06/18/2022 | Haleiwa Sprint Tri |
05/01/2022 | St. Anthony's Triathlon | |
04/10/2022 | Hawaii Hapalua Half Marathon | |
04/03/2022 | Lavaman | |
03/12/2022 | Northshore Tri | |
03/06/2022 | King's Runner 10k | |
12/12/2021 | Start to Park 10K | 1st AG |
11/20/2021 | MCBH Turkey Trot | 1st AG |
10/09/2021 | Army Ten Miler 2021 | |
09/11/2021 |
ITU Long Course World Championship
Race Recap |
13th AG |
06/05/2021 |
IRONMAN 70.3 Hawaii
Race Recap |
23rd AG |
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HONOLULU, Hawaii
Main Focus | Triathlon |
Post-Race Drink | Orange Juice |
Off-Day Activity | Getting a massage |
I short, I am a mother, a veteran, the spouse to an active duty soldier, a midwife, and also have a PhD. I am currently not working (unfortunately), so I try to keep busy with traveling. Another hobby of mine is photography. I volunteer for an organization called wear blue: run to remember. The purpose of this organization is to honor the service and sacrifice of the American military. I am fiercely protective of my patients even if they are no longer my patients. As a matter of fact, I am fiercely supportive of women rights (especially in Women's Health Care) in general. I also am that midwife that tells patients to go and work out. Nothing good ever came from sitting on a couch.
Every time I walk up to the bike trainer I am thinking why am I doing this to myself. Here we are, weeks into a pandemic, pools (rightfully so) closed, gyms (rightfully so) closed, and group activities severely limited. I was a runner with a really bad back. I needed long runs to manage my mental health. It also allowed me to have that piece of chocolate. Anyways, I decided I had to change something and turning to triathlon forced me to make a change and become a more complete athlete. That brings me to today. I can still run outside. I won't bike outside to avoid the (remote) possibility of a crash. Even though the local areas is not hard hit by COVID19 I will be darned to use of medical resources and potentially put my peers into an even worse situation. And I feel that years of work to become a swimmer are disintegrating. I may not be a swimmer, I may not ride outside, but I am still a runner and by just sticking with the program I managed to run my fastest mile in over 20 years and after a lot of work my back injury is finally under control. Those are my little sunny rays breaking through the clouds. I am a stronger today than I was yesterday, because of triathlons. Triathlon did that for me.