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Season Ends in Cozumel with IRONMAN#2
This year was a different Thanksgiving experience than ever before. Me and my family flew down to Cozumel on Thanksgiving day so I could have a couple of days in paradise before competing in Ironman Cozumel, my 2nd Ironman race. I enjoyed all of the training leading up to the race…I put a high priority [...]
Thankful Running
This past week was the beginning of my favorite time of the year….Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons!
On Wednesday, Nick and his two sisters and I traveled to Atlanta and stayed overnight so that I could race in the Atlanta Thanksgiving Half Marathon. We feel very blessed to have his sisters with us to share the holiday [...]
Follin Quits Running NYC Marathon at 3:16 (Finishes 3 Seconds Earlier)
The 40th running of the New York City Marathon was held on November 7. There were 45,350 runners who started the race and 44,829 that finished. The winner was Gebre Gebrmariam of Ethiopia, who finished with a winning time of 2:08:14. Edna Kiplagat of Kenya won the women’s race with a time of 2:28:20. We [...]
Xterra’s Battle at Big Creek
Last weekend the gals (Kim, Tami and Gin) and myself headed to Roswell in the cold morning hours for Xterra’s Battle at Big Creek. The temperature was 34 when we left Athens and weren’t expected to change much before race start. Kim safely navigated us to Big Creek park which, it seems, was dropped from [...]
Trails, Friends, and Good Laughs!
Last weekend I traveled to Roswell with team mates Kim Landrum, Tami Ramsay and friend Gin. We had a blast. The Xterra race was one of 6 races in the series for the Dirty Spokes organization; they had a 5 mile race and a 9 mile race. Half of our crew did the 5 and [...]
Return of the Flying Squirrel
Headed out early Saturday with DBTers Kim Reistad and Kim Landrum, along with killer first time trail racer Gin Fleming, to the Battle at Big Creek Trail 5 & 9 mile race. This is one of six races put on by Dirty Spokes Productions as part of the XTERRA Georgia trail race series. It was [...]
Great day at the Silver Comet Half Marathon
It was a great day on Saturday. The weather was perfect for running and the fall colors on the trail made for a great back drop. Prior to the race my family and I stopped by Atlantic Station to look at the Bodies exhibit. What an amazing experience. I would encourage [...]
NorthFace Endurance Challenge: It Was Worth the Socks
A few months ago I was perusing races on Active and looking for something to prolong the race season – something fun, something different. I happened on an ad for the NorthFace Endurance Challenge series which offered 50 mile, 50k, full marathon, half marathon, 10k, 5k and 1-mile trail races in five locations across the [...]
Adventure race weekend!
This past weekend my friend and teammate Kim Landrum and I went to Pine Mountain to race in the North Face Endurance Challenge, it was a weekend of various endurance races in the trails. Kim and I signed up for the half marathon in the trails. We had many laughs throughout the weekend which [...]
Family, Friends and Fun at Lake Lanier Sprint Tri
Last Saturday Joel, Aidan and myself headed to Lake Lanier for our last race of the season, and our 1-year anniversary of triathlon. The weather was beautiful so we headed over early to enjoy the day. Last year we stayed off site so this year we rented a lake house complete with our own hot [...]
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- Thanks @TotalCyclist for the great job announcing at Twilight 5k this morning & for sharing the mike for kids 10& under awards. Was fun!
- Today is the day! Bring your kids to meet Olympian @gwenjorgensen at YWCO Kids Tri the Y free transition clinic from 3-4. Great fun!
- Don't 4get 2 bring kids 2 Athens YWCO to meet Olympic triathlete @gwenjorgensen at Tri the Y youth triathlon clinic 4/28 from 3-4:00 pm.
- Tons of fitness opportunities for the family this weekend during @AthensTwilight: 5k, kids bike races, adult 30/60k rides & more.