Posts tagged ‘fitness motivation’

 

Importing Custom Zwift Workouts to your iPad

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If you’ve been confused while trying to import a custom Zwift workout to your iPad or iPhone, then this video is for you! Start by connecting your computer to your iPad using a USB to iPhone cable. Then start up iTunes. Click on the IPad icon at the top of the screen. Then click on “File Sharing” under […]

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In for the Long Game (my weight loss update)

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“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.” ~Confusius Several weeks ago I posted unhappily about how I was my highest weight in 10 years. Admitting something like that is not easy for me – I don’t like showing up on social media not looking like my most […]

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Defying the odds – Two Fascinating Reads!

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After hearing so many rave reviews about David Goggins’ book, Can’t Hurt Me, I purchased and read (well, actually listened to), his book. While finishing up the book in January, I happened to hear about Colin O’Brady’s newly published book, The Impossible First. I found his story about suffering severe burns in his legs and […]

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Telling Myself to GET OVER IT Already

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October 11 My self pity party lasted TOO LONG! I was so upset about my injury. I kept thinking that people just didn’t understand how frustrating it was to not be able to do my big races this year. Someone should have slapped me upside the head and tell me to GET OVER MYSELF. I […]

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My Mental Reset

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    THANKS TO YOU ALL for allowing me to have my little pity party the other day. For me it’s a necessary step in the process when I get some not-so-great news.   My scaphoid fracture may have stopped me from doing my races this season but it hasn’t stopped me from exercise. Since […]

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Thoughts Before my First 2019 Race …

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  So I look calm and happy here but it is just for show for the picture. .. I’m tired … I’m achy … I am worried about my race. My first 2019 half marathon is two weeks away and I’ve put the time and miles in. I’m not as fast as I used to […]

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Join the #Last90Days Challenge

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For the remainder of the year I am hosting the #Last90Days challenge which created by Rachel Hollis.  I love that there is a challenge like this that helps us to end the year as strong as we started it! We are doing this challenge in my Facebook group . Whether you’re sure that you want to commit to […]

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Saying goodbye to my first Half Ironman Race

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It was bittersweet volunteering at the last Ironman Raleigh 70.3 race 2 weeks ago. In its inaugural year in 2013, it introduced me to long course triathlon. Little did I know I would be hooked from year one. In 2013, I created a 3 person relay team where I did the swim leg of the race. In […]

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The Inaugural Gran Fondo Hincapie Chattanooga

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Three words. LOTs OF FUN. This was Hincapie’s first time stepping out of their hometown to host a race but having been to their Greenville event just last year, I knew they would do an awesome job. So when I heard that my friend AnnieLloyd was driving out to Chattanooga, I asked if I could join […]

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When Life Gives you Lemons – Race Year 2017

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2017 was a rough year for me! Somehow despite it all, I managed to squeeze in a few races. I started off  the year with knee pain and made several trips to the Orthopedist to dry to determine the issue. I was finally diagnosed with arthritis (thanks to my ACL surgery from 2001). I was cleared to […]

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