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Kona Arrangements Are Made!
Sunday, April 29, 2012
 

Hello friends and family,

It's official; my sister, bff and two other girlfriends are going to kona! We are all going for different total days, but essentially the 9th-21st of October. My incredible business partner and boss, Brian Smith is going to cover me as Team Leader while I'm away. I feel like the most loved, blessed person on the planet to have the unwaivering support and faith of these folks and tons of others both inside and outside my office. Wow, my cup runneth over!

I laced up the Newton's that will carry me across the finish line at Kona, today. They are my traditional fuchsia and yellow and I added red laces on behalf of Keller Williams. I thought about the race year I have ahead (Cambridge, MD in June, 70.3 Half Ironman and Louisville, KY in August, Full Ironman and Kona in October), and wondered how I could make it more meaningful and less about just me. So, I decided to donate my entire racing year to KW Cares, which is our charity arm that awards grant money to real estate agent's clients and their families in need when catastrophies strike. Last year alone, it awarded $3M in aid to Joplin, MO.

I will set up a web site that will take donations on things and parts of races/mileage that can be sponsored to raise the money. Also, an agent that I'm coaching in his first triathlon, David Stich and The Denver Tri in June, has agreed to do the same. I am also going to get KW red and white tri kits (racing outfits-shorts and top) for us to race in to show our support. Wondering if the goal of raising $20K is high enough. Thoughts???

This week's training was a recovery week (you can check out my daily training schedule on this very site) since I was in Las Vegas on business for two days. Next two weeks will be peak level and very focused and I'm ready!!! Chrissie got a new bike fit (seat was too low so we raised it) and a shorter crank which helps me go faster and more efficiently. Got the crank put on Tuesday and have been on 2 rides and so far everything seems to be getting dialed in. I was having a bit of knee pain during long rides, which is why I went for the bike fit. We also added a little "shim" to my right shoe/cleat to level out my foot, which no one can really explain how it works, but seems to. :-) 5 weeks to first race of the season!!!!

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