2004 USA National Long Course Triathlon Champion 2003 USA National Duathlon Champion

AUG 17, 2008 (Pleasant Prairie, WI) Another local race and Lauren's ffinal race effort before Ironman Wisconsin. The long training block prior to the race caught up to her and she felt sluggish, but nevertheless kept a decent pace to finish on top of the women's podium again.

AUG 11, 2008 (Hartland, WI) At this local race, the male and female elites started together in the first wave. Lauren sprinted around Terry Labinski to enter T1 first and kept her lead on the men for the first half-mile of the bike. She felt strong on the hills and ended up sixth overall including the men and first overall woman.

JUL 20, 2008 (Racine, WI) The win streak ends.After a delay due to fog of 15 minutes, then another 15, then another ... the race finally started with the pro men at 8AM followed by the pro women at 8:03AM. Lauren escaped T1 in 3rd, only 37 secs behind 1st so she was right where she wanted to be with the front of the race in sight. At T2 she was in the lead, but a slow leak in her rear tire allowed the others to cut their losses a lot over the last ten miles of the bike. On the run Lauren succumbed to the mild stomach virus she had all week and shifted to an Ironman shuffle to finish fourth.

JUL 13, 2008 (Pleasant Prairie, WI) Unlike past years at the Danskin-Chicagoland Triathlon, the extreme heat stayed away but a 20-30 mph westerly wind took its place! Lauren extended her current winning streak to four. Congratulations to all the women who attended one of her DWTS skills clinics to prepare for this race.

JUN 28, 2008 (Elkhart Lake, WI) Some schedule changes allowed Lauren to take part in one of her favorite races in a great training location, the Elkhart Lake Triathlon. She led the elite women out of the swim and T1 and maintained the lead over the rolling and windy 45k bike course and 10k run for her second win in the same week. A local newspaper article about the race can be found here.

JUN 22, 2008 (Naperville, IL) Four local professional women were just a small part of the US Women's Triathlon Series stop in Naperville. After an hour delay due to thunderstorms, Lauren was able to escape T1 in the lead and held the lead to win by over two minutes.

MAY 31, 2008 (Terre Haute, IN) The last times Lauren raced the Terre Haute Triathlon was in 1990 and 1992. On her return 16 years later she broke the course record last set in 2004 by 90 seconds on a gusty, warm day.  A local article about the race can be found here.

MAY 18, 2008 (Memphis, TN) Another stellar sub-hour 40k (58:44, 25.0 mph) and the fastest bike split helped Masters-aged Lauren place 4th overall in a field of "youngsters" at Memphis in May.

APR 27, 2008 (St Petersburg, FL) The first big race of the year is now history. Lauren felt good about her swim, had an excellent bike especially considering the almost record amount of snowfall (and salt) there was on the roads at home in Wisconsin, and a works-in-progress run. Memphis in May is next.

MAR 11, 2008 (New Berlin, WI) Lauren's 2008 racing and coaching schedule is failrly busy. Her races are list here. For clincs and camps she is coaching visit:.

MAR 9, 2008 (Downers Grove, IL) A change from her previous bike strategy allowed Lauren to win the last race of the Midwest Indoor Tri-Classic Series,and post the best female score for an individual race. The races are scored by total distance swam, biked, and run in the alloted time. The overall series was won by Brianna by less than 2/10ths of a mile over Lauren. Time to head outside!

FEB 24, 2008 (Wheaton, IL) After skipping the second race in the Midwest Indoor Tri-Classic Series, Lauren lined up again at the third race for another and another second place behind Brianna. The final race is March 9th, and Lauren is still in the running for the overall series.

JAN 27, 2008 (Woodridge, IL) Lauren opened her 2008 season with the first race of the annual Midwest Indoor Tri-Classic Series. She finished second to fellow Wisconsin-ite Brianna Boehmer, but dusted off some cobwebs. Her preliminary season and links to results so far are listed on her 2008 Schedule.