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.] […]
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 […]
Work Ethic and Temper Tantrums (Fast Twitch to Slow Twitch, Part III)
In the prior post, I started a blog series talking about how being an Olympic weightlifter translated (or didn’t) to the sport of triathlon. First, being “bendy” was good in weightlifting, and also is good in triathlon. Sad part? (I am not still this bendy.) I am bendy in other ways. The word “talentless” (as […]
Olympic Weightlifter to Triathlete (Fast Twitch to Slow Twitch)
Someone emailed me and asked if I would write about how my former sport of Olympic weightlifting translated into me becoming an endurance athlete later in life. Simply put: No translation. Lost in Translation. Apples and Oranges. But that is not completely true. Many don’t know the whole story of my previous-life athletic feats (and non-feats). […]
Ironman 70.3 Augusta 2017: The Swim Bike Mom Race Report
I am at a loss for words on my fourth Augusta 70.3 experience. (Long pause… okay, nah. I am never at a loss for words.) As I scooted down the last two miles of the course, I was overwhelmed with this amazing sense of peace and happiness, because I was certain it would be my […]
Tribe Conference 2017: Creative Gratitude
“If we set goals that are too big AND we continually fail at them, then goal-breaking becomes part of our identity. Give yourself smaller goals and crush those first.” – Jon Acuff Back in 2011 I had a friend, Susan, who told me write your damn book. I had complained that I wanted to write a […]
Flipping Faith in Humanity
I lost a little faith in humanity over the last five months. It started with a “friend” who turned into psycho-Satan incarnate. The abrupt end of that relationship made me think, Okay, seriously…. there’s no possible way to trust anyone again. However, knowing that’s not really true, I picked myself up by the bootstraps and moved […]
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 […]
2.2 Million Words
Happy Birthday to This. Happy Birthday to This. Happy Birthday to Thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis. Happy Birthday to This. This what? Oh, this blog! On August 26, 2010, I wrote a blog post that said this: I have decided to become a triathlete. Fast forward… it’s been almost seven years. Wowzers. That’s a long time to do anything, […]