June Recap/Stats

Happy July everyone! I remember this month being one of the hottest last summer so I'm not surprised that my current long run pace has slowed way, way, way, and I mean way, down. I'm just going to suffer through it and pray it's cooler in Chattanooga come end of...

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Top Ten Reasons I Love the Computrainer

Top Ten Reasons I Love the Computrainer

First of all, what the heck is a computrainer?   From the website FFC.com I've found a great definition: A CompuTrainer is a premier indoor bike trainer with a precision ergometer measuring power wattage, heart rate and cadence. It’s what professional and avid...

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VO2 Max Test and BIG Miles

VO2 Max Test and BIG Miles

I've been a bad blogger. I haven't written a post since last week. The shame! The horror! The lack of free time to fill your computers with mindless talk of working out! Since I don't have a real direction for this post and I have a lot of stuff to talk about,...

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Words of wisdom

Words of wisdom

As with any training, for any endeavor, there are highs and lows. I would be a robot if I could wake up at the Oatmeal's "ass o'clock" and workout, shower, eat breakfast, commute to work, head home, workout again, hit the sack, and then do it all over again the...

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Happy Father’s Day

Sometimes when I am sad and particularly missing my father, I google him. He died in 2007 so for the most part I find the same stuff. I find the articles on his accident. I find his obituary. I find a few things he wrote in to various motorcycling websites and online...

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There’s always a solution

There’s always a solution

Lately I've been struggling to get all my runs in. I've been hitting all my swims and rides but the run has been eluding me. I know that part of it is because I keep telling myself I know how to run so it's fine if I miss a tempo here or there. Yeah, it's not. The...

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Weekend Recap

Weekend Recap

Howdy! It was a solid weekend in training and probably one of the biggest volumes weeks I've had in a very long time.   A small group of us rode on Saturday and then Meghan and I ran a very hot four miles after. Meghan is so strong on the bike that the last ten...

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Bring on the Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches

Bring on the Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches

You remember that part in Pulp Fiction where Mia Wallace is all, Well, I'm an Elvis people.   I've always loved Elvis. I remember hearing him as a child and always loving his voice. I'm sure I saw some of those old movies from the 60's somewhere and since my...

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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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