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It's never too late to be what you might have been. --George Eliot

Athena is the Goddess of wisdom and war. In 2005, I declared war on my own bad tendencies: sloth, being fat, compacency, and being too old for adventure. This is the story of how I went from being someone who never stood when she could sit, to being an ultrarunner, marathoner, and triathlete. Along the way I've cried, laughed, fallen, gotten up, lost, won, hallucinated, been dehydrated, DNF'ed, and been DFL.
I also swear. Alot.
"You're never too old to be what you might have been" --George Eliot

Get to Know Me...

  • i was a nearly 200 pounds and never exercised
  • i wear sexy toe socks and highly technical underpants
  • 92 things about me
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  • i am not a china kind of person.
  • i try to help people
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  • I am not a stick insect.
  • the thin i always wanted to be
  • i found my spirit
  • My first 5K
  • my first triathlon
  • my first open water swim
  • my first olympic tri
  • my Ironman race report, p.1
  • my first 50K
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  • My first 100K, Part 1
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Me, January 2005

Me, January 2005
at nearly 200 pounds

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Walking my bike up a hill.

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2nd Ironman Finish

3rd Year In Row

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First Marathon Thoughts...

I looked at my feet. They didn't look any different. They just looked like my feet. So did my legs. I had this idea that when you finished something like this, you'd look different--your legs would look like the legs of a runner, all ropy and muscley. But I still looked like me. I just didn't feel like me. 1.14.7

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Tuscon 1/2 Marathon, 2005

OK Redman 1/2 Iron 2006

Remember:

It is rude to count out loud the number of people you pass.

Rio Rancho Duathlon 2006

Ransom Canyon Sprint Tri

My First Marathon

Ransom Canyon Tri

T3, OK Redman 1/2 iron

Redman 06 Finish

Redman 06 Finish

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