Quarantine Diaries: Day 31

I feel a bit guilty. Over the last few days, I've felt guiltier than I have for much of the last 30 days. I feel guilty because while I miss a lot of things, I'm mostly grateful. I'm not hating this version of life; I'm not loving it, but I've found a way to focus …

Quarantine Diaries: Day 22

I had stopped blogging a while ago. I was uninspired, and just didn't feel like putting the time in. All day today, however, I found myself musing a lot, and thought "I feel like I should be tracking this experience more than just on Insta." My journal is my journal, but this felt share-able. So …

Traveling while Training: Staying Motivated

When you're on the road a lot, it can go one of two ways: you get excited about switching up your views and love getting your workouts in, or you're just exhausted and want some down time. For me, it's not 100% one or the other. My usual view: Kindle, work iPad to catch up …

Traveling while Training: It’s the Little Stuff

When traveling, there is so much control you have to give up, or risk being constantly frustrated. When you're training for something, giving up control is pretty much the last thing you want to do, but stick with me here, it's the only way to make it through and stay healthy, mentally and physically. But …

What I’m Loving: March 2019

Sticking to the travel theme, this month is all about travel-related stuff. When you travel almost weekly, having things that make life feel as normal and comfortable as possible. That Curfew love. I'm always cold, but being on a plane for several hours while cold is the worst, so I've come to invest in lots …

Training While Traveling – How I Pack

AZ perfection As I write this, I’m at the end of a full week of traveling for work (with a day and a half of AZ sunshine by myself on the back end), and this week is in the early part of 9 weeks of travel. To say that it puts my training at risk …

Women are Worth More than a Day

Friday was International Women's Day. To be honest, while I love that the world is taking on the inequality and atrocities committed against women and girls around the world, I hate that we have A DAY dedicated to it. A single day. Roughly 50% of the world is made up of women. The future of …

Mental Trickery – My Accidental Learning

Over the last 14 months or so I've been returning from a long bout of injury, and working with a coach for the first time. One of the things that has helped me improve my speed (one of my big goals) while also not pushing my body into a dangerous zone, has been intervals. With …

What I’m Loving this Month – February 2019

Why is it that February is always the longest month of the year, when it's always the shortest month of the year? No matter where I've lived, the weather is always miserable, and it's the start of a long period of time when there's no long weekend in sight (my company does not have President's …

Unintended Consequences: Stress and Illness

A few weeks ago, my stress levels were higher than they've been for a long time. My Garmin reminded me daily that I needed to relax, and yet it wasn't quite that easy. It's kind of like when you can't fall asleep and you just keep reminding yourself that you need sleep, you can never …