Ironman Texas Training – It begins…

Today marks the official start of Ironman Training. Not gonna lie, after BCS I have was having a bit of buyer’s remorse regarding Ironman Texas. A part of me wished I’d never registered so I could go run happily on the trails everyday and enjoy my race-less freedom. But now that it’s time, I’m kinda excited about it. As odd as this sounds, I need a break. Being that I’ve only ever completed one triathlon,

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BCS Marathon Race Recap

I haven’t said anything about BCS. I know this. I needed some time to process the race before I talked about it. BCS was supposed to be my BQ for 2019. The weather looked good. I was well trained. All signs pointed to a great race. Spoiler Alert: It wasn’t a great race. My kids gave me a cold a couple of days prior and I’d been in frantic immune boosting mode ever since. Thankfully, the

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Weight Loss, the Body Image Aftermath

It’s been a year since I opened up about my weight loss and I could never have imagined the impact sharing my story would have.  Over the past year I’ve been contacted privately by more people than I could ever have imagined who were simply saying thank you for inspiring their own personal change. And that silly swimsuit picture has been viewed more times than I care to think about. Related: Weight Loss & Becoming A

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2017 Shiner Beer Run Race Recap

Oh Shiner. What do I say? Let’s start by talking about what the race was like last year. Last year, it was cold. 38 degrees and super windy. I ran a 1:37. It was a 2 minute PR and I won my age group. It was a great race and an awesome day. This year, apparently, wasn’t last year. This year, I ran a 1:46, 10 minutes slower than my PR (9 months ago), and

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Shiner Half & BCS Training Update

Training for Shiner & BCS is coming along nicely. If you remember, back in September, I wrote this awesome training plan for myself and though I’m using it as something of a guideline, it’s not getting followed, exactly. Or at all, really. About two weeks after I wrote my training plan I left on a 16 mile run and came home 20 miles later. It had been a long week and I needed the alone

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15,000 Steps

My watch has a pedometer on it. I like it. It’s not the reason I bought my watch but it was kind of a bonus. Do I really need a pedometer? No. Running keeps me from being too lazy but it’s kinda fun seeing how many steps I take. Like other fitness watches mine gives me a step goal to meet. But the goal isn’t static. It changes every day based on how many steps

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