The Power of Three
Hi guys. The Expert here. Back in my weightlifting days, there was a fellow gym rat who would espouse “the power of three.” [Now, this guy also huffed gas—and for his “intense” diet would eat twelve oranges for dinner. But not really eat. He would chew on the orange the spit it out.] So you […]
You are YOUR Problem
In this new episode of “I Am Blessed and Have No Problems….” Oh, I am not speaking that tongue-in-cheek here. Because while I have been updating you all on my family-just-keep-MOVING-forward drama, I have never lost sight of the blessings and perfect things in my life. And that was made more clear this morning. I have […]
A Dream Training Weekend
Hey folks! Virginia, here. I JUST got back from an awesome weekend of training, training, training, and it was JUST what I needed right now. This awesome training weekend was sponsored by TriCoachGeorgia.com and was designed as a training/preview weekend for the Augusta 70.3 Ironman in September. To back things up, I have to say […]
Five Things Friday
1. I wanted to repost this picture from the morning of the Ironman race. And while this Sharpie reminder didn’t survive the 112 mile bike ride, completely… when I started the marathon and looked down, all I could see what a tiny remnant of “Forward.” That was enough to jog my memory. Ah yes. Forward. […]
My Ridiculous Life
Yes, my Ridiculous Life. [Not “My So-Called Life.” Because that girl’s life was awesome, compared to…] I tell ya. You find out who your real friends are… when you are homeless. I mean, it’s almost like some of my friends don’t want to know homeless people. Like we already are off the cool kid list. […]
The Chilling Truth
I came across this photo tonight. This was taken in our bathroom. There is writing on the mirror. It says, “I love you. I know this is hard. Stay focused….train hard….Meredith Atwood. You are an Ironman.” It killed me. This was the Expert. And you know why this killed me??? **Because this photo was before […]
“Homelessness” and I Couldn’t Make this Stuff Up If I Tried
So I think the events of the last five days might seal the offer for Swim Bike Family reality show. There’s so much humor in our life. Or, horror. I mean, humor. First, the fact that Ironman absolutely changed NOTHING. I thought I would feel like a superhero or something kinda special—that I would have […]
MOVIN’ Through Summer
Hi folks! Virginia here, SBK. It has been a while since I have blogged….for several reasons. First, in the weeks leading up to Meredith’s big IRONMAN, I wanted to make sure I didn’t “cloud” her BIG news with my little updates. Second, IT IS SUMMER…and life is just so busy. BUT…I’m back, with FULL force, […]
Things I Learned from my “First and Last” Ironman
You can read my giant novel of a race report about Ironman Coeur d’Alene here. I claim it’s my “First and Last” Ironman. You all laugh at me. Don’t laugh too hard. Usually in a race report, I include a list of things I learned, what worked/what didn’t, but I was actually tired of writing […]