Four Years and Fifty Pounds Ago…
Hey Guys! Todd here! When people see my driver’s license, they can’t believe it’s me. They tell me I need a new license photo, too, because it doesn’t look at all like me. I reply, “No, I like reminding myself of where I came from. It was a lot of hard work.” …Four years and fifty pounds ago… September […]
Ironman Coeur d’Alene Phantom Pains
So the weirdest things is happening to me right now… I am having Ironman Coeur d’Alene phantom pains. Ironman CDA is happening this Sunday. (And nope, I will not be there.) But I feel like I should be… it’s like seriously phantom pains. Crazy stuff. A couple of the ladies in the Swim Bike 140.6 Facebook […]
The Brat Who Showed Up To Run Today
Look at this brat who came running with me today: Man! What a bloody baby this girl is! So back story: after the fun weekend and a prior week of respiratory ick, I have been feeling not-so-super. Just dragging. Tired. Sick. I managed a bike yesterday morning, and an afternoon swim–but neither were anything to […]
Race Report: Tri Goddess Tri 2014
My bestie, Ansley (Sweet Red), and I hit the road early Saturday morning for another stop on the 2014 Race Tour. This stop we were hitting Epic Races’ event, Tri Goddess Tri, which is a fabulous gals-only event near Ann Arbor, Michigan. The day before, I told Sweet Red that I we needed to rent […]
Socks, Underwear, and Ties
Hey Guys! Todd here! Friday started off just like any other race weekend… mass chaos! Every race weekend is hectic… true. But this was even more hectic because I didn’t have to worry about me— I had to worry about my kiddos. After months of coaching and training my own children…they were finally racing! Enter […]
Digging Deeper
So in light of my last post about being a beast, I think I am back to being a baby. Saturday the Expert and I drove almost an hour to ride… when we showed up and I extracted Andie (the bike) out of the backseat, the dude says, “I forgot my shoes.” Holy crapoly. Which […]
Sometimes a Baby, Sometimes a BEAST!
Journey to 140.6. Week 5 of 24. That means? Nineteen weeks to Go. Oh my lawd. Actually, this week I am feeling pretty amazing. I mean, I fartlek’d on Wednesday. In public. For those of you who wonder what all this Fartlek talk is about… here’s a good Runner’s World article about Fartleking, tempo running […]
10 Tips for When You are Overwhelmed
I am overwhelmed. There, I said it. I am overwhelmed. I am completely, 100%, fully in overwhelmed mode. I realized this when I spent 12 hours working on Thursday–and I did not log on to Facebook once. Not once. Until 10:30pm. That’s a miracle. But that’s also my second job, so I neglected my entire […]
Coach First, Parent Second
Hey Guys! Todd here! A few weeks ago, one of my youth athletes raced. Throughout the week I had been messaging his mother back and forth with tips, tricks, and guidance. Just when you think you know your stuff and think “ah, this will be easy, I only have one athlete and he’s doing the swim […]