If you don't try, you will never know what you can achieve. If you don't ask for it, it probably won't be offered to you.
Author: LizSmithCoach
Time to ride outside?
The streets are being swept in our town (from all of the gravel put down on the snow throughout the winter). It must really be time for me to ride outside again. This isn't something I am good at doing often. When I am not following a training plan, biking is the last of the [...]
A swimming floatation device.
When open water swimming, it is smart (in most locations and situations) to swim with a brightly colored floatation device. This one (or something similar - there are a number of this same design on the market) is super easy to use, has a little pocket, deflates and blows up easily, and I don't notice [...]
Why food?
How we frame food could help us choose what we decide to put in our bodies.
When no one is watching.
What are your habits when no one is watching? Exercise. Eating. Thoughts about others. Thoughts about yourself. Are they different? Why? How do you feel about your answer to the why? Is it time to change?
Gummy Vitamins – What?
A rant about the wide selection of candy masked as healthy supplements on the market.
A good granola bar recipe.
I made these bars recently and I've enjoyed them! I rarely get bars to work so I was happy that these did. As usual I modified the recipe. Here's my version: 3 bananas. .5 cup nut butter. I only had a little almond butter and then I used peanut butter for the rest. 3 cups [...]
No one can do an Ironman on day 1.
As wise people have said before me, you can do anything but you can't do everything.
A sweet mistake.
Laughing at myself for a dumb, sugar-filled food purchase.
More than just a race…an amazing experience I had at Ironman New Zealand.
An added bonus - amazing cultural experience - at Ironman New Zealand