Crying in cycling

Crying in cycling

Last week was a total bust in terms of cycling. All of my good intentions to ride just kept coming up short. I can blame rain and lightning and work and all of those other typical excuses but when it comes down to it, I just didn't feel like riding my bike. I could...

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Thankful Thursday

I've been feeling a little out of sorts lately with regards to training. Physically, my training has been going well but mentally I've been running circles around in my head. I've been thinking very existentially about racing. Why am I doing this? Why do I...

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Traincation all I ever wanted…

Traincation all I ever wanted…

As you all know I was super stoked going into the weekend for BAMF Training Camp 2012 (AKA Traincation). Official water bottle of BAMF Training Camp 2012 My two favorite gals from Geogria, Summer & Karen, were heading down to hang out at the beach with me & my...

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Running

Running

So here it is. An entire post on running. I know you all are thrilled. Since coming back from this fake injury of mine I've been trying to take it easy on my runs. This hasn't been too difficult because running totally sucks my butt right now. Thank goodness my injury...

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Photo Friday

Photo Friday

As promised, here are some rad photos from last night's Totally 80's Run hosted by Running for Brews (a local group that puts on fun 5Ks around town). I love a themed run! I didn't want to spend a ton since I'm ballin on a budget so I picked up some jelly bracelets,...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

I'm having a really good week. Like a really awesome-I-love-my-life week. These weeks are sometimes hard to come by so I am going to relish in it while I have it. (This week is totally puppies shitting rainbows.) There isn't really one thing that has made this week so...

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Top Gun Sprint Tri Race Report

Top Gun Sprint Tri Race Report

I have a race report, as promised. Let's start with taking a look at those goals I posted last week. 1. Faster bike split. Mission accomplished! Still so much room to improve but I'll get there.  2. Do not kill myself on the run. Mission sorta accomplished!...

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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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