Fear, a Lizard, and the Presidency

My son has begged me for a pet… forever.  I am allergic to all things with fur, so my “poor” children have had only fish for pets. Rounding the corner to his 9th birthday, James told me that he wanted a lizard. I was like, “Um, no. Gross.”  I told him that I didn’t think […]

Pushing Limits, Patience, and Protecting the Kids

As I wrote in this month’s article in Triathlete Magazine, I have two amazing, wonderful children–who could not be more different. They had their second ever triathlon this past weekend. Stella (age 7) jumped out of bed at 4:45am, with her little warm face pressed up against mine, whispering, “Mom, mom, mom. I am so excited.” […]

Through Her Eyes

I started talking with one of the women in my strength training group this morning during some diabolical plank rotation. The jokes started with our “mom bladders” and how that one exercise would have been pee-inducing a few months ago, but now our core strength has improved and it’s better.  Only mild pee. I have […]

Gravity

This morning, I had my back turned as my seven-year daughter jumped on the scale in our bathroom. She caught me completely off-guard. “Does this number mean I am fat or skinny?” she asked, looking past her belly button at the blinking digits. Crap. I thought for a second. Crap crap crap. What could I […]

Running and Not Running

I’m on the DL… that’s “disabled list,” not “down low.”  But only on the list for running (for 8 weeks) and cycling (for just a little bit longer–hopefully next week I can get back on the trainer).  In the grand scheme, it’s a pretty short time—BUT, it’s really disturbing the plans for the first two 70.3s […]

When Is It Time to Quit?

This morning after my swim, I received a text message from one of my favorite people, @pcap0829  (*Wait, don’t you talk to your friends in usernames? Oh… well. 🙂 ) …She wrote:   You were in my Timehop on this day in 2013, so… naturally, I had to go find the post and read it. […]

New Year, New Hope – A Virtual Race benefiting Project Semicolon ; in Memory of Dylan

Register Now Here’s the link to REGISTER for our Virtual Race: New Year, New Hope benefiting Project Semicolon ; in memory of Dylan.  Their story and more information on the “race” is below. Thank you all for participating! #NewYearNewHopeRace #NewYearNewHope  #iTri4Dylan #TriFecta #SwimBikeMom #SwimBikeGive Join the Facebook Event Page to stay updated and share your stories! The Story Last […]

Soup to Nuts?

So Campbell’s apparently now has 33 new soups.  Hooray!  Or whatever.  🙂 I was rifling through the pantry, and found this on the Healthy Kids Chicken NoodleO’s.  (No discussion, really, on if this is really healthy soup.) But… What was even weirder to me than that  “dehydrated methnically separated chicken” and maltodextrin was the rear label. So. All of […]

1st Place Munchkin Man

Hey Guys! Todd here! I’ve totally slacked off and wrote this a couple months ago and just now getting around to putting the pics in but here goes… This race was by far one of the most exciting races of my coaching season. Of course, nothing ever goes as planned but it somehow always comes […]