Our first day at GNP was a quick visit after driving from Coeur D’Alene to Whitefish. We were staying on Big Mountain in Whitefish, which was beautiful, but unfortunately not very conveniently located for exploring the park. The running joke the whole trip was that it was close in Montana miles, since everything is expansive and wide open. The drive to the park from our condo was about 45 minutes, and that was just to the west entrance, driving across the park adds another one to two hours depending on traffic and the destination. (more…)
Next week I will compete in my second Ironman, in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho. After completing my first Ironman in November of 2013 and signing up for Coeur D’Alene at the end of 2014, I knew I wanted to improve my mental game this time around. Looking back, I found training for my first Ironman to be an extremely emotional endeavor. I was experiencing everything for the first time, my first 20 mile run, 90 mile ride, 100 mile ride….and that lead to a lot of excitement and pride, but also a lot of anxiety and doubt. While I worked on visualizing different parts of the race to mentally prepare, all the emotions I experienced in my training left my mental game a bit weak. 
Goolds Gone Wild 