Karen Finnerty

2 weeks ago i did an ocean race, 2.4 miles, 47 minutes, won my age group. felt really proud of myself. especially seeing how sick i had felt all week, the lack of training, appetite, and exhaustion that had started a week or so before. i figured eh its strep, all my students have that...must be. so i went to the doctor to get some medicine, turns out not strep, but mono! WTF! ok so the worst way to end a season is by getting mono. i've never experienced anything like it. i've seen siblings be s… Continue

so after a fabulous weekend i'm back home in oahu....here's my race review for the honu 1/2 IM..... swim-had a new start line so everyone was ina smaller area in the water. in the past the start has had one bouy and some people would start on the sand and run down the beach then into the water. so the swim start was a little tougher....in true IM fashion i got the shit kicked out of me hahaha it wouldn't be IM without that! the water was kinda of choppy as the wind was howling...but making the… Continue

well...hawaiian airlines no longer lets you just use bubble wrap and roll ur bike on the plane...who found that outlast night...rule was changed a few weeks ago...of course after i called to confirm it was ok. me. so couldnt fly to kona last night. already lent my bike box to someone racing somewhere else. so now what. right..change my flight til today at 12:45 go to bike shop get box for bike. check check. take apart bike. go to airport. 1 computer works. need to pay $25 for my bike. no one can… Continue

off to the big island tonight....honu 1/2 IM on saturday. so excited! granted, i dont think the fabulous visitors who were here for 10 days have helped my performance....hehe...but i do think its made me way more relaxed and ready to go this weekend. it should be fun. its gonna be a hot one! anyone else gonna be there? also, i went skydiving last saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 it was awesome!!!! nice little break from training....7 more dives til i can get my license to jump alone! happy… Continue

so im coming up on 1 year of real training...not the kinda training i used to do: the "eh ok i guess i'll workout training. its amazing how far ive come over the last year. i realized this today that i have put my body through so much...yet now its pushing harder more than ever. a 2 hour run is like nothing anymore. and i cruised on my bike for 4 1/2 hrs today...doing a PR up Pineapple Hill (i make my own little time trial every time i hit the bottom of the hill). when i started riding it last s… Continue