Every Wednesday or sometimes Thursday morning, I run with some crazy girls at 5am. Crazy because they are willing to meet me at 5am, and nice enough to go at my pace (and because they are ultra runners who have some wonderfully crazy adventures!). When I drive to our meeting spot, I see the morning sky and I’m always enthralled by it. This week, it was particularly alluring – the crescent moon was smudged behind some clouds but the stars…
It’s virtual coffee date time with the first Saturday of month crew! If we were having coffee, I’d tell you that … I’m a bit scattered at not having a goal for the second half of 2016. For the past 18 months (April 2014 since I signed up for Dopey Challenge), I’ve been so goal driven that I don’t know what I’m looking at after April 24th London Marathon. I would like to go back to Augusta 2.0 in some form…
Ever since the day I even thought about signing up for Ironman 70.3 Augusta, I knew it would be a long and hard road. Hence the #LongRoadToAugusta. But it was almost 10 months to the day that I signed up. I knew I would stumble, I knew I would have my firsts, I knew I would break down some days, I knew I would come out tougher some days, I knew I would love it all, I knew I would…
CLOSED: Congrats Erin! As a lot of people in my running circles know – I LOVE my running skirts! My preferred brand is Sparkle Skirts – pockets on each leg, pocket on waist band and shorts that don’t ride up! I wear mine for running and out about town! I’m raising money for Run for Autism to run the London Marathon (my bucket list marathon and the hardest marathon in the world to get into, even with a charity spot)…
When one has a birthday coming up, what does one do? Run or ride those miles, of course! I had the BEST possible start to my once-in-a-year day with a special ride of 39.39 miles and run of 3.9 miles. A ride that was made even more special by a rare appearance by coach who patiently rode with me and pushed me to ride faster than I’ve ever gone before or even thought I could. And a run that…
It’s always fun to look back and see what we did over summer! I had a wonderful family vacation doing the grand circle mini tour (national parks in Arizona and Utah) to kick off summer. This is our second vacation around national parks after our Yosemite trip last September. LOVE the national parks and can’t wait for our next trip! 2. I trained for my Ironman 70.3 Augusta. And rode my bike. A LOT! I have gone from hyperventilating about the…
Mother’s Day has become sort of a hallmark holiday for me. The minions do their projects at school and bring in cute little mementos. Every year I ask for a clean house and I get a dinner out instead. I even get flowers sometimes even though I ask for a live plant instead of flowers. But through all this is an exchange of gifts or an action on ONE day that is meant to cherish a mother. Growing up in…