August Stats/Recap: Race Day Cometh!

It's safe to say that August was a big month of triathlon training. I hit it pretty hard to get back in bike shape and I'm really looking forward to a great race this month. My running mileage took a hit, but that's to be expected with the additional bike workouts I...

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I Tried a New Workout For Tight Runner Muscles & Joints

I Tried a New Workout For Tight Runner Muscles & Joints

Ya'll know that I am basically up for anything when it comes to fitness. I will try any workout offered and while I've found some that didn't quite fit with my training or lifestyle (prancercise was a bust), I've found many others that I would love to do more....

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Last Week’s Workouts (8/22/16-8/28/16)

Last Week’s Workouts (8/22/16-8/28/16)

Happy Monday! In looking over last week's workouts, I can say it was a BIG week. I had a ten hour training week and I'll admit that I am pretty spent this morning. I took a rest day and slept in. I'm looking forward to the two week of training before I head to the...

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Last Week’s Workouts (8/15-8/21)

Last Week’s Workouts (8/15-8/21)

Here we go again with the last week's workouts! I am definitely feeling the burn of triathlon training as I haven't really buckled down to train for one in quite some time. I am enjoying it, so I may be eyeing some longer distance stuff again for the future. But...

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Last Week’s Workouts

As promised, I'm keeping you all abreast of my training for the Alabama Coastal Triathlon next month. Coach Mason and I have worked out a schedule to get my fitness up and add in those bike rides I sorely need. I do a Monday through Sunday week. (I know some of you do...

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Tri-ing Again.

I'm back from my long weekend in St. Augustine and it. was. lovely. There was sightseeing and eating and a little running with the Ancient City Road Runners. I love finding a running group when travelling. Runners are so friendly and I had great company for a five...

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July Stats/Recap

I love when a month ends on a Sunday and a new month begins on a Monday. It's the little things. I feel as though July flew by and in a good way. It was a good month but I have a lot coming up to look forward to. For July, I wanted to see how many hours of working out...

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Ten Things I’m Loving Right Now

Man, oh man, I am having terrible writer's block. Gone are the days when everything in running and triathlon were new. It was all shiny and exciting and I had a blog post idea with every step out the front door. Today, I ran about 6 miles and all I have to write about...

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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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