Whew! That was some kind of hiatus huh? Between my dad passing, and my final push for grad school, I just didn't have the energy needed to blog as well. Sounds like a lame excuse, but it is the truth. <Sigh> Oh well, I am back now! And just in time for Weekly Om Wednesday!…
My whole life, I was blessed with the privilege of knowing this wonderful man: Words can't accurately describe what my father meant to me. We had our ups and downs and disagreements like all parent-child relationships and in these last…
Today, be sure to stop and think about all that this country has been through. We celebrate the fourth of July because it was the day we adopted the Declaration of Independence and declared our independence from Great Britain. My…
Two years ago, in 2012, I discovered that there was a blogging conference called fitbloggin. I discovered it as it was going on and totally missed out. In 2013, fitbloggin was held in Portland and I just couldn't swing the…
If you have been following my blog for a while, then you know that I love Ragnar Races and have been kind of sidelined by what happened at Cherry Blossom 10 miler, when I busted my achilles like a idiot...…
That moment when you realize that life isn't fair no matter who you are or what class you are in, across species and generations...life isn't fair. Yknow when you're a kid and your sibling gets a toy and you want…
I want to share with you some things that I was reminded of recently. I picked my coach, Abby, for several reasons. They were all factors in what made me finally decide to go with her and absolutely none of…
After the Cherry Blossom race last weekend, I knew something had happened at mile 8 that was no good, but I thought it was just an ache or pain that I could get rid of quickly.... UGH! I was super…
I feel like I have been doing nothing but race recaps lately. But don't worry that is going to change in the next week or so and I will keep this brief! Not as in-depth as the last few recaps.…
So Friday night, I laid out my flat becca and got prepped and ready to pass out at o-dark-early o'clock. My husband knew I was getting up at the buttcrack of dawn to head downtown to the start line. He…