Excuses, excuses

Excuses, excuses

Funny how this blog post title came to mind before even the content did. Yesterday was my attempt at a spin class in the morning and then track (speed work) in the evening. The spin class went great! I was a spinning machine, a veritable leg churning monster. Hell, I...

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Thankful Thursday

On my quest to become a cyclist, or at least someone who doesn't fall off the bicycle repeatedly, I have started using an indoor bicycle trainer with Dolly and taking more spinning classes. In doing so I've sort of re-found music while working out.As a music lover...

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Fat girl in a little wetsuit

Today I again asked myself what in God's name I was thinking when I signed up for this next triathlon. This question came as I attempted to pull up a wetsuit that had me all kinds of Chris Farley (RIP) in it. I assume it was just too small because my legs felt like...

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Bye bye shark horn

Bye bye shark horn

Yesterday was a bittersweet day for B.o.B.B.o.b had to say goodbye to a friend...ah the memories of our time spent together will always be cherished. Here's a look back at one of those happier times.... Ah the moments we shared with the best shark horn ever...Since I...

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Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday

Since I've been moaning about my lack of races coming up and getting all cracked out about it like Charlie Sheen, Jason over at Cook Train Eat Race sent me a very cool link to a virtual race. This race is dubbed The Cupcake Marathon and with a name like that I had no...

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Rockstar from Mars

Rockstar from Mars

As anyone who has ever completed a marathon knows, the weeks after the marathon can be a little strange. Here you were, just weeks ago training your brains out and thinking when is this marathon going to get here? And then before you know it, wham! You finished, got...

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Run + Sun

Run + Sun

My weekend can be summed up in two words (that just so happen to rhyme): run and sun. Thank the lord I love both because I got my fill.After hot yoga on Thursday I was sore in my t-rex arms but my legs were ready to go. I needed to run. I hadn't officially signed up...

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Funny Friday

TGI-mutha-effin-eff!I'm so looking forward to this weekend. I'm gonna meet up with Arctic Ease at the Gasparilla races expo and possibly do that little 5+3K AND I'm going to cheer on a bunch of my running peeps. If any of you are racing - best of luck!Since it'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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