Help my mom, please

Help my mom, please

Hey friends of my mom, B.o.B. It's me again. The Lloydster. Lloyd-a-rama. Lloydski. Lloyd Monster. It's me, Lloyd. I don't want you all thinking this is mom typing this cause I have some important stuff to discuss with you all and I've once again snuck onto the...

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Monday Musings

1. I am tired. I may have overdone it last week/weekend. Swam-biked-ran my way to a two hour nap post Bunny cake making yesterday and still went to bed at 9 PM.2. Am currently having dreams of triathlon. I wake up sweating and wondering what the hell I've gotten...

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Safe!

Safe!

This post is about being safe.Ok, fine. Not that kind of safe. But I feel this post is way over due on my end, so please accept my apology. But Hollster's story got me and the BRA (running group) discussing some safety precaussions that we as road warriors must adhere...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

You ever notice how when a friend finishes a marathon and comes back with the stories of their accomplishment is gets you all pumped up? Yeah, me too. This is what happened Tuesday night at my running group meeting.Take the story of my good friend Hollster, first time...

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Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park

Since I've begun this quest to tackle the tri, I've noticed these strange appendages attached to my torso. Apparently, they're called arms!I learned of this T-Rex arm syndrome while reading the Chic Runner's blog. I found that the term totally fit me and I must admit...

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Escape from Ft de Soto Triathlon Race Report

Escape from Ft de Soto Triathlon Race Report

First let me start by saying that I finished! Hooray! Not that I didn't think I'd finish going in but there was a brief moment during the swim where I questioned it. I'll break it down into the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Since they don't go in the same order of the...

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The cost of things

Yesterday while browsing the small expo for my tri tomorrow I noted the cost of things. I was in need of a tri top (a fitted top that you can swim-bike-run in, FYI) and I saw a few that were marked at half off. Good deal right? Wrong. The top was $85. What-now-what?...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

Since today is ACTUALLY Thursday, I've whipped up a few little gems of thankfulness. I am pretty sure that sentence made no sense, but I do what I want! Things I am thankful for in photos. Begin.Exhibit A: The gentleman to my right is named Silky. No really. That's...

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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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