Critz Tybee Run – Half Marathon 2016 Race Report

If you want a flat course, then the Tybee Critz Run Fest on Tybee Island (Savannah), Georgia is for you.  The race consists of a two-day run festival, where if you do all the events, the mileage adds up to a marathon (mileage-wise)— Friday night: 5k, Saturday: 10k, half marathon, 2.8 mile beach run and finally, a […]

The Virtual Race Results & Andrea on Being Brave and Being Thankful

Here’s a guest post from Andrea Lytle Peet, along with pictures and stories from the Virtual Race!   For those of you who don’t know her, Andrea is an inspiration. In 2014, less than a year after completing a 70.3, she was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) at the age of 33.  Since her […]

The Happiest Place on Earth and the Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Report

The Swim Bike Family went on its first non-race related family vacation in what seems like forever–it actually may be forever. But oh wait, I was running a half marathon. So nix that. I was planning write a lengthy race report about the miserable fiasco that was the alleged Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon, […]

Why My Trail Running “Career” is Over

So I post this as a little bit of a joke.  Because I have no trail running career. And, in fact, the most trail running I do is only flat, packed ground and I NEVER really venture anywhere with rocks or roots or sticks. Why? Because I am a bona fide klutz. I am a […]

Ironman Louisville 2015: The Swim Bike Mom Race Report

So yeah, this was the year of the two Ironman races. After IM Lake Placid, just 11 weeks ago, I wasn’t sure how Louisville was going to go for me. I mean, let’s be honest. It wasn’t looking good.  I missed every single key bike workout (save one) and hadn’t run over 10 miles in this […]

2015 Ironman Lake Placid Race Report: The Swim Bike Mom Version

Ironman Lake Placid 2015 What:  A race consisting of a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, and a 26.2 mile marathon When: July 26, 2015 Where: Lake Placid, New York Who:  Meredith Atwood, AG 35-39 (and 2500 other people)   Thursday, July 23, 2015:  Swim Bike Legal Drafting (and not the Bike Kind) My parents […]

The Beginner’s Guide to Cycling Three Gap = Dahlonega, Georgia

Okay, like I would ever really write a post called “The Beginner’s Guide to” anything. I can’t really guide anyone or anything… So let’s start over. There’s a cycling legend here in North Georgia and it’s called THE GAPS. The Gaps is an approximately 80 mile (depending on where you start) ride consisting of Six “Gaps” […]

2015 PT Solutions Allatoona Triathlon: The Swim Bike Mom Race Report

The Swim Bike Family headed to Acworth, GA early Sunday morning for the PT Solutions Allatoona Triathlon — a sprint distance local race consisting of a 500 meter swim, a 16 mile bike, and a 5k (3.1 mile) run. Last year, I had a good race and finished in 1:43… This year, I had a […]

Tri Goddess Tri – “Race” Report 2015

“Sweet Red” (my pal and Swim Bike Sell co-owner, Ansley) and I hit the road for Ann Arbor, Michigan on Friday last week for our second (annual?) trip to TRI GODDESS TRI – a fantastic sprint and super sprint race for women put on by Epic Races. We were hoping for a fairly uneventful trip this […]