Archive Month: January 2019

The first month of 2019 is coming to an end. January training has me working on my base fitness, with some checkpoints thrown in there, too. As we near the end of the month, I feel the training volume and intensity growing a bit. This month, I’ve trained anywhere from 8.5 hours to 13.5 hours […]

I’m excited to see how my race schedule for 2019 is shaping up. Here is my race schedule so far: Run Hard Columbia Half Marathon, Columbia, SC – 3/2/2019 Ironman Florida 70.3, Haines City, FL – 4/14/2019 Tour de Camden metric century, Camden, SC – 5/4/2019 Ironman 70.3 Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN – 5/19/2019 Lake Murray […]

When you’re on the road or on the go a lot, it can get tough to eat healthily. My trick for staying healthy on the road is food prep, and some Amrita bars, of course 🙂 Energy balls are also great – perfect portion, tasty, and when you make them yourself, you know exactly what’s […]

Amrita Bars, where have you been all my life?? I discovered Amrita bars at a TriMarni triathlon camp in early 2018 and have been ordering them online ever since. Not only are they tasty, chewy (I have a thing for food texture), and well-portioned, they’re soy-free, gluten-free, plantbased (vegan), and made with REAL FOOD! In […]

I love me a smoothie. While I was researching recipes and information about going plantbased in early 2017, I noticed some kitchen equipment and foods that kept popping us as practically essential for living a healthy, vegan lifestyle. A Vitamix or other high-powered blender was a must, and we were lucky to get one as […]