3 Ways to Pick Yourself Up When You’ve Fallen Down
“Struggle is the gold.” – image from Ishita Gupta at Tribe Conference. As I had my second large cookies and cream milkshake of the week, which has been followed by a week tons of unhealthy food, I wondered, “Why am I really back here again?” [I can really take something to the next level, by the way.] […]
2017 Marine Corps Marathon – Team Logan & The Swim Bike Mom Race Report
Well, we did it. Team Logan crossed the finish line at “the People’s Marathon” — Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C. — on Sunday, October 22, 2017 as a part of the Kyle Pease Foundation. We “beat the bridge” at Mile 20 by the cutoff, we crossed “the gauntlet” (Mile 22), and we made it […]
5 Ways to Get a Grip When You’ve “Let Yourself Go”
I cringe and bristle when I hear this phrase: “Oh, but she has let herself go.” First of all, as someone who was an expert in letting myself go, I found it offensive that someone else also noticed that I was in the business of doing exactly that. Second of all, no one understands the battles, struggles […]
Running after a Half Ironman
Marathon Training Update With Ironman 70.3 Augusta quickly in the rear view mirror, I was jolted back to marathon-training reality with a 6 mile run yesterday—four days after 70.3. For some, that might not be a big deal, but that’s the soonest I have done any sort of speed interval run after a half iron. […]
Race Photos Be Damned
Since the dawn of my triathlon journey, I have learned to take race photos for what they are—frozen images that hate me and want to make me hate myself. Can we just all take a moment and appreciate how race photos are the absolute worst? I felt the consensus run through social media and […]
Gratitude and Dabs
Today was one of those perfect productive days. I have noticed that these types of days have become exceptionally rare. Like, I don’t know how many times in the past two years I have had a day like this. During the moment, I didn’t see what was going on… but I soon realized I could […]
“Starting” Actually Isn’t the Hard Part
Everyone has probably heard the “courage to start” quote at this point in our lives. Jon Acuff has a new book out called Finish, and it’s all about how the courage to start isn’t really the game at all… it’s about how we must not only start—but also keep going and then FINISH what we set […]
Meredith: The Fat Shamer
Before I get into the visit I took into Crazy Town yesterday, I have to mention this. I don’t know if I wrote about the awesome fact that I killed 20 mile training run last week. TWENTY MILES, people. And yes, I am TOTALLY bragging about it OPENLY because if y’all know me… this is a huge […]
Finishing in the Dark, Finding the Light
Adapted from Triathlete Article Our two kiddos were around the wee ages of four and five during the year I tackled my first Ironman in Couer d’Alene. Now, I don’t recommend trying to do the insanity that is Ironman training with a four and five year-old, a full-time job, and all the responsibilities that come […]