2018 Competitive Year Review

2018 BEST 9 Instagram posts

15 Races

15 Races ( 14 medals - AON Climb is missing)

2018 was another great and busy year. Year of trying new things, like racing at the National Duathlon Championship that lead to qualifying to compete on Team USA at the World Championship in Spain in 2019, and building on 2017 racing season and racing 2nd Ironman 140.6 placing 8th in AG.

January

1. Step up for children - AON building climb, 80 floors in 13:44. 3rd elite female and 4th female overall.

February

2. Hustle up the Hancock climb - 94 floors in 13:26. 2nd elite female and 3rd overall female.

March

3. Presidential Towers climb - 4X45 floors - 180 floors total in 20:42 - 2nd elite and overall female.

4. 10K at Notre Dame University. 44:04 at 7:06 pace. 3rd overall female and 1st AG.

April

5. National Duathlon Championatship - 6th in my age group with 2:19:07 at the National Championship and qualified for Team USA for Standard Distance Duathlon at the 2019 ITU Multisport Festival in Pontevedra, Spain!

Duathlon is Run - Bike - Run. Standard distance for this event was 8.45km run, 39km bike, 4.5 run

My results:

Run - 8.45 km (5.25 miles) - 38:04 -7:16 pace

Bike - 39 km (24.2 miles) - 1:17:33 - 18.7 m/h (hilly course)

Run - 4.5 km(2.8 miles) - 21:04 - 7:32 pace

Gender place -39/135, Age group place -6/18

May

6. Mini Indy Half Marathon - 1:39:58 at 7:27 pace. 8th AG place out of 1000, 129th female overall out of over 10K female who ran today and 892th out of almost 20k runners who competed half marathon distance today. It was a fun, running on 2.5 miles on the Indy500 track, flat and well organized.

7. Chicagoland Spring Half - 1:38:58 at 7:33 pace - 1st AG and 11th female overall. 2 weeks post Indy Mini Half.

June

8. Leon's Triathlon - Regional Championatship - 2:28:33 -4th AG and 10th female overall. 10 Min PR. Swim 28 min at 1:44 ave pace.

July

- No races. It was all about high volume training for Louisville Ironman and Berlin Marathon.

August

9. Triathlon National Championship - 2:36:18 - 39th AG - Swim 34:59, Bike 1:07:51, Run 47:26. Swim was choppy and hard, 10 min longer than in June at the regional championship, had an awesome bike at close to 22mph and hot run.

10. Open Water Race in Madison Wisconsine. 2,4 miles in 1:40:53 - No wetsuites. Last year I swam close to this time but in a wetsuit.

September

11. Berlin Marathon - 3:33:37. Best time in 4 years and 3rd fastest marathon. My 4th major marathon. Used it as a long run for Louisville Ironman - 1 month out from Ironman.

October

- No Races, it was all about fine tuning for 2nd Ironman

November

12. Louisville Ironman 140.6 - Overall time 11:06 ( swim was cut ot 0.9 mile), 8th AG. It was a rough race. Details posted in a recap

Swim - 0.9 mile 11 min

Bike: 6:08/112 miles/18.2mph

Run: 4:24/26.2 miles/ 10:05 pace

13. Skyrise Climb at Willis Tower - 105 Floors in 19:04. 3rd AG and 9th overall female. 35 sec PR at Willis tower

14. LaSalle Building Climb - 58 floors in 9:39. 6th overall female. Raced just 2 hours after Willis on the same day.

15. Milwaukee US Bank Center Climb - 47 floors in 6:59. 2nd elite and overall female.

December - Rolled ankle and broken fibula.