St Anthony’s Olympic Distance Triathlon Race Report 2018

St Anthony’s Olympic Distance Triathlon Race Report 2018

St Anthony's was was two weeks ago and I'm just now getting some time to post my race report. I am going to keep it brief as I really don't have a whole lot to say about it. I had a 10 second PR over the last time I did the distance in 2014. Yes, a whole 10 seconds! I...

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Ketchup!

Ketchup!

Oh, hi there. I've been absent for a minute. I know. I'm a lying liar who doesn't keep resolutions. I didn't stick to my posting weekly, but we already knew that was happening back in February. Good to say that resolution is dead in the water. I am however, doing...

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Best Damn Race Safety Harbor 10K Race Report 2018

Best Damn Race Safety Harbor 10K Race Report 2018

I'm not sure if you all know this, but I hate the 10K distance. I never run it, and when I do, I'm reminded of how completely stupid it is. Don't argue with me. It's dumb. It's basically a 5K that's extended. You get to redline and hang on for 3+ more miles. It. Is....

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Celebration Half Marathon Race Report 2018

Celebration Half Marathon Race Report 2018

My original A race for the year is in the books! I registered for the Celebration Half Marathon a while ago and was counting it as an A race for 2018. This was before I knew I would be running Chicago, but I've got time to make that an A race too. Last weekend will go...

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Nine Confessions

Nine Confessions

Like any good resolutionist, I have failed on my first goal of 2018. I wanted to post here once per week, but I totally missed last week. Go me! #SoStrong On the plus side, I've stuck to my other goals and while I did mention race goals in my year end wrap up I...

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Croom Zoom 25K Trail Race Report – 2018

Croom Zoom 25K Trail Race Report – 2018

It's the second week of January and I'm on track with my goal of one post per week. Ha! Let's see if I can make this last. Last Saturday I ran my second 25K ever. In. Da. Woods. I ran this race last year but I ran with a friend who was coming off of a surgery, so we...

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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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