For the past several months, I’ve really been struggling with running. And by “struggling with running” I mean “getting ridiculously stressed out about running”. It’s weird – part of me wants to run. But then I think about actually running – and I start to stress out and get anxious. I don’t know exactly what it is about running that…read more →
I can barely believe it myself but look what I just did!!!! Wait…you can’t read that can you? Lets take a closer look: That’s right – I’m going to become a Spinning instructor!!! Or that’s the plan anyway! After the Orientation workshop I’ll have some additional self-paced training to complete and then an Assessment (online) before I become a certified…read more →
You’ve convinced me…I’m going for it this weekend. I’ll be Racing for the Booty on Sunday! A wise man (seriously, if you’re not already reading Carolina John’s blog go.read.it.now!) told me I “need to get that good warm fuzzy feeling” about tri’s again. He’s right. Since Longleaf I’ve been worried that I’m not cut out for triathlon & that I…read more →
Hard to believe it, but 24 hours from now I’ll be an International Distance Triathlete! Right now I’m sitting in a Quality Inn watching old episodes of Friends, trying to distract myself from the nerves for tomorrow’s race. Before we hit the road today, I got to pack my new transition bag for the first time! This bag is seriously…read more →
AKA: The Great Running Rut I’ve really been struggling with running lately. Ever since Sarasota I’ve had to basically drag myself out of the house for every.single.run. And that means I’ve actually skipped several weekday-runs and have cut many long-runs short. I’m definitely not getting any faster…and very well might be getting slower. At least my long run pace average…read more →