Thankful Thursday: I’m late!

Sheesh! I'm late. But not in the bun in the oven way, just late on the posting of this Thankful Thursday. It's been a crazy busy day at work and the weather in Central Florida has been of the Wizard of Oz proportions. I like the thunderstorms occassionally, but not...

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Goody two shoes

Goody two shoes

Typically I am a one shoe at a time runner. I do all of my training runs and races in the same pair of shoes. Lately though I've seen and heard lots of runners using two pairs of shoes. They use one for training and one for racing. This just so happened to coincide...

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Worth doing bad

On Sunday I decided to take Dolly,my road bike, out for a spin. Mind you, I've only ridden her out on the road three times now. The first time to test drive without the clips and the second and third time to test drive with the clips. Obviously test ride number two...

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Thankful Thursday

Unfortunately, tomorrow is the four year anniversary of my dad's passing. My sister and I have dubbed it "The Suckiest Day of the Year." I can scarcely believe it's been that long and yet it still feels like only yesterday I was eating Mexican food with him and my...

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Cali in a few photos…

Cali in a few photos…

As promised a few shots of my Cali trip. Don't be alarmed by all of the food.* Of course I ate it all and must now repent. But ah, dontcha just love vacation food? It's calorie, carb, and fat free!Me and that other Bob (Bob's Big Boy). They have great breakfasts,...

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The B.o.B. is back

The B.o.B. is back

The B.o.B is back! Back from the land of Charlie Sheen and In-N-Out Burger. And let's not forget my one celebrity sighting....Yeah, no one else knew who it was either. Why it's none other than Kato Kaelin. You don't know who that is? Ok, so fine I am the only one who...

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Going back to Cali

I'm headed out to California tomorrow and I'm totally STOKED a la Keanu Reeves in Point Break. Whooa. Or was that Keanu Reeves in Bill & Ted? The Matrix? Oh well, I'm stoked either way.I'm off to the Golden Coast to visit Dr. H and hopefully she and I will eat,...

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Packed weekend recap

Boy, what a crazy weekend I had! It was crazy fun, but I'm totally zonked today. Let's recap shall we? Friday night I headed to the YMCA for a swim and got about 30 minutes in. I was just swimming for time to try and build up my endurance. It was pretty chilly that...

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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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