The Double, Part Two: Ironman Lake Placid Race Report

Posted on 30. Jul, 2008 by hillarybiscay in Blog | 3 Comments

Last Sunday, as I was walking down to the shore of Mirror Lake to start Ironman Lake Placid, one of the age group athletes next to me posed a question: “So, Hillary, do you have some special recovery secret that allows you to do two ironmans in one week, or are you just a genetic freak?” I didn’t know this man, but apparently he had heard about the stunt I was about to attempt, racing just a week after doing the Quelle Challenge Roth . . . My first thought was, “I wish my coach were here to hear this”—because he would have been laughing that the athlete he thought was likely not talented enough to make a career as a professional triathlete was now being mistaken for… Read More

The Double, Part One: Quelle Challenge Roth Race Report

Posted on 18. Jul, 2008 by hillarybiscay in Blog | 3 Comments

This past weekend, I finally had the privilege of competing in a race that I have been wanting to experience for years now. Germany’s Quelle Challenge Roth is one of those legendary triathlon events about which we hear so many stories: of the sport’s epic showdowns, world records, and of a race atmosphere unlike any other.  The women’s field for this year’s QCR was looking very much like the Hawaii Ironman World Championships, so I knew I was in for a race that would live up to all of the hype; I might have been in over my head, but there was no question that I was going to have the full Roth experience, and I was ready to embrace it.

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