I heart finish lines

I heart finish lines

You know how some days you feel all... Well, today is NOT that day! It's National Running Day! Just in case you weren't made aware already by your thousands of running dork friends and bloggers. Like me!   So get out there today and run a little or run a lot....

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May Stats/Recap

Holy cow, it's June. That means I've only got four months until Ironman Chattanooga. Yowza! I had a pretty good weekend of workouts and got in both a long run and a long ride. I'm pooped as I type this from the couch on Sunday evening, so I can only guess on the...

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Not doing is underrated

Not doing is underrated

Lloyd here. Typing is hard with paws, so if there are any typos...I don't care. Alos, any misspellings are because I am a dog. And I also don't care. I'm old and tired. Sue me. Rockin' my summer 'do. I've been with Mom for 13 years now and I've seen her do all sorts...

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Why I chose Ironman Chattanooga

Oh hi there. I'm back from a few days of feeling very tired. I think that Miami heat melted my brain and sucked a lot more out of me than I had anticipated. As much as I wanted to keep up my mileage through the fatigue, with some recovery of...

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Three Things Thursday – Race Goals!

Three Things Thursday – Race Goals!

Since I have a 70.3 on Sunday, I'm going to make this a special TTT with three goals I'm setting. This will be my 3rd 70.3 and I learned a lot at my last one. This race is more of a training day and I'm not out to crush it since I'm not really tapering and it was a...

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Look Out for Cyclists

May is Bicycle Safety Month and today marks the Ride of Silence being held at locations across the globe. This ride is to honor those who have been injured or killed and to raise awareness that cyclists are here and everyone needs to share the road.   As a...

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Friday Quickie

Friday Quickie

I will not start this post with TGIF. I promise. (I do that every Friday!) So instead, I'll say... uh ... TGITDBS! (Thank God It's The Day Before Saturday!) Hee hee...   I've had a great week of training and am right on track with my workouts, save one little...

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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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