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Lifetime Fitness Triathlon 2013

Growing up in northern MN, my athletic career began as a runner and swimmer. Following high school graduation, I attended Gustavus Adolphus College where I swam competitively for 4 years.  I then began teaching 5th grade and head coaching girls swimming in a rural town in southwestern MN.  I quickly became restless without athletic goals of my own.  That is when I met my husband who taught me everything about purchasing a road bike and helped to get me hooked on triathlon.  Not to mention in the years to come, I picked up telemark skiing, snowboarding, nordic skiing, mountain biking, climbing, and even learned to golf. All inspired by him.  

Moab Trail Marathon 2012

We moved to the beautiful Wind River Mountains in Wyoming shortly following our wedding. Now, he fly fishes, bow hunts, and Olympic lifts, leaving the "endurance stuff" to me.  Although, I can occasionally get him to brush the dust off his endurance gear and go with me.  I even talked him into doing a trail marathon a couple years ago. We have been married 10 years and have 2 daughters ages 5 and 7 who are now learning to swim, climb, ski, and are saving up their pennies to purchase mountain bikes.  They have also been caught practicing Olympic lifts with their PVC pipes or doing burpees while accompanying us to the local CF "box" or in the backyard.  

Eva and Abby Camping Trip 2013

I teach 4th grade on the Wind River Indian Reservation. On Monday, December 15, 2014, I was diagnosed with an ASD and a large PFO that will both need to be repaired. After being active my entire life with almost no complications, this news came as quite a shock.