T. G. I. F.

T. G. I. F.

No really - THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY! This week has been pretty challenging at work and my peers and I are currently wondering if someone handed out a special Kool-Aid that made everyone dumber than a box of rocks. It actually made me picture the Kool-Aid man yelling "Oh...

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Thankful Thursday

Every once a in while a GREAT opportunity presents itself. And since I'm in the business of being thankful on Thursdays, I've got the perfect reason to be thankful today. I recently had the GREAT opportunity to interview an Ironman champion. Yeah, that's right a...

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Best. Video. Ever.

I was going to wait until Thankful Thursday to post this video but I can't take it any longer. The sheer thought of you folks not seeing this video makes me want to cry. I was so surprised that someone showed me a funny YouTube video that had been viewed by millions...

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New cyclist lessons: Part 1(ish)

I can only assume that since I'm a new cyclist I'll have several parts of these "new cyclist lessons" and feel that it is my duty to let you all know about them in case any of you are newbies or feel that one day you'd like to ride a bike in preparation for a tri or...

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Photo Phriday (Heh)

Photo Phriday (Heh)

I never do a photo Friday -er, Phriday, so since I got this from the CLE half marathon, I figured I would share. Have a great weekend you running fools!(Don't I look like the happiest person ever? It's all due to Unicorn Tears.)

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Thankful Thursday

Almost every morning I read CNN.com, since I like to know what's going on in the world. And every morning it depresses the hell out of me. There seems to be so many awful things happening all over the place it's a wonder how we all get out of bed in the morning. Of...

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Cleveland Rocks! Race & Trip Recap: Part 2

Cleveland Rocks! Race & Trip Recap: Part 2

As my alarm jangled I jumped from the hotel bed and immediately shut it off. Uh, ok, so it jangled and I stumbled around wondering why it was so GD early. I'm pretty sure I was nowhere near being quick about it since Red mentioned later that she was basically cussing...

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Cleveland Rocks! Race & Trip Recap: Part 1

Cleveland Rocks! Race & Trip Recap: Part 1

I am finally back home in Florida and let me tell you that I had 1,400 work emails and 27 work voicemails. I crap you not. Nothing like coming back from a wonderful trip to emails about TPS reports and a copy machine that is about to spontaneously combust. Now where...

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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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