No, I’m not pregnant. Hopefully we have a good number of years before that happens.
I’m talking about this hunk:
Glorious, no?
I bought this guy over the summer in between the Charlottesville Sprint Tri and the Fort Ritchie Sprint Tri. I must have tried out every bike in my LBS (Local Bike Store) before settling on him. It’s been about 3 months since I bought him, and I am still super happy with my choice.
I was a little worried about where I would store it at school – I bought it with …

I won’t waste y’alls time with the “Ack! Haven’t blogged in over a year!” stuff. Boring. Insert apology here. What isn’t boring is What I Did Last Summer! Quick recap:
A few 5ks with my Dad, who has become an awesome triathlete in the past year. I think he was inspired by spectating at the 2010 Charlottesville Sprint Tri :)

PRing at the Charlottesville Sprint Triathlon 2011 with a time of 1:46:xx, vs my 2010 time of 1:58. This despite the race directors changing the swim from 500m to 750m. I …

Putting in a few miles out on the roads or trails is a Thanksgiving tradition for many runners. Some of us head out to local Turkey Trots and race with friends and family, and others run a few solitary miles to burn off some calories in preparation for the feast to come later in the day. This year, the dailymile Team has put together what we are calling the Feed the Turkey Virtual Turkey Trot. Whether you are running an organized event or running …

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Being healthy is about more than just working out or eating healthy – it’s respecting your body.

res-pect (n) – esteem for or a sense of the worth or excellence of something.

But what does that mean exactly? What does it mean for us to respect our body? The human body is an amazing thing – I am constantly awed by the things people are able to do once they set their minds to it and put their feet in motion.
But it can be really overwhelming to think about all the things …

Yesterday I had the honor of running the Laurel Riverfest 5k with my dad – he’s been training super-hard and he really wanted to break 30:00 in his first 5k. I am home for the weekend (it’s fall break at UVA, which basically means “Let’s trick the students into thinking they have a weekend off, but really we just assign tons of homework” *evil laugh*) so of course I signed up to run the 5k with him!
The race started at 9:00, so we headed out at 8:00 with my mom …