Help I Need Your Votes!!

I'm entered in a Yurbuds Photo Contest: #Beyondthewall and I need your votes. The contest runs until June 4, 2012. The person with the most votes wins an all expensed paid trip to Kona, an "Ironman experience" and their photo posted in Time Square for 3 months. Go to the link at the bottom... click on it and find me. I am currently in the #4 position. Be sure to return each day to cast your vote... and please fell free to share the link with your friends. Once again.. many thanks!!




Please vote daily @www.facebook.com/... This is me deciding to finally push through my own insecurities regarding swimming and overcoming the negative feedback I had been getting from my Ironman coaches. I want to prove them wrong and finally prove to myself that I was capable of completing the 2.4 mile swim in the allotted time. This is me facing my fear and going #BEYONDTHE WALL... facing the cold and vast Pacific Ocean. I am now an IRONMAN!

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A New Adventure Ultra Training!!

Hi everyone! I know that it's been quite sometime since I've updated this blog. A lot has happen since my last entry. I believe I left off with the start of my training season for Death Ride and left it at that. The end result of that venture was successful. I...  along with you... together raised $4700.00 for blood cancer research!! Congratulations on helping me to meet my goal!


Regarding the event it's self... Death Ride... it is an event that I could never forget. Death Ride was it's own entity.  At a high elevation, a one-day, 130-mile ride with 15,000 feet of climbing and 5 mountain passes. My event day began at 4 am and ended at just shy of all 5 passes. Fighting unusually hot weather at 107 degrees and elevation sickness made for a very challenging day. Regardless of only being able to complete four passes of five.. I am very proud of what I have accomplished.


What happened after?  


After years of back to back training my body started to rebel on me. I could no longer sustain the energy that I did years prior. Reluctantly, I decided to take an entire year off from training. Reflecting back, it was one of the smartest decisions I've made. Now I am back in full force and rejoined Team In Training! Just this past January I signed up to do my very first ULTRA marathon! The event will be held August 25th, 2012. To read more about the details I will leave a link below. Of course.. I never train without thinking of utilizing my abilities to help others. Again I am raising funds for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. As always... your donations are tax deductible and 75%of all funds raised go directly to the Cause. So if possible.. would you consider joining me in my Cause and make a donation today?


Many thanks to all of you for both your past, present and future support!


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