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71 Days

July 6, 2019 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I don’t know about you, but July 4th was supposed to be a day of complete rest and relaxation for me. I planned on sitting by the pool and visiting with friends, but instead I sweated my ass off getting my back yard ready for the summer — already a little late — and then […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: half IronMan, Ironman, massive action, triathlon

“I Do Feel You Have A Good Shot.”

January 17, 2019 by not your average mom 4 Comments

If you’ve been around here for a while you know I had a little brother who died when he was three years old. I was sixteen at the time, and a junior in high school. My brother’s name was Christopher, and he was diagnosed with leukemia at about eighteen months old, had chemo and radiation […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Parenting, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: Ironman, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, team in training, triathlon

Today Will Be A True Endurance Event

July 11, 2018 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Today I’m doing something I haven’t ever really done before. I’m doing the Pat Griskus Sprint Triathlon at Quassy Park in Middlebury, CT. But that’s not the thing I’ve never done before. Well, it is. But it also isn’t. This is the second triathlon I’ve done this summer, and it will be the seventh I’ve […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: amusement parks, pat griskus sprint triathlon, Quassy Park, sprint triathlons, triathlon, water parks in CT

Mission Accomplished

June 10, 2018 by not your average mom 7 Comments

I did a triathlon today. It was a sprint triathlon — a half mile swim, ten mile bike, and 3.1 mile run. The kids all came to cheer me on, along with my parents. I did very little to prepare for this. And when I say very little, I mean I have swum approximately five […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: challenging yourself, moving outside your comfort zone, open water swimming, Seaside Sprint Triathlon, setting goals, triathlon

The Night Before Triathlon Day

June 9, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Tomorrow is triathlon day. It will be the 6th one I’ve ever done, and the first one I’ve done in four years. I hadn’t put my wetsuit on since 2014, so I figured I’d better make sure I could still get into it. All I have to say is that it’s a good thing I […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: triathlon, Wetsuit

Current Status: Totally F*cking Winging It

June 7, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

I am doing my first triathlon in four years on Sunday. I had pretty big plans for it. I was going to be in the best swimming shape I’ve been in in years. I was going to have many miles logged on the bike. It’s only like my sixth or seventh triathlon, so it’s not […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: challenges, resilience, Seaside Sprint Triathlon, triathlon

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