Three Things Thursday

Three Things Thursday

Happy Thursday homies! I'd like to say good luck to alllllllllll the peeps running at Walt Disney World over the next few days. My social media has blown up with the Mouse and I love seeing all the photos! Keep 'em coming. Now on to the three! 1. Drainer Rides. I've...

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Starting 2014 with a bang!

Starting 2014 with a bang!

We're almost a week into 2014 and so far, I'm kicking butt with my goals. I know, I know. A whole week? Damn, I'm amazing. Haha. Let's see, today, I slept in with a cold little pup (it was a crazy 37 degrees here in Florida this AM) and may have let him sit...

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Obligatory 2014 Goal Post

Obligatory 2014 Goal Post

I admit that I am THE worst goal setter of all time. It's not that I don't follow through with goals, ok it's that too, but it's mostly that I just don't bother setting any real ones. First of all, they stress me out. Looking at mileage numbers for the year gives me...

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2013 – A Year in Review

2013 – A Year in Review

Happy New Year! Here's a look back at 2013. The Stats Miles Run: 1,099 Miles Swam: 45 Miles Cycled: 624 A pretty light year in everything but running. I knew after a big 2012, I'd be taking a step back in 2013. Although, in looking at it now, I still got a lot...

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December Stats/Recap

Run 122 miles with a marathon!  Bike Let's just keep it moving... Swim 5 miles. It went down this month due to my final taper and I'm ok with that because I did get in a few OWS.  Races Jacksonville Marathon! Current...

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Jacksonville Marathon Race Report 2013

Jacksonville Marathon Race Report 2013

I did it! Marathon number seven is in the books! Instead of a regular recap I figured I'd mix it up and break it down by mile the way the S.O. did for MCM. I actually tried very hard to remember each mile as I ran. It was a surprising way to also keep myself mentally...

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Guess who I met?

Guess who I met?

Hi everybody! I hope you all had a merry Christmas! I certainly did. My day started with a surprise meeting with a running hero of mine (any many of yours I suspect)... It's MEB! I got to meet Meb Keflezighi! Meb, in case you don't know him, is an American marathoner...

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Jacksonville Marathon Training: Marathon Week

Jacksonville Marathon Training: Marathon Week

It's finally marathon week and my whole family is sick. My Christmas got cancelled because, save for the S.O. and I, everyone has the crud. In order to stay crud-free, we'll be celebrating with my family next Monday. I suppose this Florida gal will be...

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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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