Four years ago I decided to try something athletically new. My first extreme triathlon in Canada. The course logistics of hiking at the end of an Ironman distance triathlon excited me. A few months later, I did another extreme triathlon in Italy - XTRI Icon. This event scared me. Swimming in extremely cold water at 4:30am (in the dark) scared me. I despise cold water. Next, I decided to try mountain biking. I continued to train for Ironman races but I was finding so much joy in preparing for events that required me to step out of my comfort zone. And that I have so much to learn feeling is a place that I was craving after over completing over 18 Ironman triathlons. Cape Epic was not the logical next chapter in my mountain biking journey but it felt right knowing I was sharing the experience with Karel. We have never completed an event together as a team so I knew if he didn’t think I was ready, he would not have suggested that we race together. We completed eight stages across the West...
3x Author, Board Certified Sports Dietitian, Master of Science in Exercise Physiology, 22 x Ironman finisher, 3x XTRI finisher, 6xIM World Championship finisher, Triathlon Coach, 32-year Vegetarian. Trimarnicoach.com