Party in the Back! Peachtree Road Race 2017 – The Swim Bike Mom Report

Anyone who lives in Atlanta, Georgia knows that the term “Hotlanta” (while annoying) is also a fairly accurate description of our fair city. And you gotta love heading out for a race and hearing, “This is the hottest day of the year so far!” Aw, come on, Hotlanta. The AJC Peachtree Road Road Race is the world’s […]

Two Things that Change Most Everything

Nights like this, I remember with great clarity why I was a drinker. I can’t sleep.  I’m on a bad streak. This isn’t anything new for me.  It’s a recurring theme, and I would almost bet $100 if I texted my momma, she would be awake too.  We are weird like that. One of my […]

My First Marathon

One of my long-standing jokes is the fact that I am a four-time IRONMAN finisher, but a ZERO time stand-alone marathon finisher. In other words, I have done four marathons—but only after swimming 2.4 miles and biking 112 first. Silly as can be, I know. I decided that 2018 would be the year that I […]

The Definition of Insanity

What’s the definition of insanity? “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein For me, insanity is standing still, in one place, knowing that I am not doing what is best for me; knowing that while others are apparently thriving, that I am standing still; knowing that I am […]

RIP: The Gift of “Running in Public”

I had a great talk with Josh Mathe yesterday for the podcast.  He’s the author of the new book, I, Athlete: How to unleash your inner athlete and supercharge your life! —-which talks about all the great things that we can do to help ourselves, well, unleash our inner athlete. I loved talking with Josh, and I’ll be […]

Keep Building.

Tony Robbins said in a recent podcast (I am paraphrasing) that in order for someone to be the tallest building on the block–there are two ways to achieve this end: 1. You can work hard and build the tallest building, brick by brick OR steel by steel–which takes incredible effort, time, money and energy. OR 2. […]

Moving Towards a Mess

Someone once looked at my life, my habits and my food—and their reaction was:  I don’t think I can help you. I hadn’t thought about that statement at the time, really. Because for so long, I sort of felt like I was unreachable, unworthy, un-help-able… I sort of glossed over the idea that someone else agreed with […]

It’s Good to Be a Bear

So I wrote an article a while back in Triathlete about when to know if you should say “no” to that race on the calendar.  Decisions, decisions. As I was thinking about Chattanooga 70.3 (coming up in three weeks), I began to wonder what in the world I was doing with planning to race that. […]

Fixing the Engine

I remember seeing a hateful comment from someone back in 2014 that went something like this:  Swim Bike Mom has this fast bike, but she’s so fat it’s not like it’s going to translate to any speed. Yeah, okay. So that one stung. But then I remember thinking:  Well, you’re a jackass, speed is still speed […]