Last weekend I raced Moonvalley Grasshopper Bridge 5k. I love this race because it seems to kick off the fall racing season, despite being in September and temperatures hovering about 90 at the 7am start. Training has been tough this last month due to asthma complications. I really did not know what to expect but was just happy to get to the start line. There was a team division for added fun! I also got to meetup with a couple Oiselle flock team members too, Yissel and Hayley.

JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge Rochester, NY 5-29-14. The course itself is relatively flat, except for one brief hilly part. You get a finishers t-shirt, .

The Trials and Tribulations of Tinkerbell. That is what the majority of this blog is about. Wednesday, August 21, 2013. This is me attempting to run on the mountain during my trip to Colorado.

My goal for 2014 is to improve my swimming and biking, and complete the Double Mussel and REV3 Poconos 70. On learning to love the pool. At first, swimming was just that thing I had do so I could make it through the triathlon. Last year, though, I found myself loving open water swimming. Occasionally I miss my heels.

Last night, people were commenting about how I have been doing so much of my mileage alone. Truth be told, except for Tuesdays, when I am running, it is by myself. My guys waiting for me! Because this guy is always there with me. But why would I want to? Because on the one hand, I can be excited and proud. I can be beyond excite.

The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are. Do That Thing You Do. You deserve time to do your thing. This weekend, I refused to let myself get sucked into that pattern. So with dishes piling and vacuuming waiting, I told my husband that I was disappearing to my sewing room to be creative for a while or else I will go insane . Because he is wonderful, he said, Go! In that moment of clari.