Life Without Sleeves
Oprah and I have one notable thing in common. No, in case you were asking, it’s not the bling bling. And I would prefer to have things in common with her such as shoes and billionaire status, for example. However, the thing that Oprah and I share: giant arms. Ugh ugh ugh. I have always had big arms. And yes, I […]
Another Eight is Great
I had an eight mile run on my plate this morning. I wanted to squeeze this in before work, so I was staring at CNN on the treadmill by 5:45. Usually, I can truck along at a 12:00 per mile pace and keep my heartrate pretty low. I have no idea what was going on […]
Toe Curling Good
Ended up swimming tonight afterall. Funny how that works. Hell bent on rest day (that I haven’t really earned), and I end up at the gym swimming. I have been slacking on the swim for awhile. Since the race last month, really. Tonight was the first back-in-the-game swim workout, long overdue. Lifetime Fitness has a […]
40 Mile Balancing Act
Last night, I woke up and heard thunder. I thought, “Whew. I just got out of that forty-miler on the bike tomorrow.” (Yes, some people ride in the rain; someone as clumsy as me…absolutely does not.) My alarm buzzed around 6:00, and I peeked outside. Dry as a bone. I walked by the coffeepot and […]
Guest Post: Jennifer Brings It
From time to time, Swim Bike Mom features awesome folks and their race experiences in the form of official guest posts. The below post is a race report from Jennifer in Texas. Jennifer is close to my heart, as she was one of the first women to reach out to me via the SBM blog. […]
Fat Bottomed Girl
Coach Monster often plays the song “Fat Bottomed Girls” in his spin class. I told him awhile back that I didn’t like that song because being the only fat bottomed girl in the class, I felt everyone staring at me. Plus, it’s an “out of the saddle” song. Even worse. He brushed me off, told […]
Swim Bike Vegan
Tomorrow, Mountain Goat and I are going vegan. Mountain Goat is already a vegetarian. I might as well be. If I take a bite out of chicken, it’s always undercooked, or I snag that horrible nasty part of the chicken breast (I could yak thinking about it now.) I find weird things in my burgers. […]
Funny Shoes
Thanks for all the great advice about running shoes and the most important advice was definitely: go forth and get yourself fit for proper shoes. I have a little four miler today after a swim. I am bringing my current sneaks… and these: I may try these crazy things. I have them for months, but […]
70.3 Bliss
The Expert and I are celebrating (perhaps a better word is “noticing”) our ten year anniversary in October. I always said that for our ten-year deal, we would throw a huge party with lots of wine, booty-shaking and general craziness. Instead of opting for the party, we opted for a really strange party: 70.3 Miami. October […]