilbo Baggins gets pulled into an unexpected adventure? That is pretty much what this trip is like,...