Friends, I'm not sure if you have noticed but I hate free time. From my full time gig, to racing, to my new gig coaching with RunVie, to volunteering with Best Damn Race and the Special Olympics you could say that I already have a pretty full plate. But, I can't help...

It's the holiday season and every blogger and their mother are hosting a giveaway. So of course, I wanted in on that action. I mean, since everyone else is doing it.... (That's how I wound up doing an ironman in the first place. Peer pressure.)   And in the...

Finally, after a handful of lackluster 5K's, I ran one that I wanted to write about! Every year I run the Tampa Bay Times Turkey Trot that's held in Clearwater. It's basically right up the road from me so it's perfect. I can get up early, go run, and get home in...

In October, a company called Aurorae approached me about offering a review and giveaway on this here blog for their "Sport & Swim Towel." Considering the crazy amounts of swimming I knew were coming my way, I was all in. I've already swam 15 miles this month! The...

Dear Readers,   In case you all didn't know, I've become quite involved with the Special Olympics. As someone who spends a lot of "me" time in her life, I wanted to find a way to give back to the community and the Special Olympics holds, well, a special...

Ah, home sweet home. Nothing like a trip to Las Vegas to make you really appreciate your quiet home life. As much as I LOVE sin city, it sure is nice to be back to that humidity I love to complain about.   I'd be remiss as a blogger to not mention how deeply...

Ever since my ironman, which was over a year ago now, I've been chasing the runner I was. I see those PR's I have posted back from 2011 and 2012 and think...oof. After almost every race since then I've lamented how I used to be so much faster. And I keep going...