Your princess is in another castle.

Your princess is in another castle.

As you can see from my upcoming events widget, I'm scheduled to run the Best Damn Race 10K this weekend in Orlando. Barring any major snafus where my volunteer talent is needed, I'm ready to toe the line. Of course, I will be passing out medals after I run. Haha....

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I’m alive!

I’m alive!

Holy crap I haven't blogged in almost two weeks! My bad friends and stalkers. My new job sort of required that I pay attention to it (AKA - not blogging from my cube). I've had a TON of fun the last two weeks and I feel like I need to give you all an update....

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Like what you like

I recently had an epiphany about myself. I am a person who really tries to like things, even if deep down, I don't really enjoy them. I tried really hard to like cycling. I admit, some days on the bike were lots of fun, but mostly because I was with great friends. But...

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Keeping It Real

Keeping It Real

Since I began working with Coach Jon back in November, I've been hitting up the strength and mobility gym sessions on most Thursdays. I have come to enjoy these, but they always push me past my comfort zone. For example, today's box jumps intimidated me so much I...

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Don’t run, or you’ll die.

Don’t run, or you’ll die.

Yesterday, my coach posted an article in our group about a study* that said, in effect, running less is better for you and running too much is actually a detriment. You can read that article HERE. I glazed over the article because I am not going to quit running or...

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January Recap/Stats

January Recap/Stats

Happy #BethMonth! It's the month of my birth and I like to celebrate! Yes, I take the whole month. I'm a huge fan of birthdays and I imagine even when I turn 80 I'll be throwing myself parties at Shady Pines. Ha!   I am thrilled that there was such a big football...

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Patience, grasshopper

The last time I had actual, honest-to-goodness, long runs were the first week of January. Then, the heel happened. I took the next week off, save for a short, slow "test run." The week after that, I did the always boring fun DWR (deep water running) for the...

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New Orleans trip and Rock N Roll 10K Race Report

New Orleans trip and Rock N Roll 10K Race Report

Hey ya'll! I'm back. And I'm suffering from a stupid cold still. It came on right as I left for NOLA last Thursday. Fortunately, I didn't have to cancel my trip since my sister has the world's best immune system and my nephew and brother in law basically already had...

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Grandma’s Marathon 2026 Race Recap

It’s been 84 years since I’ve written on this website. Since more than five of you said on my social media that you would read a race recap, here we go. I will attempt brevity but I have SO much to say. Grab a beverage and settle in. PRE RACE Way back in January I saw...

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...

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