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Vineman Photos!

Posted by karalapoint on August 8, 2010March 1, 2012

Some pics from my first Ironman Triathlon, Windsor, CA July 31st, 2010 Vineman

Tired at the end, but within a few minutes, still dazed but HAPPY! 🙂

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I rode the struggle bus super duper hard this morning on our run. Some days are just like that, without great explanation, and you have to just let it be what it is and learn to be okay with it. 🤷‍♀️ But the good news is that it doesn’t make the views any less incredible, the experience any less fun, or the company any less amazing!👌🏼😍 (And in my case, thankfully, they were also super patient!! 😉) ——— #KeepItFun #TrailRunning #MountainPlayground #GetOutside #EmbraceItALL

Well I can’t seem to get myself out of the office before 6:00 these days, but it sure does make for some pretty spectacular evening rides! 😍💙 #MountainPlayground #FromWhereIRide #EarnYourViews #Lemonade #Tradeoffs #AllToMyself

Tonight’s ride made my heart so, so happy. 💛☺️ That was the only intention, with each pedal stroke. And that is a beautiful thing. —— #SoulFiller #HappinessWatts #RideYourBike #JustBecause #GetOutside #SoakItUp #GoodVibesOnly

Thanks 4 all the great support for yesterday’s Pan-Am Championship. I wish I had a better update to share, but it wasn’t my day out there. ⠀ ⠀ After the 3rd year in a row coming in to this race sick [just can’t seem to avoid it this time of year...], I did all I could to rally back, stay super positive & prepare myself to have a great race. I actually felt really good in my pre-race training, & was encouraged I may have turned things around just in time. Unfortunately though, my body just didn’t have it yesterday, and I suffered. I simply felt empty, & far from my usual self. ⠀ ⠀ To be completely honest, I am really disappointed w/ my day. I wanted much more from myself than I was able to give, I expected more, & I know I am capable of more. At the moment, I’m feeling pretty sad & frustrated, which I know is completely unproductive — but I also think it’s ok to take a moment to sit with these feelings, & then be able to move forward. So I’m allowing myself that time & space right now, and then will look at how I can use this experience to make me better for the future. ⠀ ⠀ As I said before the race, we can’t control the hand we’re dealt on the day, but we can control our reactions — and I do feel proud in that I fulfilled my promise to myself, and gave it everything I had out there. Deep down I know that was all I could ask of myself. ⠀ ⠀ So, I’m doing my best to stay focused on the positives. Although it wasn’t the ending I wanted, it’s been a solid season of consistently strong racing, and I am really proud to once again finish up 2nd overall in the Pan-Am Series. 😃😍⠀ ⠀ Huge congrats to @fabiolacoronag for wrapping up the Pan-Am title w/ an incredible 3rd place finish yesterday. So well deserved! And to all the women who made the podium here — WOW! Every one of them THREW IT DOWN, and I am impressed & humbled by their performances, especially winner @lesleydoestri. Amazing!! ⠀ Lastly, I want to say I was REALLY feeling the love out there, from every corner. I felt like I had so many people pushing me along, and it’s a huge reason why I was able to keep fighting, & make it in for a 7th place finish. THANK YOU to all of you, more than I can say. 🙏 💜

“To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” - Steve Prefontaine ———— What does 100% look like to you...? For me, it looks like this. ———— It’s sweat and slobber and snot and mud. It’s pushing until you don’t think you can possibly take another step... and then pushing even more. ———— Sometimes, it’s having to get carried out from the finish line after overheating in an all-out run battle (Xterra Alabama). Sometimes, it’s flying off your bike mid-downhill because your body is so depleted that you can’t even hold on to the bars anymore (Xterra Brazil). Sometimes, it’s just barely managing to make it through the run without crapping yourself from GI issues (true story 🤷‍♀️), and then immediately puking at the finish line (Xterra Beaver Creek). Sometimes, it’s coming up short when there’s simply nothing left to give. ———— It isn’t pretty. And it hurts — a LOT. But it is always, ALWAYS worth it. And for me, it’s just the only way I know how to do it. ———— Does that mean that I always succeed? Nope! But it means I can always take pride in knowing I gave everything I had, no matter what the circumstances or result. ———— I don’t know what all will happen out there on course at #XterraPanAmChamps tomorrow, and so much of it I can’t control. But what I can control is the effort & the courage & the heart that I put in, so I do know this: I will be giving it 100% tomorrow. And I am ready, for whatever that may mean this time around. ———— #XterraPanAm #Championship #GoTime #AllIn #FierceAndFab ✨

Want to know what it feels like to ride the #XterraPanAmChamps course? Ride along with me for one minute of the roughly 5-minute Middle Fork descent, one of the highlights of our race course. Fast and FUN! (And right now, incredibly dry and loose!) #XterraOffroad #CrossTri #Triathlon #MTB #FromWhereIRide #Rylo #ShotOnRylo

Missing this place something FIERCE right now... 💙🏔💙🌲💙💎💙⠀ ⠀ I am super grateful to be able to take advantage of some amazing opportunities here in Colorado these days, and all over the world through my racing, but sometimes I sure do wish I could just snap my fingers and be right back here to take in — and really feel — these views, and all of the other incredible things that make Tahoe mean so much to me. ⠀ ⠀ But the good thing about being from a place like this, and having it be such an integral part of who I am, is that it will ALWAYS be HOME, no matter where else in the world I may be at a given moment. Nothing can ever replace that, and nothing can take it away. And that’s a pretty darn special thing to have. I am a lucky girl indeed to call this place home — from anywhere and everywhere, always and forever. ⠀ ⠀ #TaHOME #MyPlace #CaliforniaDreaming #NoPlaceLikeHome #PureHappiness

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7th for me today at #XterraPanAmChamps. To be honest, it wasn’t my day out there. Felt far from myself, and really… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 1 week ago
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