Here we go again, folks! On Wednesday, July 6th, in the early morning I will be heading out into the White Mountains of New Hampshire* in an attempt for the supported record on the 48 4000 foot peaks. I am once again humbled by the amazing crew that has come to the Northeast to support me in this endeavor, and I’m looking forward to spending a few days in the mountains with nothing to do except hike those peaks! The current records I will have in my sights are: Current Overall Record: 3 days, 12 hours, 35 minutes (Will Peterson – 2022) Current Women’s Record: 4 days, 14 hours, 15 minutes (Stef ..read more

That was pretty much the theme of March for me. So much happening, some good, some not so good!!! But I have made it out the other side and I’m excited to give the run down of updates….. First: I ran in the Barkley Marathons!!!!! It was every bit as much fun and exciting as you think that event could be. I wrote about going into the race here on the Smashfest Queen diaries blog, and then I talk about my experience Out There on this episode of the IronWomen Podcast, so check those out. The time around the Barkley was also extra exciting because I added two new partners to my team! VJ Shoes and ..read more

Okay blog world, It’s time for update #2: Races. After feeling incredibly crappy for about 6 weeks after IM Lake Placid (see: health update), I had started to get my energy back from the Lyme and Babesia treatments. Hillary and I had decided to resume structured training at the start of October because it was then that I could finally start to feel good stringing together a few days together with consistency. I gave her the task that every coach dreams of: write a plan for return to fitness after 2 months  off….but also, I would be racing the first weekend in a two day event (14 hours day ..read more

Well team, we have a lot of updates to roll out here. I’m probably going to regret this but rather than glossing over things, I’m going to try to give each one a post and get them out fairly timely! Up on tap: health update (today!), The Stockville race report, a race report from The Hard Fall 24 Hour Adventure Race, and a re-cap of the Backbone Trail Running Camp. That will probably be as much blogging in the next 2 months as I have done all year, but #dreambig right?   So, here we go: health!  My last blog was bout IM CDA which was not a good race, to put it mildly. I went on from ..read more

It was my third time returning to the lovely little town of Coeur d’Alene for the Ironman race. In 2012, we had a high of 71 degrees and I remember a lot of folks being too cold out of the swim to get on their bikes right away! In 2015, it was 105 degrees! It was miserable! Surely, 2021 would be juustttttt right…..right? Alas, this is not a Goldilocks story, but rather a story that shows that sometimes lightning can strike twice. I won’t focus on weather as the main part of the story, but, when it’s 100 degrees for an ironman, that is going to be a major factor at play! Despite the forecast th ..read more

Two weeks after my last blog, things got all sorts of turned upside-down in the Biscay Coaching family. Our dear friend/coach/ironman/ultraman/veterinarian and all around amazing woman, Mary Knott, was taken from this world in a tragic and senseless crime. In those first weeks it felt like a cloud of disbelief: this is something that belongs on Dateline. This isn’t something that hits close to home. But, Mary is gone. It is close to home this time.  I hope that no one would ever have to go through something like this but I know that, unfortunately, domestic violence is all too prevalent i ..read more

If you follow me on the social medias, you will know that in the last couple months, I have picked up a new sport: mountain biking!! About a year ago Matt and I entered what was to be our first adventure race: The Two Rivers Adventure Race with Rootstock Racing. Obviously, COVID happened and the race couldn’t happen safely, and we found all of that out before we even took the plunge for getting mountain bikes. But as the year progressed, COVID restlessness continued to settle in, a few more hopeful adventure race entries were garnered, and despite the massive bike shortage in the world right n ..read more

2021 probably won’t be the year my consistency in blogging improves, but here we go! I figure an update on what I’ve been up to is appropriate. So, here we go….. Training: I am training (for a marathon)! I have a goal race (Myrtle Beach Marathon)! That’s the good part. The bad part, of course, is the global pandemic and so many factors, including the race actually happening, are up in the air. But for now I am enjoying doing “the work” and I think even if the race doesn’t happen, this is a good training block to put in for later in the year when hopefully races will start to return with regula ..read more

Guest blog by: Matt Cymanski On September 19, about a quarter after 11 PM, a man was sitting at the junction of the Appalachian Trail and a small spur trail just a few hundred feet north of Rockfish Gap. Four men came running at him through the woods, southbound on the AT and headed straight down the side trail, without even taking a moment to consider their options. Moments later, he heard shouting below, and a man who had passed him at what seemed like a snails pace just minutes before came barreling back towards him on the Appalachian trail, this time from the south.  I can only imagin ..read more

Whoa – I can hardly believe it’s been almost 8 weeks since I finished up hiking in the Adirondacks. Time sure flies when you’re…..crewing another FKT and trying to recover I guess! Ha! But, a lot has happened since my last blog post.  Let’s see…. Personally, I got (Earned? Ran? Hiked? Won?) another FKT! This time around, I was going for the female supported fastest known time for the 46 high peaks in the Adirondacks.  If you had no idea about this, I’m sorry! I should remember to update the old blog more often…..I was on a roll for awhile! But, maybe that’s a good reminder to follow ..read more