motivation

What If…

January 26, 2011
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Do you ever think to yourself, “What if I could do ….”? What I find completely surprising is that people who I’ve just met or just started reading my blog think that I’ve always been —dare I say athletic? They think that I’ve always been able to maintain at least an 8:15 min/mile pace for [...]

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Robbing a Bank

January 6, 2011
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This was originally posted two days ago, but justhost.com had problems with my server all night, and when the blog finally went back up, this post was missing along with all of your comments!  Sorry!! (I’m totally reusing this pic, but it still looked like this yesterday!!) This past Monday, I started my official Ironman [...]

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2011 Goal: Risking Failure to Succeed

January 1, 2011
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If you missed my 2010 recap, be sure to check it out! It was one hell of a year! Sort of restating from last year, I don’t believe in the common New Year’s “Resolution.” I don’t believe in setting unattainable goals for myself. However, I DO believe in setting realistic goals and having a plan [...]

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2010 Adventures

December 31, 2010
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I didn’t think I could top last year, but I WAS WRONG!! 2010 was another fantastic year, and I am so thankful for the opportunities in my life. I don’t take them for granted at all!!! ** You still have time to enter my Operation Beautiful Giveaway!! These were just some of the highlights from [...]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Operation Beautiful

December 30, 2010
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A few months ago, I was contacted by the PR assistant representing Operation Beautiful:Transforming the Way You See Yourself One Post-it Note at a Time to see if I wanted to review the book. I emailed back, “Of course!” Then, school took over my life with my last semester of grad school, and it got [...]

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Manitou Incline

September 13, 2010
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The hubs and I spent the weekend in Colorado Springs since he had work there, and the hotel was already paid for. We had a great time and even got to see the Air Force/ BYU game. We also tackled this mammoth of a mountain that morning before the game. You see that line that [...]

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One Year Blogging Anniversary

August 23, 2010
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A year ago this past weekend, I decided to start this blog. You see I had been reading blogs since before I left for Germany from Tucson about 3 years ago. I started reading Diary of an Amateur Triathlete. It was an eloquent smooth flowing blog, and her writing was so inspiring. I would read [...]

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