This is my first blog entry, well...ever, not to mention for Loop'd. 


I am a wife/mother and duathlete training for the World Championships in September and boy am I excited!  I got a great sponsorship opportunity from PrettyTough.com last night and was truly inspired by what they are doing for women and girls in athletics.  I could not wait to race today!  Last week, during a track workout, at the university here, it turned out to be "track day" for the one of the local schools.  I ended up sharing the track with a quite a few 5th and 6th graders and got a little choked up when, during my warm down, three girls came to the edge of the track and told me that I was "running really good"  It was so moving to see their eyes light up when I told them, they were running great too.  As a young runner, I would have died to see someone training on the track when I was there with school! 

Today was the Governors Cup 5K in Helena, MT and I headed down there with my coach, Mom, Grandma and 2 toddlers this morning.  It was only 1 1/2 hours away and oh-so-nice not to have to go a day early.  We arrived in Helena to start "warming up" in non other than a snow storm and 38 degrees.  Gotta love Montana in June.  I was ready for this race after finishing up 7 months of intensive training (the duathlon racing season starts in February).  Starting tomorrow I will take an easier month of training before starting up hard again in July. I was hoping to race a competitive race and that I did, but boy was it cold.  I finished in 2nd and think I did the best I could do in todays conditions but need to get some more racing under my belt before Worlds.  I tell you what, 38 and snowing is a little different than 93 and humid at Nationals last month!  The best part of racing today was all the participants.  I started as 1 of 3 female, seeded runners and hearing my kids yell "go mommy" just ROCKS.  I feel so blessed to be setting an example for my kids, especially my 6 year old daughter, who is a budding athlete herself.  I love being a role model for her and the 5 Daisy Girl Scouts that I have in my troop.  I am anxious to let them know how I did today.  They have been following my training/racing this year and are SO supportive.

What a great day!  Until next time...Racing hard and training smart...Heidi