Happy 7th Birthday: Annabelle Blanche

Seven years ago,  Annabelle Blanche was born in Piedmont, Alabama.  It seems like just yesterday that I brought her home.  She was about 6 weeks old and could fit in the palm of a grown man’s hand.   I was so overwhelmed that first week I actually tried to give her back to the family from which I [...]

Typical…Part of my 15 minutes of fame are because of my diet!

I was interviewed for a health segment that was aired on CNN this past April 2, 2009. I was hoping that they would post it to their website, but alas, they did not. I know that many of my friends didn’t get a chance to see the piece. Because I love y’all (and because I [...]

Race Plan: Kinetic Sprint Triathlon

I have the first tri race of 2009 this coming Sunday. I just discovered that I have to finish this Sprint in 2.5 hours or I could be pulled from the course. A quick look to your right at my personal records and you will see that my PR for the sprint distance is 2:32:31. [...]

Scope it Out 5k-Polyp Wrangling

Sunday Morning I was up and at them early to fulfill my role as Polyp Wrangler (more conventionally known as a volunteer coordinator)
Some of the Polyps before the race
My favorite Polyp Planning Partner and Polyp Liaison
Rallying the troupes, complete with morning coffee
Directing the troupes-Jacquie’s got her coffee as well!
Part of our job was to participate in [...]

Race Reports for 2007

I did not do any races in 2007, but I’m writing a race report because this is the year that laid the groundwork for my current and future race goals.
There were a few reasons I was not interested in racing this year…

I was worn out from the training of 2005 and 2006 (half marathon, 10 mile [...]

Race Reports for 2008

St. Anthony’s Triathlon
1500 Meter Swim/40K Bike/10K Run
April 27, 2008
St. Petersburg, FL
Age 28
Division: Athena’s age 20-29
Place 7 out of 7 (but 9 people registered!)
Overall 3538 out of 3556 finishers
Time: 4:41:01
Swim: 52:09 Pace 3:29
     Tran 1 7:04
Bike 1:52:22 Rate 13.3
    Tran 2 6:12
Run 1:43:16 Pace 16:38

I trained for this race with Team in Training.
I freaked out about [...]

Fetch Rufus-The end of an era

Fetch Rufus fought valiantlyon Saturday night.  We had a  fun show exploring a world where “acupuncture jelly” made a dumb blonde quite smart…but only because she had the help of her new imaginary friend “Gawlpon”.  My favorite moment was initiating a scene as the “Wise One”, Gawlpon’s leader.  It was out of my improv element [...]

Fetch Rufus-First win!

My F.I.S.T. (Fighting Improv Smackdown Tournament) team, Fetch Rufus, won our first match on Saturday night!  Our performance on Saturday night is by far my most favorite to date!  From the moment we walked on stage, I felt great.   The audience was so positive and excited to see where we would take them!  I really enjoyed [...]

Fetch Annabelle Blanche

Annabelle Blanche and Aunt Nikki play fetch for a “few minutes”!

Races for 2009

I’ve finalized my race plans for 2009 today.  I’m mostly doing Team Z races.   My “A” races are in red below!
I’m really excited about this year!

Date
Event
Location

15-Feb
GW Marathon Relay (7 miles)
Washington DC

29-Mar
Scope it out 5k
Washington DC

24-Apr
Colony Zones 1 mile pool
Fairfax, VA

2-May
Arlington Science Focus 5K
Arlington, VA

9/10-May
Kinetic Oly
Lake Anna, VA

16-May
National Police Week 5K
Washington DC

6/7-Jun
Mooseman Oly
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