A Snowpocalypse Angel
My dear friend, Heather, is looking for a man named Rick, who is in the Sandy Springs area… She wants to say thank you. Her story is below: “I spent 5.5 hours in the car yesterday trying to get home, and I had to call it quits, abandon my car, and commence walking. After falling half-way […]
Snowpocalypse
Oh, the South is a joke. News… we are. For reasons out of our control. *Do NOT base you opinions on the pictures in this post. Because it looks easy. Read. Don’t judge. It’s 1:00am, and kids are still in BUSES.* Jokes. Well, not the individuals who live here. Not the kids who were (are […]
Get Thyself to the Front of the Class
So Spinning® is where this journey all started for me. As a part of paying it forward, I decided to go after my Spinning certification. And here I am. Officially certified as a Spinning Instructor. Awesome! Oh. Wait. Now what?!? Teaching a class!? Oh my lawd. While I wonder if I will ever have […]
Chest Compressions and New “Friends”
First of all, thank you all for the amazing outpouring of friendship after my mental meltdown yesterday. Clearly, I am not alone–and now I know that–so thank you. I love this Army. So today started out even more interesting than yesterday. I had my CPR training for my USAT coaching certification this morning. I showed […]
Dear Meredith,
Hi everyone. Virginia here. I have been struggling with what to write this week. I felt very “cared for” by the SBM community last week, but I have still been struggling with what to write. First, I want to say thank you for all of those who worried about me. I was touched. I did […]
An Unworthy Life…
DISCLAIMER: this is a mental mess of a post. So this morning I went back to the scene of the crime–er–the place where all of “this” started. The scene? The original spin class that launched “the Spark” (post: How I Changed) and spread my love for triathlon like wildfire. Since starting with Coach T-Bone, I […]
Am I Ready to Jump to the Next Distance?
I get lotsa emails with these questions: “Am I ready for 70.3?” or “When did you ‘know’ you could do an Ironman?” (By the way, the answer to the last question is, “I didn’t know. I still don’t know. If I didn’t have pictures and a jacket from that event, I might not believe it […]
Breaking the Bank
Best way to kill your budget? Have kids. Best way to be completely broke? Add triathlon. You following? Okay, if not, here’s some math for you. Kids + Triathlon = Broke Kids – Triathlon = Insane. [E.g., it’s better to be broke, than insane.] Kids are so, so, so expensive. Understatement of the century. When people start […]
Running Out of Time
I am not sure why, all of the sudden, I feel like I am running out of time. For everything. Maybe because work is super busy. And because I continue to add things to my life (like most women I know). But I don’t know why we can’t restructure the days to be 30 hours […]