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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 […]

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It’s the end of December and we’re in full preparation mode for the 2019 season. This time of year is a lot of time on the trainer and building the foundation for the harder training to come. This month, the weather has not been cooperative so there have been many more hours spent on the […]

2018 was an exciting triathlon season for me. In late 2017, I decided that it was time to bite the bullet and hire a coach. After 7 seasons of triathlon, I realized that I’d taken myself as far as I could get on my own, and if I wanted to improve as an athlete, it […]

  Tri the Swamp Rabbit 2017 It is a sprint tri that takes place on the campus of Furman University. With such a great location, and the only SCTS race in July, it proves to be popular every year. This year was no different, with over 250 athletes lining up to take on the 250 […]

  Tri the Midlands 2017 We’re halfway through the South Carolina Triathlon Series season and to mark the occasion, athletes from across the state punish themselves on the Tri the Midlands course in Lake Carolina in Columbia. I consider this my “hometown” race as it’s only 16 miles from my house and I ride these […]

  Middle Tyger YMCA Triathlon 2017 Fiona Martin represented the FGM team at the Middle Tyger YMCA sprint triathlon on June 3, 2017. This was the first time I had done this tri and I was looking forward to a nice sprint triathlon after 3 weeks away from racing. The Middle Tyger YMCA is in […]