Dear Kona Fitness and Beyond, First of all, we would like to thank you from the bottom of our fitness loving hearts for your constant and unwavering support of Kona Fitness and Café over the past year.  It has been an honor working with all of you and we look forward to a continued involvement in your fitness lives.  That being said, we have decided to evolve our business in order to best serve the fitness needs [...]

I had a great experience at the Gulf Coast Triathlon starting with the extended hours for registration and expo; it was great to be at the race site, hotel, and expo at the same time. The volunteers and race workers were all very helpful and the giveaways were fun. The race was well organized and seemed to go off without a hitch starting with a relatively calm Gulf swim.  It was a little intimidating to [...]

Hello all, Just got back from the Gulfcoast Triathlon.  It was my first time racing in the Panama City 70.3 distance race.  The conditions for the swim could not have been better.  The wind was maybe blowing around 3 to 4 mph at the start and there were no big waves to speak of.  This was the second time I swam in the Gulf for a race and it was beautiful both times.  It was [...]

Team Steel MagNOLAs won fourth place this weekend in the RocketChix all women triathlon in Baton Rouge!  Penny Montgomery (wearing Erika Levandoske’s little bitty swimsuit!) started us off with a fabulous swim handing off the chip to Erika, our speedy bicyclist, who placed FIRST of all the cyclists in the relay!  On to Angele, who I MUST SAY has improved the most on her run!  Angele was coming out of transition next to Captain Eve [...]

It has been a crazy few weeks. School started and severely impacted my free time, thus slowed me to a stop on the blogging. Adjustments were made, time crunched and now I’m back to writing. Before I continue this blog, let me take a moment to talk about time commitment to train. This is a struggle for me. As someone who has always cherished my free time, an additional 2 hours a day (one in [...]

Last night I decided that 36 degrees was too cold for an outside ride this morning.  I’ve ridden in the cold weather before, and I fear I am a hazard to those riding with me in such circumstances.  When I’m cold and miserable, I become my worst self and it is not fun for anyone.  I need to suck it up, get the right cold weather gear and force myself out on these blustery, cold [...]

I hate swimming.  This is not an exaggeration,  Somewhere along the way, I developed an irrational fear of pools mainly surrounding drains (too many urban legends of long hair getting sucked into the drain and subsequently drowning) and the deep end.  As a kid, I had many years of swim lessons, and spent summers at the pool – but I never really got over my fears.  Somehow, this was not a barrier to entry for [...]

Welcome to the Meet Me at the Kona blog.  My name is Kelly Landrieu and I am 4 weeks into my training for the NOLA 70.3 (which will also be my first triathlon) with the Kona Fitness.  This blog came about through discussions with Coaches Jen and Rick about how interesting it would be to have someone’s first 70.3 training recorded for posterity.  So here I am. Let me state this clearly:  I am NOT [...]

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