December and January are times for looking back and setting goals and resolutions. I love reading how the past year has treated people. And what they plan to tackle in the next year. 2016 is a big year for me personally – I turn 4.0 in September and it’s also our 15th anniversary in October. Races and Places March 5th – Chattahoochee 10k March 20th – Georgia Publix Half Marathon April 24th – London Marathon. The BIG one for the…
Just 2 days ago, I FINALLY cut off my participation bracelet from Ironman 70.3 Augusta. A lot of mentors cheered me on that I was finally beginning to look ahead. And I guess with it being just 10 more days to a new year, it was about time. Looking ahead, moving onward. Although I still want to take a moment to recap looking back at 2015. Simply put, 2015 was an amazing year for me. I set myself challenges that…
This was a post that is months overdue (in my defense, I haven’t blogged much since the race). In spite of the warm glow of post-race Augusta, I can no longer deny it. Since the end of the #LongRoadToAugusta, I’ve been on a break with my coach and I’m starting to wonder if this is the end of the road for us … And whether it is now or later, saying goodbye to your coach is never easy. Mike was…
This past weekend, I was at an Indian gathering and an acquaintance mentioned following my #LongRoadToAugusta and being inspired to take up triathlon. She didn’t know how to swim and had signed up for swim lessons as the first step. She wasn’t running and had signed up for a 5k as the first step. She had a simple bike that she rode with her kids on weekends and she was going to keep doing that. She said that I had inspired…
When I take up any new undertaking, I put my heart and soul into it and work on putting together everything I can possibly know about the race. The Augusta Half Ironman course preview was one such undertaking that I think a lot of other athletes will benefit from. So this page is a comprehensive list of all my articles and all the articles I used to refer on the interwebz. My articles about the Augusta Half Ironman Augusta Half…
Runners – have you seen this meme? This is me when it comes to selecting long sleeve shirts! I I think Kate at Big Peach Running Co. might have turned me on to them a while ago and since then I’ve come to love them and prefer the thumbhole shirt over normal long sleeves. Why all that fuss over thumbholes? When you start a run and it is slightly chilly, but not that chilly that you’ll need gloves for your run –…
There is amazing and then there is AMAZING! There is inspiring and then there is INSPIRING! That was brothers Brent and Kyle Pease of ‘Walking with KPeasey’ yesterday at the New York City Marathon. Walking with KPeasey is a campaign affiliated with The Kyle Pease Foundation, Inc (KPF). Walking with KPeasey works to create awareness and raise funds in support of KPF. The Kyle Pease Foundation, promotes success for young persons with disabilities by providing assistance to meet their individual needs through…