Tag: #running
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Race Recaps and Rest Days
This past Friday rolled around and the pre race day moment I usually encounter hit: “Do I really want to toe the line tomorrow?”
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Mama and Marathoner and Keeping God First
My body knows how to wake up right at 5am, it’s been conditioned to do so since my collegiate swimming days, if not before when our first bell in high school chimed at 7:25am. Jon jokes that he always thought he’d be the early riser, but God had other ideas. At this point it hardly…
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5 Things You’ll LOVE About Coronado Springs Resort @ Walt Disney World
I recently stayed at the newly opened Gran Destino Tower at Coronado Springs Resort on the Walt Disney World property. It was majestic and the details intricate and stunning but it wasn’t my first time staying on this property – we stayed in one of the regular rooms as a family back in 2012, and…
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Running Through the Unknown and Three Reasons Why ANYONE Can Do the Peachtree Road Race
After the 2018 Peachtree Road Race I was on cloud 9. The goals I had set for myself had been crushed and I knew I wasn’t even at peak fitness. BUT with that much excitement came that much more pressure. After a short break I told myself I was ready to go, trying to prove…
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The Fear in Goal-Setting & the Hotlanta Half
Sometimes it’s hard to talk about goals, it breeds vulnerability and accountability. Fear can come into the frame in terms of not meeting expectations therefore disappointing yourself and those around you. This can happen in relationships, careers, your health, and pretty much every other aspect of your life as well, but fear isn’t a good…
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Healing Low Iron… And the Smoothie I’m obsessed With
A couple weeks ago I had a small procedure that went completely fine, but what it led to finding has let me on in some crucial info about my body in the past couple weeks. I’ve heard the word “Anemia” since before I can remember, as an endurance athlete both in the swimming realm and…