Three Things Thursday

Three Things Thursday

Happy Thursday! I've got three things for you guys and am happy happy happy that this week is going by so quickly. I'm looking forward to a great weekend of workouts.   1. My weekly workout recaps have been sporadic because I just don't know if you all find them...

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Running for All Children 5K Race Report

Running for All Children 5K Race Report

The S.O. and I signed up for this race, which was held last Saturday, because it was right down the street from us and we knew it'd be on the small side. Don't get me wrong, I love knowing where I fit in with the bigger, more competitive races (I get smoked), but...

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Perspective

I started writing this post and as I read it, I realized how completely ridiculous it sounded and had to delete and start the whole thing over.   To sum up: I had a very bad ride yesterday and let my cycling frustration take me to a sad place where I beat myself...

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Another cycling adventure

Another cycling adventure

This morning, I woke up at 4:35 since I planned to ride the 17 mile bridge loop that I am accustomed to riding. From yesterday's AM ride with Keara.  However, upon waking, I was feeling a bit adventurous and a bit more lazy. I didn't feel like packing up my bike...

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An award Q&A – The Liebster Award

Happy Tuesday friends! Did you know that Sunday marked 21 weeks until Ironman Chattanooga? Yowza! It's gonna be a long summer. I've got some posts brewing about training and what not but I thought first I'd accept this MAJOR AWARD (sadly, not an actual leg lamp) from...

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April Stats/Recap

Run 65 miles Bike 190 miles Swim 11 miles Strength 1 hour of Body Pump (two 30 min videos) It's a start! Races Iron Girl 5K and St Anthony's Olympic Triathlon. Current Reads I'm still working on the Big Book of Endurance Training and Racing and I must admit it's...

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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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