My son was diagnosed with a form of Autism in 2009. His condition is called PDD-NOS. I'm not sure why, but I didn't really share that he had this condition. I wasn't ashamed, I wasn't embarrassed, it was just private. And then I met a woman who also has a son with Autism. She was vocal, she was honest. She inspired me. And I decided it was time to share with my social media world that my son has Autism. Tomorrow we officially "come out" as we participate in the Autism Speaks Walk-Tampa Bay: Lap... [More]

Going to my box never gets boring. These are just my workouts from this week: Monday Tuesday Wednesday And I'm not showing you the warm-up which is often running, and weights. After the workout I've been rowing 2000 meters to help prepare me for triathlon season. The pool isn't warm enough for me to swim in yet, but rowing is a full body workout, and really works my back and shoulders; muscles I'll need to get in a good powerful swim since that's where my strength lies. But if I was sm... [More]

I am sitting here trying to find the words to explain how I felt when I learned that I'd be running my FIRST Iron Girl race and that I'd be running it WITH my daughter. I am sitting here trying to find the words to explain how I felt when I learned that I was selected as the Athleta Power to the She winner for the Iron Girl race. But I can't find the words right now. I can't find the words because I'm sitting here playing over in my mind what I've been seeing on the news in regards to the Bosto... [More]

Yesterday I participated in the all FEMALE Iron Girl race series which was held in Clearwater, FL. I was also honored as the Athleta Power to the She Winner. My oldest daughter, Haley, ran the race as well and she set a new 5K PR. She is amazing and I am so proud of her. We have a LOT of 5K's planned throughout the year, so I can only imagine that she is going to continue to set new PR's with every race. I'll be getting up a full post about all of that later, but in the meantime, enjoy a little... [More]

This is Week 2 of the Whole30. I’ve pinned a bunch of Whole30 friendly recipes and I’m ready to share my meal plan with you, but first a quick re-cap of week 1. Week 1 went okay. I stayed on plan but I’m much more tired than I thought I would be. I didn’t take a nap any day last week, and have been going at my normal pace, but I think not drinking as much coffee is having a greater impact than I thought it would. Doing a WOD first thing in the morning (9am) also seemed t... [More]