How to Run Faster

I've aked this question before, read it multiple times on the interwebs, and been asked it more than a few times:  How do I get faster? While I am certainly no speed demon, I have gotten faster over my years of running. I started as an over five hour...

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Swimming Tips and Tricks: Part II

We went over pool etiquette and gear in Part I. In Part II we'll go over some form and technique tips and tricks and some for dealing with the craziness of open water swimming during a race. Again, as I mentioned in Part I, I'm not a certified swim coach. Nor do I...

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Brew Over Ice Review and Giveaway

Brew Over Ice Review and Giveaway

One of the best things about blogging is the ability to write reviews on new products. Of course, as I have mentioned before, I review products honestly and swear if I didn't like something I'd tell you.  Disclosure: I filled out a form to get a blogger review...

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Swimming Tips and Tricks: Part I

As a person with a swimming background, you all know I’m comfortable in the water. Unfortunately, I don’t have a lot of tips on how to make you more comfortable. That comfort level comes with time in the water. I had to learn this on the bike. No amount of thinking...

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I heart bloggers.

I heart bloggers.

Last night I was invited to attend a blogger meet up at a local running store, The Running Center, hosted by my favorite Cuban runner, Jessica. I may have mentioned this before but I heart bloggers. The local Tampa Bay bloggers are a very sweet and diverse group....

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Weekend Recap

Weekend Recap

Happy Monday friends! I got in my first-over-ten-mile-Jacksonville-Marathon-training-run on Saturday and it was great. I ran with my running buddy from the old hood, Kristen. We started really early to beat the heat and Kristen was nice enough to travel my way...

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Friday Confessions

Friday Confessions

I haven't confessed my sins in a while and I figured I have a few good ones to share with you guys today. Feel free to make me feel better in the comments by telling me some of yours. 1. I had to delete Candy Crush from my phone and iPad. After the S.O. told me I was...

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Long Duck Dong

Long Duck Dong

What's a happenin' hot stuff? I've been a sporadic, at best, blogger lately. I just haven't had anything new to say really and I only assume that's what happens when life gets busy and you've been writing a blog for four years. It's amazing to me how the really great...

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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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