The moment I have been looking forward to and dreading came all too quickly. This Texas girl is even more north than she has been the past two years. The reason I signed up for IM Wisconsin was specifically because I was moving to Madison, Wisconsin for PhD school. Moving has it’s challenges. I was exhausted, very sick, and home …

***Let me first start off with that this terrible marathon experience was all on me and not the Lincoln marathon itself. The Lincoln marathon is a very well organized race, with a great course, and great crowd support. My terrible experience was due to personal unfortunate occurrences that made up my worst ever marathon time.*** Training The Lincoln marathon was …

I will have to admit, today I went a little crazy with training. What should have been an easy training day was still easy but in abundance. I went overboard on distances. Nonetheless, today was a perfect Sunday. I was able to get some miles in with my athletes during cross country practice out in the beautiful Flint Hill of …