Monthly Archives: April 2011

What does one do on her 49th birthday?

Well this old girl started Tara Norton’s Epic Women’s camp on her 49th birthday, Saterday April 16, 2011. The scene of this “Epic Adventure” is Kona, Hawaii at Pineapple Hale. You can view this house @ http://ironpineapplellc.com/wordpress/#pineapple%20hale/1 The day started … Continue reading

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“Day off”

Today is a day off for the Epic camp. Now most of us think of a day off as a day to be lazy and do nothing. Well, it’s a little different here. I jumped out of bed at 6:15. … Continue reading

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Day5

Day5 Yesiree, it is indeed pretty ridiculous when a ‘short’ training day included about 4.5 hours of activity…. Unfortunately my day began in the wee hours of the morning with my GI system off-loading yesterday’s dinner. It never went away … Continue reading

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michele day 5

ann and i headed out early this am for a 90k ride,it was really nice and easy even though my legs were still feeling it. we then headed out for our swim lesson. We both had a excellent lesson and while … Continue reading

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Day 5- Short day, rest day, easy day????

So today was our…I think we decided on short day! Woke up and CHILLED! Most of the group went to do an open water swim but I got the chance to do a swim lesson with Carlyn, the open water … Continue reading

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Epic Woman Camp Day 4 – RACE DAY: swim, bike/run/bike/run

Today was a great ‘race’ day! The day started with a pool swim with a 2000yrd TT.  I pulled off a 25:26 which I am happy with – sure have to work on my open water swimming times so that they are more … Continue reading

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Day4

Day4 So today started out with a 2000Y time trial swim at the kona aquatic center (with warmup and cooldown to bring it to the requisite 3k). Then it was back to the house for a second breakfast and to … Continue reading

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The fourth day

Today I woke up feeling very tired. We hit the pool to do a 500 WU, 2000m time trial, 500Cd or an optional 6000m swim. I bet you can guess which workout I did. Yup, the 3000m. The main workout … Continue reading

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Day 4- I think I screwed my leg- Was it good?

Today started off with a 3km pool swim with a 2km TT-  I felt ok surprisingly.  Had Michele in the lane beside me and she is a stronger swimmer then me and we were neck and neck for the first … Continue reading

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epic camp day 4

Day 4 Tuesday:  Racing day. Everyone was ready by 730a to hit the swimming pool. 500yds warm up 2000yds race 500yds cool down. Once back to the house time for an epic breakfast and ready for 20m bike/6m run race x2.. … Continue reading

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