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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Chicago Triathlon - what a blast

So on Sunday, I did my first Olympic Distance Triathlon in years....wow what fun that was! And the great thing was that it was over pretty quickly so I only pushed that pain barrier for 2.hours and 42 mins!
  I had a great race, finished 6th out of 100+ in my age group and 36th woman overall - out of 950+  !!

I am clearly getting faster with this mended heart and living proof that (1) You should live your life to the fullest  and (2) you can return to competition following a major set back...no worries!  :-))






Friday, August 19, 2011

Hip Hip Hooray! Chicago Marathon here I come!

I'm in!  Just received my confirmation that on Oct 9th I'll be one of thousands who will run the Chicago Marathon....my second marathon in 2011....here's hoping to a fun, safe and successful race!.....as I continue to LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST!!!


Friday, August 12, 2011

Chicago Triathlon - Here I come

An Olympic Distance??!!!  Well, I haven't done one of those for a number of years but I am planning to give it a go at the end of the month.  The Chicago Triathlon is the largest Olympic Distance triathlon in the US (I think - don't quote me!).  The last Olympic distance I did was in 2006 at the ITU World Age Group Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland.  I had the honor of representing Bermuda (then my country of residence) in the 35-39 women's world age group race.  I had a broken foot at the time but didn't know until I had it diagnosed a few weeks later, but boy was it painful to run that 10k!  I even mentioned that in my Book - Living Life to the full

So - fast forward 5 years to now - and I'm doing another Olympic Distance!....so used to doing Half Ironmans and now Ironmans and marathons - I know I'll be in for a shock when I realize and fast and furious the race is and how going fast really hurts!!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Exciting Times as a Motivational Speaker!!

Thanks to MGM's employee magazine which is distributed to 6000 colleagues, I made headline news today!  Check out this great article - what a terrific time I had sharing my Living Life to the Full Story !

I'm excited for the future as I connect with more organizations and share my story.....


http://momentum.mgmresorts.com/?p=11679


Saturday, August 6, 2011

Las Vegas again!

What a fantastic day in Vegas yesterday! I hope to get photos to post soon but in the meantime just a quick note to say the folks at both Southern Wines and Spirits and New York New York, totally ROCK! Had a great time sharing my story and signing books at two great company events! Hope to see you all soon and remember to keep Living Life to the Full !