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May 2, 2018 racing

Bermuda-ful Bermuda!

This race was a first of many, and of many a first.

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So hard to choose just 10 photos from today, but what an incredible 🚁 ride to the top of a 🗻! @blackcombhelicopters was amazing today, and showed @aquadoctor and I an amazing perspective of Whistler. Can’t wait to do it again!

Ok, today was a stupid fun day going #bobsledding on the 2010 Vancouver #Olympics track. It was such a fun experience and we hit 126.6 km/h (77.8 mph)! The first video is a view of us, the second is the front of our sled and our driver’s perspective. I can’t wait to come back to the @slidingcentre and try #skeleton next! But first, where is the Jamaican Bobsled Team?? #sankayoudead

I am thankful for my friends who made it to our 3rd Annual Bourbon 🦃 Trot, and finished a bottle of bourbon before 9 AM. Happy Thanksgiving!!

I am super excited to be a part of @teamwyn for the third year in a row. Since being on #teamwyn, I’ve met some amazing people from all over the world. They’ve been an inspiration and motivation, and a number of them share in my love of wine and food. I can’t wait to see what happens next year! . . . #teamwyn2020 #wyntm #jointherepublic #wyninthewild #triathlon #triathlete #triathlonworld #triathlonlife #tritraining #tri365 #ironman #ironmantraining #swimbikerun #nyctri #bikenyc #nyccycling #cycling #bikes #sprint #olympic #worldtriathlonseries #itu #wts

It’s #medalmonday! What an incredible day for the @nycmarathon yesterday! The weather was absolutely gorgeous, the volunteers were incredible, and the crowds were amazing! . It’s really those last two groups that got me through yesterday’s #marathon. There’s a popular quote about #Ironman training that says something to the effect of: it’s better to be 10% undercooked than 1% overcooked. I forgot who said that quote first, but it is true that it’s better to slightly undertrain for a #race than show up fatigued. You know what’s not true though? Showing up for a race 1% cooked and 99% uncooked. . I struggled really really hard yesterday from the start, and starting in #Brooklyn at around mile 8, my legs completely fell off. While I expected to struggle coming off of injury, I didn’t quite expect to struggle that much. My coach and I had a plan of walking every 10 minutes (which I thought would be each aid station) to stave off some of the mechanical fatigue that will eventually come, however that plan quickly fell apart. . As the race started, I could feel my legs not responding normally and I tried to let the people around me and the general ambience of the #race propel me forward. It worked for a bit but when I hit Lafayette Ave in Clinton Hill in BK, I ☠️. I had to switch from walking aid stations to walking between them and my race quickly went downhill (even though I was on an uphill 🤔) from there. . After that point, everything just started hurting. I started to negotiate with myself to convince myself to just run to the next block, the next tree, the next 🐶. It worked a bit, but for the first time ever, I started to think about dropping out. . Normally, I’m good at pushing through dark moments in a race but this felt different. I’ve never thought about quitting a marathon before, but for some reason I started to entertain thoughts about DNFing yesterday. I’m still not entirely sure why, but I had to fight with myself to keep going. Every mile, every aid station was a struggle and it took everything I had to get myself to start running again after walk intervals. . (Continued in comments)

@ablo319 and I are going to be warm before the start of the @nycmarathon

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