11 Randoms

11 Randoms I was tagged by Jason from Cook Train Eat Race not because I am interesting but because I was easy to tag on FB. It’s okay Jason I am a fan of work smarter not harder in certain situations! The rules of this post: (disclaimer I did not make them so don’t yell … Continue reading »

Recovery – another stage in training?

Tomorrow marks the beginning of what should be my third week of training for the HITS 70.3 tri in Ocala, Fl in March but I have not done any type of training in 17 days. No I have not gotten lazy or lost any of my motivation or intense drive I promise. I shall rewind … Continue reading »

Hello 2012 “The Year of Epicness”.

I set my sites on running my first 26.2 in 2011 so I did what many others do I started a blog in the hopes that it would keep me focused on the goal at hand. While I was researching which 26.2 venue would be my marathon debut I came across an Olympic distance Triathlon … Continue reading »

The day before…

The day before any big or new distance race, for me, always seems to be filled with so much nervous excitement. I think I stress more this day than I do the day of the actual race. Mathew and I drove from Valdosta to Greensboro, Ga on Friday so we could hang out with my … Continue reading »

Ironman Augusta 70.3 Race Week

Well time flew and Race Week is here. I love race week. It’s a week full of nervous excitement. Am I nervous? Yes but it’s a good kind of nervous. I feel that I am as ready as I can be at this point so I am looking forward to getting out there and “playing”. … Continue reading »

seven links

The individuals at Tripbase have been running a blogging experiment with the goal of uniting bloggers from all around cyberspace to share and develop a collection of lost, but not forgotten blog posts that deserve to be brought back into the limelight.  I have had the privilege to be nominated by two blogger buddies, KC … Continue reading »

Identity Crisis

I was presented with a moment today which made me realize I am suffering from an identity crisis. Stay with me I promise this is not about the adolescence to adulthood crisis we all were faced with.  I was at the local YMCA talking myself through my second swim for the week. Anyway, I had … Continue reading »

Accountability and a Challenge.

As you all know by now I’m new to this triathlon thing. I have one Olympic distance tri under my sneakers and am 21 days away from attempting tri #2 the Augusta 70.3 HIM. (Just saying 21 days away makes me nervous) In the matter of 8 months I have transformed from just a runner … Continue reading »