I’ve been looking forward to competing in the Triangle Sprint again. Last year, the day before race day, I registered for this race, my first ever in-person triathlon. There’s been a lot of training in the past year, and I was excited

It has taken nearly a month for me to finally start this blog about my race. Needless to say, between returning to work after several days off, parenting (including a super fun 4-day weekend with my kids), and recovering and training for a half

I've been a triathlete for over a year now. I have been swimming, biking, and running consistently, training to be stronger, to be faster, to endure longer, to just be a better me and a better athlete, races or no races. Over a year

It's been 3 weeks since my virtual 70.3, and I still got a huge smile writing the title of this blog. Every once in a while, I will send a text to my coach that I did it. I completed 70.3 miles.

During third trimester, I was doing a lot of long runs with Barb, preparing for my half marathon. I have so many memories from that period, especially our 13-mile run in the cold rain. We had lots of time to talk, and she shared

Returning to running postpartum has been going well. Just as I listened to my body and tapered for birth, I’ve been listening to my body and doing a “reverse taper,” as recommended by Coach Jenny Hadfield. First, I took my time letting my

So I've started a blog about my first trimester races, but life has been a little busy in the last few months. I have now been at my new job for 7 months. My children are now nearly 7 years old, already 4 1/

This summer was a lot for my family. In late April/early May, I received a job offer, and my family and I decided we were moving to North Carolina. We lived in 5 places in 2 months, and we finally settled into our

I had every intention of blogging about the Papa John's 10 Miler before racing the Derby Festival (KDF) Minimarathon. My life has been extra hectic and overwhelming recently, and it didn't happen. But, it ends up that it is better that I didn't get

I have a real love-hate relationship with Run the Bluegrass. It is an extremely well-run race with a great medal and swag, good post-run food, fantastic expo, fun Director's Challenge with cool prizes, and more. It is behind Keeneland in Lexington, KY, by a

Since I race at least one race a month and am busy being a mama and professor, I don't have the time to blog about every race I run. This one definitely needed more than a little blurb on Facebook though. I ran the

I already blogged about the morning of the marathon. Last I left off blogging, I was excited to start the race. I was with the Fleet Feet family and ready to run. I was looking forward to seeing both friends and family along the

I'm still catching up on blog posts -- don't worry, the post about my marathon is still in the works and hopefully coming out soon. I already wrote about preparing for my marathon the day before, but as all athletes know, preparation starts much

After months of anticipation, hundreds of miles run, many bathroom stops, doctor's visits (thanks to exercise-induced asthma and exercise-induced IBS), a couple different pairs of potential marathon shoes, many family dinners and kids' bedtimes missed, and texts with my friends for support and advice,

This blog post is long overdue, but given I ran my first marathon 2 weeks after the Urban Bourbon Half Marathon, I was a little preoccupied :) This race was a big one for me though - it was the first time I was a

In Spring 2016, I was preparing to run my first half marathon. I had just returned to running in Fall 2015 with a 5k training program, and until that season, I had never raced farther than a 5k. I decided I would treat myself

It's been a busy couple of weeks, and I have several blog posts to catch up on - especially about pacing the Urban Bourbon Half Marathon and about running my first marathon! However, this blog post is a priority because without the Fleet Feet

I am well into my first marathon taper. With the Urban Bourbon Half Marathon last weekend, my mind was distracted. (So much to blog about with the UBHM and so many awesome pics...coming as soon as I have a little more time!) This

It's been a busy two weeks getting ready for my first marathon. Spoiler alert - this blog post is going to have an explosion of photos :) On the way to the Indy Monumental marathon, I ran the Indy Half Marathon at Fort Ben, the

Today's workout was HARD. It's Thursday, cross-training day. I love Thursdays because it's the day of the week that my husband goes to OrangeTheory Fitness with me and I get to run and do weight training. Although I have difficulty getting my heartrate up

Today I ran 20 miles. That is right, TWENTY miles! It's a little early in our training plan for it, but based on advice from experienced marathoners and a review of training plans, my training partner Jennifer and I decided we wanted our last

I recently had to submit a headshot, so I went to grab the photo I've been using for work. It's a photo that Artemis Shoots Photography took during a mother-daughter photo session when Zoe was not yet a year old. I love the photo.

As mentioned in my last blog post, I had a regularly-scheduled LDP run on my birthday, so my family decided to celebrate my birthday the next day. I came home from my run and saw presents, but I had to wait to open them.

My 37th revolution around the sun has come to an end. At 36, I ran my first half marathon (Kentucky Derby Festival). At 37, I ran 4 half marathons (Urban Bourbon, Disney Wine & Dine, Run the Bluegrass, and Flying Pig). I also ran

For nearly 2 years, I have been running at least one race a month. I run several times a week. Sometimes it's a long run, sometimes it's an easy run, sometimes it's a tempo run or hill repeat or speed work. But sometimes, a