Love Like Loathe

Love Like Loathe

Since I promised more blogging, I thought of this new format that I may come back to on occasion when the creative well dries up. I am always trying new things and seeing new movies or reading new books so I figured I could do a love-like-loathe blog post when I have...

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You can do side bends or situps…

You can do side bends or situps…

*Congrats to Laura who won the HiPZiP giveaway! You've been emailed by SLS3 and they'll get you that sweet fuel belt. Whoa. It's been a full week since I blogged last. I guess this has become the norm as I haven't been a very steady blogger as of late. I assume this...

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SLS3 HiPZiPP fuel belt Review and Giveaway

SLS3 HiPZiPP fuel belt Review and Giveaway

After LOVING my SLS3 compression sleeves, I was delighted when they asked me to do a review on their HiPZipp belt in exchange for a free belt. Over the years I have tried countless fuel belts and haven't really found one that I cannot live with out. I was ready to try...

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Get Your Geek On! GeekyCon 2015

This post is a bit of a departure from my running/triathlon ramblings, but if you've read this blog for any length of time you will know that I am somewhat of a geek. Ok, fine, I'm a big geek. And I love all things geeky: Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of...

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FD3 Fort Desoto Sprint Triathlon Race Report

FD3 Fort Desoto Sprint Triathlon Race Report

As I mentioned last week, I registered for this sprint tri on a whim. This event is typically on the small side, which I enjoy, because the bike course can get tight and after not having raced since the ironman back in September I had that old bike nervousness. I...

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It’s Not Easy Being Green

If any of you use Training Peaks to log your workouts, then you know about the dreaded red box. Here's what that means; after you complete a workout the box on the calendar turns green. If you don't quite complete it, it turns yellow. And if you just flat out skip it,...

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June Stats/Recap

It's not the heat...it's the humidity. Ain't that the truth? Welcome July! Ye shall burn ye butts and slow down ye runs. Here's how my June shook out. Run 47 miles. Womp womp. Onward and upward! Bike 63 miles. Hey! It's a start. Swim Goose egg. How did that...

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Juicy

Juicy

Last week was a good one. I had a "free" week from Coach Jon so I didn't do a whole lot. I seem to have come down with some sort of chest funk and while I haven't had a fever or any other symptoms, I was feeling a bit run down (har har). I took the opportunity to...

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2023: A Look Back

It's almost the new year, and I keep hearing people say how the year flew by. Well friends, this year did not fly by for me. I think I would have preferred that. For me, it was a year of rebuilding my fitness. It was a year of new challenges and learning to work with...

Top Ten Things That Have Helped My Mental Health During Injury

As some of you may know, I am an ambassador for Still I Run. Ironically enough, I got the news I was accepted to be an ambassador about a week before I hurt my back. The irony being that Still I Run is a cause that supports running to help with mental health, plus a...

Happy New Year!…and How to Work on Your Lower Back Pain

Happy New Year! I promised to write more, mostly to myself cause who the heck still reads this, and so here I am! I'm just shy of six weeks out from my initial back injury. I'm not sure if I call it an injury or lumbar disc disease? Either way it sucks. Here's what...

The Return of the Blog

I realize the last time I wrote an update here was February 2020. Yikes. I was all guns blazing heading into my bikini competition prep. But, we all know what happened the very next month. The C word: Covid. I tried so hard to stick with the training. Truly. I worked...

Beginner Bikini Competition Prep Continues…

I promised more posts so here we go! I know you all come here for running and triathlon stuff, and I will 100% get to some running stuff here in a minute. Keep reading! I started this journey in November and am still on the path to attempt a bikini competition in May....

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