Jana Richtrova

Today’s menu: 4h ride & 20 min 🏃🏻‍♀️ (first 🧱 since IMTX) ✅ and still more degrees than miles 😂

The extremely sweaty “summer energy” is here 😎🤨🥵 … for us Texans that means sweating excessively regardless of time of day, questioning our fitness because the pace/power that usually feels easy no longer feels easy , sunglasses need windshield wipers so you can actually see the road , and no liquid stays cold enough for more then an hour if you are lucky 🤣

I would still rather be hot than cold but summers here in the Woodlands are def tough! Thankfully we have air conditioning unlike the Europeans 🤨

You also get really good at pacing by heart rate AND hydration/fueling because every little mistake gets magnified 🔎 in these conditions 🥵

My 2 non negotiables for a long summer ride:

⛽️ Precision Fuel & Hydration carb mix + carb/electrolyte mix
🌡️ CORE Body Temperature to monitor my core temperature

Would you rather be HOT or COLD? Comment below ⬇️

2027 70.3 Worlds in Chattanooga, TN? YES, please 😎🚂🥳

I did the very first 70.3 Worlds in Chattanooga back in 2017 and I absolutely loved it! And before anyone says BUT the 🏊‍♀️ is downriver - not to worry - it wasn’t!

The course was completely different of what the chatty 70.3 is except for the 🏃🏻‍♀️ course which i think was the same.

🏊‍♀️ was actually across and against the current for the first half, then we did finish with the current

🚵🏻‍♀️ course was also very different and we climbed Lookout mountain which was an absolute blast and the bike course in its entirety was dynamic and FUN!

I think it’s time to figure out where to qualify 😀

Who else is excited about this venue?

Working on the engine 📈 and brainstorming an update or two for the 🚀 itself 😱😀😉 … we should see soon 🤗🤫💃🏻

How is this for a blast from the past 😀!

16 summers ago 🤯, still forgetting to unclip at times 🤣 (haven’t we all fallen over once or twice?) , quickly dreaming BIG and truly enjoying the process to this day - it would be 3 years before I did my very first Ironman and as they say the rest is history 🤝

Dream big kids (and adults) 💫

Time trial Tuesday sweaty edition 🤠 because it’s June in TX which means outdoor temps & humidity are 📈 and slowly but surely reaching the obnoxious level 😂🥵🫠

It also means when training outdoors that the 🚴🏻‍♀️power or 🏃🏻‍♀️ pace will be a lower at the same HR which doesn’t mean you are not getting more fit, it just means your body is dealing with the extreme elements 🥵 and needs to adjust 👍. And finally, staying hydrated becomes a full time job!

Happy training 😀

First time back outside on the 🚀 since IMTX & we were vibing 😉🎶🎤 even if we have slowly but surely entered the part of the year when winning a wet tshirt or jersey contest is always a possibility 😂🥵💦

As I wait for to respond about my 2027 registration thanks to my “extraordinary” modeling abilities 🤣🤣🤣 (I am still hopeful they will 🤞🤞🤞), here is a little trip down memory lane on this Friday ⬇️

10 years ago yesterday!!!! 🤯🤠😱

My very first Ironman Texas and one I’ll certainly never forget! What started out as I just want to do a race with similar conditions to Kona so I can get more experience racing in the heat & humidity turned to SO MUCH MORE and I started calling the Woodlands my home 🏡 2.5 years later 😀

May 14th, 2016: The laat time race was in May - can you say 🔥🔥🔥

📸 1: The empty finish line - I was def one of the last few athletes across the line before the crazy storm rolled through, temps dropped by 30 degrees and race was paused ⛈️🌩️🌪️

📸 2: The finish line just moments before I made it there 😳

📸 3 & 4: We only 🏊‍♀️ in the lake and never went into the canal due to previous flooding - it was actually awesome! T1 was in Nortshore park

📸 5 & 6: The 🚴🏻‍♀️ was 94 miles with about 100+ turns 😳 because the original course was flooded 😢! It was a mayhem but the volunteers were so amazing and despite such a crazy bike course I felt safe and so well supported it was one of the reasons I wanted to come back for the full experience

📸 7: pre storm humidity is absolutely insane 🥵🥵🥵 and 99% of that run course was absolutely suffocating

And you all know what happened next! I have raced IMTX every year since then except for the Covid years because it really is amazing as they say and now I can even sleep in my own 🛌😎

See y’all in 2027? 💃🏻🤠🪩

Two days ago I woke up to an email from (aaaaaaaand lots of texts, msgs etc from friends and the social media 🌎) telling me & all of you to sign up for IMTX 2027 🤠 Have you? 😜 Then I opened YouTube (swipe right), and there I was again 😱😀🙈 … pretty darn cool 😀👍

I know Ironman could have chosen anyone, so this kind of like winning lottery just without the 💰😂

So why not see if “Anything Is Possible” and maybe will decide to respond to this AND give me a free entry to next years “party on the Hardy” aka IMTX 2027 🤠

What do you guys think? It would be my 9th Ironman Texas since 2016, and nice little gesture from Ironman, wouldn’t it?

Like, comment, share - lets see if we can make it happen 🙏