I love Pacific Grove Triathlon, so I may not be the best person to offer an unbiased opinion of the race. Since you generally love races where you’ve won twice (!), my take may be a little distorted. Still, it’s a popular Olympic-distance triathlon — and a popular triathlon for first-timers (god knows why) —… Continue reading →
Short version: I killed it. Probably thanks to a fast (for this race) swim, I was only a bit over a minute slower than the fastest I’ve gone here. And, I won — even though the results say otherwise. Now, I can’t walk because my right little toe may basically be broken. Long version: We rolled… Continue reading →
Read all my weekly updates about being a Professional Triathlete. We own two cars. One has a front end that’s all smashed in. If I’m driving that car, people always let me merge. They get out of the way quickly. When I used to park in the neighborhoods around USC, no one ever questioned if I belonged on… Continue reading →
2019 Oceanside 70.3 Peru 70.3 – DNF St. George 70.3 Victoria 70.3 – 10th pro woman Santa Rosa 70.3 – 12th pro woman Swimrun Casco Bay – 2nd women’s team 2018 Way Too Cool 50K – 10th woman Wildflower Triathlon – 10th pro woman Finland 70.3 – 9th pro woman Sweden 70.3 – 9th pro… Continue reading →
It’s been a year since I started with Hillary. A year of training hard and getting faster, almost like that’s how it’s supposed to work. Naturally, it was fitting that I marked the anniversary with a double race weekend — not this past weekend but the one before that: Pacific Grove Triathlon on Saturday, Dipsea… Continue reading →
People at the gym have this tendency to ask me, “Are you training for the Ironman?” To which, I’m always like, “Sure.” But also, this: Spartan Super Temecula (1/30): Last year, I filmed this race for my grad school documentary, which was part of the whole short-lived ‘maybe obstacle course racing could be my sport’ thing.… Continue reading →
Of course I made a plan for the year. Obviously. I got out my paper calendar and I wrote things down and I crossed things off and I came up with a master, super schedule for my serious jump back into triathlon/first Ironman ever. Here’s the plan, more or less, subject to change without warning:… Continue reading →
Bone spur on the base of my big left toe — which hasn’t actually been hurting much lately, just sore after hard things, long things and races Still really cut up, swollen, possibly broken or sprained pinky toe on my right foot from Pacific Grove — but can you sprain a toe? Bruised bone on my… Continue reading →
Short story: I never felt totally in it — not even from the night before when I was at a pub with Steve. But, I kept it together enough to win my wave (29 & under). I just didn’t keep it together enough to win the race, with a fast 31-year-old and 34-year-old beating me… Continue reading →
Usually, it takes a few days for me to feel recovered. Like three. And, then I’m fine. I have always been fine racing back to back weekends, though that usually takes being smart — cooling down, not eating an entire pouch of bite-sized Kit-Kats every day in “celebration.” Once, I did like five Olympic-distance triathlons… Continue reading →
Kelly O'Mara 