Race Report: Ironman Lake Placid

“I know this transformation is painful, but you’re not falling apart; you’re just falling into something different, with a new capacity to be beautiful.” - William C. Hannan. I love Lake Placid, it’s one of my favorite places. I was still flying high from seeing friends at Musselman and was so excited to see them…

Race Report: IM Musselman 70.3

“You gotta train your mind to be stronger than your emotions or else you'll lose yourself every time.” - unknown Man, it has been a long time I’ve written. Truthfully, I didn’t want to write, but things are coming slowly coming back to normal and I’m so grateful. A quick update from 2019: We built…

Race Report: Ironman 70.3 World Championships

“We do not get unlimited chances to have the things we want. Nothing is worse than missing an opportunity that could have changed your life.” Anonymous Even writing the title of this race report puts a smile on my face and makes me so grateful for this journey. I can’t believe it’s been a couple…

A Blessing in Disguise

"Sometimes it takes a wrong turn to get you to a right place." - Mandy Hale It's no secret that I've grown up a runner.. Running was my first love and it has saved me on more than one occasion. However, running has also caused some of the lowest lows. I had two stress fractures…

Mont-Tremblant 70.3

"In the end, we regret only the chances we didn't take." - Lewis Carroll Wow, where to begin. Leading up everything was okay, I mean as okay as moving – you know not just loading the truck and go, but storage spaces and then of course there’s the two dogs. Moving, which of course fell…

2019 So far

"Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored." - Earl Nightingale  …

Good Riddance 2018

“One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful.” — Sigmund Freud Looking back, 2018 was the hardest year of my life. It wasn't pretty, glamorous or amazing. At times it felt like nothing was going right. There I said it. Often it was ugly, I cried a lot…

Summer 2018 Update

“At some point you just have to let go of what you thought should happen and live in what is happening.” – Heather Hepler This year has had its up and downs, good and bad but you have to roll with the lemons you’ve been given and do your best to make lemonade.  Between 3…

Race Report: Patriot 70.3

“There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness.” - Shannon L. Alder Wow, it’s been awhile. March and RNR Nola seem like forever ago, which is probably for the best. Truth be told, training had been going SO well, I was really excited to see where my fitness was and get out and be…

Race Report: RNR New Orleans

“When it rains it pours...but soon, the sun shines again” Wow, unsure where to begin on this one, it’s not a good report that’s for sure so if you’re looking for something that’s going to give you some motivation – I’d search elsewhere. This was one of those trips where what could go wrong, will…