January 2017 Stats/Recap

It's my second favorite month of the year! (October is first, duh.) I get to celebrate my birthday! I'm a huge fan of birthdays. Even now as I'm getting older, I think birthdays are the best. I'm wiser and yet still super hot. Totally joking. Anyway, here's how my...

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5 Things I’ve Learned About Trail Running

5 Things I’ve Learned About Trail Running

A couple of weeks ago, as part of my marathon training, I ran the Croom Zoom 25K. (That's roughly 16+ miles.) This was a trail run and as my longest trail run to date, I highly enjoyed it! I've been dabbling in trails for a little while now and have completed a total...

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Farewell, 2016

I know this blog has been neglected lately and I apologize. I always know when I've been absent too long as I get an "Are you ok?" email from thoughtful Coach EK. He does know me well. It's been busy here in Discombobulated land, but busy in a good way! I've been...

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Currently: Mini 5K Race Reports

Happy belated Thanksgiving! I hope you all enjoyed the three F's: families and friends and foods. I was mildly disappointed this year as I wanted to eat a lot more than I was able to. This is quite an uncommon occurrence and it may just be that I've become a person...

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Wildhorse Xterra Half Marathon Race Report

Wildhorse Xterra Half Marathon Race Report

Ever since I toed the line at my last trail race, I couldn't wait to get back out there for this one. Remember, I ran an Xterra five six miler called The Claw and LOVED it. I figured I was good to go for increasing the distance. The "xterra" basically means it's more...

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October 2016 Stats/Recap

October 2016 Stats/Recap

Man y'all. I've been super busy every since I quit my job. Ha! Yep. I quit my nine to five to work my other jobs full time. What other jobs? Well, now I'm handling social media for the Best Damn Race, doing social media ad buying for a local ad agency,...

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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...

Beginner Bikini Competition Prep Continues…

I promised more posts so here we go! I know you all come here for running and triathlon stuff, and I will 100% get to some running stuff here in a minute. Keep reading! I started this journey in November and am still on the path to attempt a bikini competition in May....

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