Author Archives: Lisa

Between howling winds all night long and the cumulative volume of camp thus far, I tossed and turned most of the night. So I was quite glad for this optional Rest Day. Unlike previous epicWoman camps where there was a … Continue reading →

So my theme for today is Grateful. The day started with an aquathon on a section of the IM swim and run course. It included a 1.2k swim in rather vigorous water, but we were a focused group, and tried … Continue reading →

I know that this probably means that I’m not working hard enough on this camp, but I have to say that I had fun pretty much all day today. (I know this because by the end of the day, the … Continue reading →

My day started at dawn with a bracingly “fresh” swim in the outdoor pool. I wanted to do the 6k option so I jumped in and got started–at close to my 100M pr pace for the first 300 or so … Continue reading →

When i heard that Tara was planning an EpicWoman camp on Lanzarote, i planned my winter around it, as i became entranced with the place when i came to race the IM in 2010. The island of Lanzarote is a … Continue reading →

Having the rather unique perspective (except for T and Etienne!) of surviving all four EpicWoman camps, I can honestly say that this year was the best yet! It’s been interesting to see how the paradigm has been tweaked and refined … Continue reading →

It’s amazing how our bodies rallied for one final push today–the anticipation of celebrating after a week of hard work helped a lot! So began the last day of training, fittingly with our 3k swim to the King’s buoy (and … Continue reading →

This morning’s swim was supposed to be a timed 1500m (to the buoy and back), with a ‘cool down’ 1500 lap.  I knew we were in for an interesting swim when we saw the size of the waves along Ali’i … Continue reading →

Today was a classic epicWoman camp day on the big island. The workouts to be completed seemed reasonable on paper….translated to the Mauna Loa volcano made it quite the challenge! Today’s ride was the Ultraman bike leg–hard to imagine racing … Continue reading →

Today was our recovery day, so the minimum work of the day consisted of a 60k ride and a 10k run.  There was an optional frolic in the waters near the Captain Cook monument at dawn, but since that required … Continue reading →