My company had our team take a quiz & half day class on the Strengths Finder book by Tom Rath a while back. It scores you on 34 natural talents and gives you your top 5 natural talents in order. We were talking on how we use these in our work roles so I decided [...]
I fell behind on race reporting. I never blogged about my best race ever, the Shamrock Half Marathon in March. It was when I realized I was very much succeeeding at self coaching. I wanted that for the confidence in the knowledge I've gained as a student of the sport and the ability to apply [...]
Catch up race report: I fell behind in race reports. I owe a few. Here's one for the Corporate 4 Miler. The race brings companies from a wide variety of industries from all over the Greater Richmond area and we compete with in our respective industry categories as teams. We work hard. We play hard. We run Hard! [...]
I generally waste zero time in transitions and typically place high in transitions. I leave my shoes on my bike. I used to dazzle my cul de sac neighbors (haha) practicing this skill before races. I also still clip into my pedals like its my first day in the sport and fumble a lot so [...]
I could package you a polished race report tied together with pretty sounding important life lessons and beautiful words. I could simply say that success is measured by what we learn during the journey. I am honored to have made it to the finish line in the hardest conditions I've endured at a North American [...]
Brett Sutton is quoted as saying, "when you go for eight or nine hours there are a lot of places with dark and unlit streets. People don't train athletes to go to those places." Heck, I'll be out there a lot longer and I'm feeling ready. This season has been about the mental toughness [...]
We had a fantastic ride until temps dropped quickly and unexpectedly on the Blue Ridge yesterday. Forecast at 6am for Wintergreen said 44 would be the low of the day with rain later in the afternoon but that dropped unexpectedly. My Garmin edge data shows the last hour was 32 degrees average (with pouring rain [...]
Here is what I've discovered about self coaching: 1. You get to channel your inner advisor. She is the part of your psyche that can take care of you. You should understand her better. We all have a caregiver part of ourselves. She full of light, belief and self confidence. Sometimes she's hidden deep [...]
I found myself toeing the start line this weekend of FL 70.3, which I lovingly refer to as "The Steamy Mountains of Florida Alligator Triathlon this past weekend. It's a thrilling yet tough tri season opener. This race was extra special because I've been growing as an athlete through the unfiltered lens that IS self [...]
One day last summer, I walked into the gym's parking lot to find a P5 and his owner! I was like, "Wow, nice bike," and made a new pal. The owner of the bike was also a good guy! Months later, at the Richmond Endurance Symposium, I eyed this super bike and although I [...]