The Cost of Triathlon: Swim Bike Mom’s Take
Excerpt, Abridged, Updated, and Funnified from “Triathlon for the Every Woman: You Can Be a Triathlete. Yes. You.“ There’s a post floating around (I think it’s from Active.com) about the so-called fact that it will cost you $2,000- $25,000 to make it to an Ironman start line. I think that they are totally right–you can absolutely fall […]
Yes, Why Thank You… I Would LOVE a Good Sign!
It’s like the second x-ray was saying, “A-okay.” The Ortho told me that I have some strains and sprains, but that I have no fracture in the hand. [PSA: An urgent care clinic, for the record, may not actually know how to read an X-ray.] I am now officially buddy-taped. And cleared for activity. (And […]
“It’s All Gonna Be Alright.”
Kathy reached out to me in an email, and we chatted a little. Her story really resonated with me, and I wanted to share with you all. Thank you, Kathy for your inspiration to #JustKeepMovingForward …no matter what. “I had been a runner on and off since my early twenties, but when I married and […]
Ironman Texas & Inspiration
Hit the road and air on Thursday for Houston, Texas for our second advisory board meeting for Women for Tri at Ironman Texas. I flew in a little later than some of the others, but had time for a lovely dinner and cocktail with my friend and Editor-in-Chief (and Women for Tri board member), Julia […]
What Happens After Ownership?
Last night, I was honored to attend and be a part of the Another Mother Runner book party in Atlanta. The Mother Runners, Dimity and Sarah, have launched their third amazing effort, Tales from Another Mother Runner, and I had the privilege of contributing an essay to the book. My essay was about ownership. Ownership? Yep. That’s […]
The Art of the Setback
I woke up in the middle of the night on Monday with stomach pains again. The girl child has been sick, so I went downstairs to get her some medicine and a giant wave of nausea swept over me. I called out to the Expert, “Ummmm… you’re gonna need to come get this Benedryl for […]
If at First You Don’t Succeed… Post A Picture of Yourself in a Swimsuit on Instagram
What a long post. I apologize in advance. I have a lot of catching up to do. …SO this is not my first rodeo. And by rodeo, I mean the circus that is an iron distance race which is happening in–oh who is counting–four days. And because this is not my first rodeo, you must imagine my surprise […]
Just Keep Falling Forward
On this week’s episode of “I have an iron distance race in 8 weeks, so it must be time to hurt myself” …I decided this time, for this particular instance, I would try and take the stairs. So I did. I took a nice fall down the stairs. At 5:30 AM. Getting ready to run. […]
Four Years and Fifty Pounds Ago…
Hey Guys! Todd here! When people see my driver’s license, they can’t believe it’s me. They tell me I need a new license photo, too, because it doesn’t look at all like me. I reply, “No, I like reminding myself of where I came from. It was a lot of hard work.” …Four years and fifty pounds ago… September […]