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Courage. Confidence. Determination. If You Never Tri, You'll Never Know!







Wednesday, April 27, 2016

You are sick, you're not racing!

Ciao! Hi! Hello! Bonjour! Hola! I'm Lisa Johnson (formerly McCombs) and this is Jake my beautiful chocolate lab. Welcome to my...errr...OUR blog; thanks for visiting! I am your not so average 37 year old gal tri'ing and traveling my way through life. I am an Endurance Athlete, Ironman, Coach, Marketing Professional, Blogger, Adventurer, and Army Veteran. I race for Team Zoot SE and my team, Team TOA. Jake and I are currently bouncing around Italy! More About Me Here!



As her Coach, her daughter, her friend, and as an athlete, I insisted that she not race. What seemed like a minor cold, "Don't worry mom, some people race their best races under the weather." compounded into SICK. And quickly. "Please reconsider this race mom."

She was up all night, drunk on meds, and ready to race (insert eye roll). We made a deal that if the swim drained her, it was okay to call it a day. But if she survived the bike, she might as well walk the run to finish. I can't express my relief when I saw her smiling excited and happy on the bike. This woman. #determinedtoturnmegray









And now it's her turn, "Swim, bike and run. IRONMAN 70.3 accomplished in New Orleans.



Make no mistake. My goal was just to cross the finish line. With me being a star actor in my own Nyquil and Dayquil commercial ... when you can't take the day off! And a super windy day which really didn't bother me much in the bike and run. But how can I train in choppy washing machine water like it was in Lake Pontchartrain that morning!!?? The swim was way beyond my skill level. (Ok obviously it wasn't if I finished, but I did teach myself the back stroke out there!). How many times in that 1.2 mile swim did I hear Lisa yelling at me in my head "Swim. JUST SWIM!"





Thanks Lisa for getting me through #3. I played the "Where is Lisa in the race?" game calculations while riding and running and I was dead on both times where I thought she'd be. Thank you for the cheers out there. I'm still not 100% healthy a week out. But it still defines who I am to myself. A strong and determined older woman that will accomplish the task. I started in the last wave of the race and I finished at 8:17:02. Not the time I was hoping for... But... Watch me kick it in August when Lisa, Cheryl Chaney, and I all do our first 70.3 race together in Ohio!" ~ Anita Patten





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(me again) That was by far the toughest 70.3 (due to weather conditions) I've ever raced!! Grown men were being plucked out of the water and blown off their bikes. And don't even get me going on the run headwind again... If mom had something to prove that day, she did out there. But I don't even think it was about that. I think she has found herself in a sport/activity that she can push beyond her limits, have fun, be healthy, and feel like a bad ass. She was labeled "the happiest athlete on the course" and her smile was endless from swim exit to finish line.

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Monday, April 18th - post 70.3 rest day. And much needed. My foot hurts. It cramped on the run yesterday (weird, it's never done that) and it's been sore since. I'm going to baby it for a few days. I love my OOFOS. We walked around NOLA for a bit which maybe made it feel better, but still gonna rest. Monday fun run with Asics and B.E. Fit ~ I sat out. Mom's last night in town... REST

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Tuesday, April 19th - one more rest day with my momma REST Weds, April 20th - recovery run 5k on base, 25 mins + 200 yards, I couldn't swim any farther! Phew! Worked at the shop the rest of the day. RUN Thurs, April 21st - jumped on the bike for 50 minutes to make adjustments and ensure it's 100 mile ready after the "fitting" debacle...

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Friday, April 22nd - 100 mile bike ride with Paul. Nice and windy but perfect beautiful day for a ride! I won't lie, it was tough. I wasn't quite ready for a 100 yet, but I had 5 hours and Paul had 6 and I wanted to push him out of his comfort zone. We went a little over 6 and definitely out of our comfort zones. Saturday, April 23rd - worked at the shop and dinner and photos with friends #nolesbo Sunday, April 24th - 800 yard open water swim. That's all my anxiety could muster. I don't know what it is about Robinwood Lake anymore... Sigh. By IMtrigirl at April 26, 2016

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Sunday, April 24, 2016

When Are You Leaving?

If you haven't heard, I'm headed to Brazil ~solo~ for my 9th Ironman. I fly out of Kansas on May 23rd so my Gulf Coast leave date is in the air. I have a few shifts at RNT to cover and a bit of work to wrap up before my trip... After Brazil I'll return to New York for a week with my mom, niece, and stepsister followed by GOBA in Ohio. From there I'll return to Kansas for Freeda Wander and Jake and begin my 5,000+ mile journey. This will be my longest RV road trip. I'm traveling north through Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, west to Montana, cruise through the tip of Idaho, Washington, then head south through Oregon and arrive in Windsor, California for Ironman Vineman. This leg of the trip is about 3,000 miles and I have 30 days to complete it. I have no idea of what adventures I'll get into, but I'm CERTAIN it will go down in history... After Ironman Vineman, I'm cruising back to Ohio ~ Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana will all peep the Adventure mobile cruising through. I'll compete in Ironman 70.3 Delaware (Ohio) before heading south back to the Gulf Coast. Every time it's time to go I start reflecting on my life here. Mom was here last week, "Your people love you." And now you understand why I've stayed. I get so bored here and aggravated with monotany and ticky tacky. But the people in my life on the Coast are one of a kind. I want to believe that I can recreate this life anywhere I land, but it's just not truth. There's something about this land, this circle, the Gulf Coast air ~ the water runs just as thick as blood. It's quite incredible. I've heard it a dozen times in the last few weeks, "For what it's worth... I'm here for you." I promise you that worth cannot be valued. I get scared to leave; I'll be forgotten. But I think too, I'd be a different person if forced to stay still. It doesn't change my plans but it's enough to grimace and turns my stomach. Thank goodness for Facebook, yeah!? And I'm going to be diligent about sending post cards. In fact, I'm super excited about this part!! I want a whole collection of my travel memoirs in homes ALL OVER the world! Maybe someday they'll be worth some money and put in a book. Or a museum. Hey!, you don't know who I might become from here!! ;) ;) So the big question now... Can we have a big leaving party!?!? If you'd like to get a TOA traveling postcard, please fill out this form and include your address! By IMtrigirl at April 24, 2016

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Monday, April 18, 2016

Wind Waves and More Wind - New Orleans 70.3

If you raced New Orleans 70.3 this weekend, you are a bad ass.

This is not a hard race course. But it was a harddddd day. That was definitely the hardest 70.3 I've raced to date. Lots of people have asked, was that your hardest swim? And the answer is actually, no. The ocean is way tougher. And I really thought I was going to die in Cabo and South Africa. I knew I wouldn't die in Lake Pontchartrain, but I knew it was going to be rough. Sure enough, it was HARD!! Standing on the dock waiting for our turn to jump in, Dr. Kat appears smirking at me. "I'm freaking out Kat!!" The most lovely words escaped her mouth, "so am I." I instantly felt relieved. If Kat is nervous then this vomity feeling is totally normal! We jumped in together and she killed that 1.2 miles! I survived.

A protected marina, I've never seen this water so choppy. I imagine this is what it feels like to be in a washing machine. I would come up for a breath and a wave would slap me in the face and pull/push me back in. It was hard to site, hard to move forward, and just HARD. It blows my mind that the winning pro swam that monster in 25 minutes. I bow to his triathlon awesomeness. I've read that 79 people were pulled from the swim and many more didn't even take on the challenge.

I swam 1.2 miles in 50 minutes ~ worst swim time to date. ^ that's not me. First few pictures courtesy of The Times-Picayune.

T1: 3:32 (long run from swim to transition!!)

The bike was no better. We knew the 25mph+ winds were going to be in our face going out giving us a nice tailwind on the way back. Even though I was moving slow, I felt strong. I also felt like shit. A really bad bike fitting (when all I wanted was tweaked) left me super uncomfortable. My head, shoulders, and neck were aching almost immediately, my seat was entirely too far forward, and eventually my knees hurt and my legs fatiguing. We never did get that amazing tailwind. Well, we got it for a small section, maybe 10 miles or so. But we actually ended up with some serious cross wind coming back. It beat the ferocious headwind, but it was still tough coming home.

I managed to hold a 15mph going out and then a 20mph average coming in. I honestly didn't push on the bike. I just biked. 3:13 was my official time with a 17.38 average. Coming in off the bike I got a nice surprise, AMBER!! She made a last minute arrangement to get to NOLA and was there the rest of the day motivating me with Cameron. I couldn't have asked for a better sherpa team *hearts* T2: 1:55 from bike to run (another long run to the mat).

My favorite part, the run! 6.2 out and back. Knowing that we're going out with the wind and it was gonna be brutal head wind coming back, I turned up the race wheels (my legs). My splits were rocking and I felt so good. First 3.1 at 30 minutes Second 3.1 at 33 minutes. And then the turn around happened (face palm). Next 2.8 was 30 minutes and last 4.1 took 46 minutes. I still ended up with a 10:38 pace and a 2:19 1/2 marathon so I'm fairly satisfied.

I can't even describe the run coming back though, it kind of felt like running through sand while pulling a giant tractor tire tied around my waist ~ so I guess I did just describe it. We were literally bent over running into the wind. And the wind was relentless. We didn't even get any breaks in it, just a constant headwind making us CRAZY. My favorite part though (which also was due to being only 2 miles out) was coming across a friend Brandy. We ran the last 2 miles mostly together and the last 1 together. If it weren't for her, I probably would have walked and likely vomited during that last mile. The finish line felt like red carpet rather than blue. So many cheers and friends calling my name, high fives, and cameras in my face. I felt like a super star coming through. And I was SO glad for this race to be over.

^ that's Brandy behind me!! (she should have finished in beside me since she carried me the last mile but I think she wanted us to have our own special moments ;) thanks Brandy!!).

I was quickly greeted by Amber and Cameron and a slew of other bad ass New Orleans finishers, spectators, and friends. We waited with Abita and jambalaya while other friends and my momma finished.

Fun facts that I don't know where else to include them: ~ New Orleans 70.3 also included friends from Ohio, David and Aneca and their group of friends, Jennie, Franny, Ray, Julie, Traci, and Brandi. The group rented a house for the weekend and mom and I stayed with. What a FUN group of gals (and David). We cooked. We drank. We pool'ed and we danced. Oh yeah, and we Tri'd. It was so great getting to meet and make new friends. David and Julie finished their races and the rest were relays, also finishing strong. I think our next group trip will be to St. Croix 2017. Holla!! I have to add that I'm quite impressed by the amount of alcohol these girls can put down... ~ Mom finished her third 70.3 SICK. She was so sick that race morning, I insisted she NOT race. The night before she had a fever and was up all night. I was so worried. When I saw her all smiles on the bike I was super relieved. She was complimented as being "the happiest athlete on the race course". Yep, that's my momma *hearts*

~ Team TOA, Team Zoot, Ticking Tri Bombs, SBRMimosa, BnG Tri Club, and Tri-Dat were just a few of the clubs of which friends were on the course. I love love love seeing familiar faces out there and cheering for my people. ~ As an AWA athlete I got a special PINK swim cap but more scarily, they put me on a special bike rack (insert eyes wide scared face). The reason for the intimidation, everyone else on the rack is super fast!! I'm an AWA mostly because I do so many races (it's a point system). Others gain points by winning and being fast. I knew that I'd return from the swim and everyone's bikes would be long gone. To my surprise, they weren't! Only about half of them. Phew!! Felt relieved and kinda bad ass... ~ A whole slew of more photos

~ I'm super extra proud of David H. In high school 20 some odd years ago we never imagined we'd be doing this and especially together. I love this guy. By IMtrigirl at April 18, 2016

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Accountability: 7 Weeks I realize that I've been in the single digits... but the #7 sounds/seems/reads so much more single than 8 or 9 did *insert the eyes wide open face. I am NERVOUS! And maybe that's also because New Orleans 70.3 is this weekend. WHICH, Ohio friends will be joining me AND my momma is coming to race!!!! UTI cleared up nicely thanks to antibiotics and Kerby love. Let's hope THAT doesn't happen again EVER in life! Monday, April 11th - 2,000 meter swim as 10 x 200 ~ what a good swim! Amber stayed next to me with her flippers on and we pushed it out. Maybe my time didn't reflect it, but I felt strong. Finished Monday with a 5k fun run with Amber and Brayden followed by sushi and lots of laugh from a 10 year old HA HA!! ;) SWIM RUN Sushi Tuesday, April 12th - Team TOA got washed out for a bike ride but we did do a transition clinic and a spin class at eFit. Miriam laid it on us too!! I was sweating! Topped that with a few sprints around the indoor track and some pancakes. I'm really proud of Jennie and Tracy and excited or their first 70.3 this weekend. BIKE (spin) Short Brick RUN Weds, April 13th - it's going to rain forever. At least that's what it feels like right now. Grrr. No swim. No outside biking. Ran on the treadmill for a bit and did a little rowing until getting called into work early. Spent the day at the shop. Rain rain GO AWAY!! THIS & THAT Thurs, April 14th - 1 hour on the spin bike and picked mom up at the airport. BIKE Fri, April 15th - a very quick 1000 meter swim and then headed to NOLA for a super regimented and busy day. SWIM Saturday, April 16th - NOLA all day Sunday, April 17th - New Orleans 70.3 (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, 13.1 mile run) 6:28 70.3 RACE By IMtrigirl at April 18, 2016

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Accountability: 8 weeks New Orleans 70.3 is sneaking up on me. I'm still not feeling 100% on the bike... so let's see what happens this week... Monday, April 4th: 2,200 meter swim, felt slow and still dehydrated from weekend. I attempted a run but having some bladder discomfort (some is an understatement...). SWIM Tues, April 5th: I woke up early for a long ride with Amanda. We hit 44 miles and I headed out for another 12. Fortunately I had a deep tissue with April scheduled and a great adjustment after. Core Chiro rules my world

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