Alright, peeps :)
I booked my flight tonight. 2 weeks, let’s get after this!
I was scheduled to have a C-section on Friday, July 1st, but baby had other plans. My water broke at 4am on June 30th, and we welcomed a baby girl into the world at 2:45pm. We decided not to find out whether baby was a boy or girl, but we were guessing a boy after…
I never would have guessed that our dog Mesa would snag a cool sponsorship before I did! While out at OR (a trade show in Utah) I was browsing through some really cool dog gear made by a company called Stunt Puppy. Their stuff is so cool – extremely purpose built (seriously – every stitch…
Bi-Polar thoughts and ramblings: I’m adding to the medical saga that I started detailing here. My doctor and I believe I am at very low risk for recurrence of bi-polar “episodes”. Both my manic depression and mania episodes were caused by hormone increases when 1. I stopped breastfeeding (since while nursing hormones were at very…
Today is the start of a 105 mile week… uff! To be followed up by a 95 mile week. This is the highest 2-week average I’ll have in the build for the Trials. I’m excited to work this hard, but also a little scared of the workouts scheduled. They’re crazy hard, even without all of…
I often get asked, “How did you stick with it?” [Referring to the craziness that was my corporate finance life, training 80-100 mpw, with a long commute] The answer was, and still is, simple: I want it. I wake up every day and truly want it. I want to prove to myself that I am…
3 miles today. All three were glorious! Ahh, nothing better than breathing in the cool, fall air. Yeah, I got a terrible side ache after the first mile and my HR was at 80% of max while running 8:00 miles… so it isn’t as effortless as it was a few weeks ago. But I don’t…