Another weekend and another race!  This weekend my husband and I traveled to the west side of the state once more to compete in the Grand Rapids Triathlon.  This event is pretty unique to Michigan because there are three distances offered on one day: sprint, Olympic and half Ironman.  I have to say, all those distances must be pretty difficult to coordinate, but the event organizers do a pretty good job!  They have a huge team of volunteers, which is so awesome!  Besides the...

The Hawk Island Triathlon was my very first race, the race that started it all!  It is so much fun to come back to my first race, especially with so many athletes racing for the first time, just like I did so many years ago.  It is also great fun to race in my own backyard with one of my biggest supporters, Jon from BikeWorks, present.  With my husband sidelined for another week due to his knee injury and my dad saving his energy for the Olympic next weekend, I had quite the group of fans t...