Sarah Borst Jarvis

This morning, after I had taken a look at my to-do list for the day, the following occurred to me:  Training is the easiest thing I do!   Then I told the husband my revelation. And, smart as he is, he says: I am just going to sit here and smile. What's that supposed to mean?!?  Some people may disagree with me, but let's face it: Training is my escape from real life and its responsibilities. Well, sort of. Ok, not really. But if I have to choose between calling the dentist for an appointment (on my to-do list for months now) or riding my bike for 4 hours, which one do you think is going to be easier for me to accomplish? It seems like I prefer a tempo run over signing up my kid for soccer camp. Writing a resume for a (little) job I want to apply for? Are you kidding me? Please tell me I have double brick on my schedule so I have an excuse .  And this is why I don't get a whole lot of anything done. I just stick to the basics (you know: kids, ...

One of my favorite places. My favorite distance these days.  Lots of my favorite people!  5 more days until I get to toe the line at the St. George 70.3 ! I have been super excited for this race ever since the day they announced it last April. I would have really liked to do the full Ironman there as well but the timing just wasn't right and so I was stoked to hear that they changed the distance and turned this into the U.S. Pro Championships . I am almost a little sad I don't get to watch all of the world-class athletes duke it out at the front of the field because, believe me, it's going to be exciting and, if you are in the area at all, you should definitely come spectate! In case you are wondering, I will no doubt be rooting for my Germans, especially world champion Sebastian Kienle who grew up in the next town over. But I also have a crush on Crowie. I mean: Who doesn't?  St. George is known to be hot, windy, dry, and... somewhat u...

outdoor swims are my favorite! Training camps are pretty much the best !!!  I love, love, love them!  I wouldn't mind having one every month!  At this year's HT camp, we had lots of everything , including (but not limited to): * Some great swimming with plenty of helpful (and fun) drills from Coachie! I do love his drills but I tend to get super cold while not moving much, so I have a love-hate relationship when it comes to drills. My favorite was definitely the one pictured above. Sit on your kick board and skull to the other side. Turns out that if this is how we moved through the water in a triathlon, I might actually make the front pack!  * Warming up in the  hot tub . I may or may not have stayed in there for an extra 10 minutes after everyone had already left. I can always eat my breakfast on the bike...  * Obviously there was quite a bit of  biking . My favorite! Here we are trying to hang on to Coach...

me, Colleen, Amber Finally! The first (real) race of the season! I couldn't be more excited to get this party started! And a party it was. My favorite kind of party... (Although the friends I was with might argue that I was doing anything but partying. But to each their own...) I had been on a blogging roll for a while but then Coach M decided it's time to get serious . So she upped my running volume and intensity. Which inevitably has two consequences:  1. I fall apart physically  2. I fall apart mentally Not a good combination. This means that I (sometimes quite literally) crawl into bed at night and am done with the world. No time for any extracurricular activities such as blogging. So don't expect to hear from me too often in the next few weeks either. On top of that I wasn't too thrilled to be tapering for this race, so M basically said something to the effect of:  I am going to make sure you will be  really  ready to t...

One of my favorite running websites, Discover Your Happy ,  is doing another awesome giveaway here !  A 2-night-stay at The Radisson Downtown in Salt Lake City  plus 2 entries to the Salt Lake City Half Marathon or 5k How cool is that?  I ran the Salt Lake City Half Marathon in 2010  and even found the race report I wrote back then.  It's definitely a race I would love to go back to!  Either way you should check out their website for all things related to running and fitness.  I personally know 2 of the 3 ladies running the show at Discover Your Happy  and they are awesome chicks!  Love them!

fun ride with friends in St. George Today didn't start out too well. Actually, this whole week has been a drag . I am trying to figure out which of the following to blame: being back at altitude, PMS, some sort of minor sickness, or just plain old tired legs. I am still not sure but I know one thing: When it's time for us to move back to lower elevation , I won't be sad. Yeah, it's nice to train high and race low but it sucks to feel like crap during and after every single workout. And I have decided that you don't necessarily feel better after you've been up here for a few weeks (quite the opposite actually), but you just get used to the crappy feeling. So. There you have it. That's my take on living and training at 7,000 ft. that's what it looked like, minus the shirts, plus goggles Anyway. Where was I? Oh yes. My swim this morning. I was about to start feeling sorry for myself again when JL showed up at Masters in his swim suit, goggle...

ready to roll in Cesenatico, Italy ('97) Sometimes, and especially after last week's HT training camp, I feel like there are a lot of things that my athlete friends don't know or realize about me. Things and experiences that shaped me and turned me into the person and athlete that I am today. There is obviously lots of room for improvement in all areas of my life but it might be interesting to see where I am coming from. I finally have some scanned pictures to go with my stories, so before writing about last week's camp I am going to tell you about my first two training camps in Cesenatico, Italy.  Although I am not sure where to start. It would make sense to start at the very beginning of my triathlon days but I am going to save that for another day... Seeing how both years of camp were basically identical and took place more than 15 years ago, they blend together nicely in my head and I am unable to keep them separate. So I am just going to tell you w...