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Race4Chase – Turning Tragedy Into Triumph

August 8, 2022 by not your average mom 2 Comments

It’s hard to imagine the unimaginable. It’s pretty much impossible to imagine something amazing being born from an unimaginable tragedy. Chase Kowalski was one of the victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy. And from that unimaginable tragedy, the Race4Chase Tri Program was created. Chase Kowalski loved the sport of triathlon. After his death, his parents […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: kids triathlons, Race4Chase, Sandy Hook, triathlon camps in CT, triathlons

Next Year I Will Be A Contender

July 12, 2018 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Yesterday I went to Quassy Park in Middlebury, CT with the kids for the day. They had a great time on the rides and in the water park. My uncle, cousin, and niece are up from Texas visiting, and we only get to see them once a year (at most), so they came to the […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: 5k, 5K races in CT, CT open water swims, pat griskus sprint triathlon, Quassy Park, road races, sprint triathlons, triathlons, triathlons in CT

15 Ways To Stay On Track With Exercise When The Kids Are Home For The Summer

May 30, 2018 by not your average mom 2 Comments

Summer vacation is approaching for many of us, and what that also means for many of us is the kids are home all day and our school year routines are thrown off. While it’s nice to have lazier and more relaxed mornings and a break from the stress of packing lunches,  helping with homework, shuttling […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: 5K races, at home workouts, how to exercise when the kids are home, summer vacation, team in training, triathlons, working out in the summer

If at first you don’t succeed, tri, tri again.

August 19, 2013 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Last year I did a sprint triathlon at Shady Beach in Norwalk, CT. It’s an all-women race and it’s a great race for beginners, although it’s still competitive. It was the second one I ever did. My time was a 1:20, and I came in 80th place out of about 180 women. I was 18th […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: triathlons, weight loss inspiration, weight loss motivation

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. ~ John Quincy Adams

July 16, 2013 by not your average mom 6 Comments

So it’s been 188 days since I started my weight loss and overall fitness journey. I started out like this: Day 1 Halfway through, at the end of Lose to Win, I looked like this: Day 92 And now, at 6 months in, I look like this: Day 187  Day 1 Day 92 Day 187 […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: 5K's, Fierce and Fabulous, Fit, triathlons, weight loss inspiration, weight loss motivation

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