Sarah Borst Jarvis

Orem Masters is taking a break in August. What? How can they do this to me? So last Thursday was officially my last swim practice with them. It was a good one: 13*200m (main set) I have been missing them ever since. I swam 3 times this week but it was not the same. I miss Coach Dan, the scoreboard, and my swim buddies . Sahara, Carlee, Erin, me These wonderful and fun ladies made swimming so much more enjoyable. Even if we could only ever talk while kicking. Sahara and my favorite lanemate, Heather. I found out that Flagstaff has a Masters group as well. So I am hoping for the best! I will be back for Christmas and next summer. I already told Coach that I am coming to visit then. Can't wait. Until then... Good bye.

It was fun . It was epic . It was a blast . It felt so good . It hurt in a good way. It was absolutely stunningly gorgeous . We managed to take lot of pictures . Mainly Jen. Thank you! 6:00 am American Fork Boat Harbor Mountain Silhouette Excited for the journey to the top 6:20 am About to jump into the nice warm calm lake 7:00 am Ready to rock Heading up into the canyon Climbing the Alpine Loop with Jameson Timpooneke Campground Awesome group of girls Jen, Keena, Melissa 8:45 am A little reunion before the real fun is about to start 8:50 Hitting the trail Enjoying the majestic beauty Going up , up, up Getting closer 10:55 am We made it! Enjoying the view for a few minutes Having a little snack at the top Moose in a meadow on the way down Keena coming down This girl is my hero I want to be like her some day 12:50 pm Back to the bikes There were quite a few of us crazies 2:30 pm We're back to the cars Sweaty Tired Happy Our adventure was everything and more that I had hop...

I don't know why I am having such a hard time with this post. Maybe because I have already written a bunch of race reports and am getting tired of it. Probably because I am should spend this time packing up the house since we are moving today in 2 weeks! Definitely not because I did not like the race. I loved the Scofield Escape! So here we go: Wait ! First I need to go shave my legs and arm pits. I realized that there is no way I can go to the pool tomorrow morning like this! Excuse me. Ok. I am back. Since it is now 10:30 pm, I will give you the short version. Camping at the race site is awesome! The whole campground was reserved for athletes and their families. Loved the atmosphere . It was a real treat to have friends and fellow athletes so close. Like one big family. The actual camping was less glorious. Max finally went to sleep at 10:30, Noah had a nightmare and woke up screaming at 11:30, and I was still awake after midnight. The PowerTri ladies! Rolled my bike down ...

... until the ULTOT ! I am really looking forward to an epic Saturday where we are going to cover a total of 7,250 vertical feet . 2,800 of those on the bike and the other 4,450 we get to tackle by foot. The acronym stands for U tah L ake to the T op O f T imp Timp is short for Mount Timpanogos * which is Utah Valley's highest peak at 11,750 feet. I am not a big fan of numbers but this time I wanted to know what's in store for us... On Saturday, we get to dive in Utah lake at 6 am and swim a mile. Then we jump on our bikes , ride to the canyon, and climb the Alpine loop up to Timpooneke trailhead. We put on our running shoes and up, up, up we run/walk/creep to the top ! That is the plan, at least. It gets even better. This is not a race. Just a fun adventure put on by the Timp Tri Club . And, my favorite training buddy, Jen , is going to come with us! This might be our last epic training day together for a while. I am really excited to spend some quality time with her in the m...

After wrecking my brain about how to organize my thoughts on coaches , coaching , being coached , etc., I have realized that one post is not going to cut it. So today I just want to introduce my coaches (whom most of you know already) Heath and Mahogani Thurston . Mahogani competing in the Women's Tri I know. I am lucky. I don't just have one coach but two ! Believe me, that is a good thing. Mahogani is one tough lady, believe me! I actually met Mahogani way back in 1998/99. I was an exchange student at Provo High School and part of the swim team . (I also did track and cross-country.) Mahogani happened to be the assistant swim coach . Honestly, I don't have many memories of my time on the swim team. Cross-country was way more fun and exciting! But I do remember Mahogani... (If I remember right, she met Heath, who was also helping to coach some high school team, during one of our swim meets that year.) Überswimmer Heath ready to tear up the water The first memory I hav...