Last year Ryan planted a seed. He started talking about me running a marathon. Kind of ironic really since he doesn’t run marathons right now. However, I ended up training for the OKC Memorial Marathon 2011 for my first marathon. I wanted to go under 4 hours and I accomplished a 3:58. This year I […]
Supporting Your Spouse…Even if That Means 4:15 Mornings
About 5 days into our relationship Ryan shared his dream and goal to become a professional triathlete while doing some motivational speaking on the side. When he told me what he wanted to accomplish, at that moment I thought that was a big order to fill. I have witnessed his efforts of training on […]
Motivational Running Quotes…Actually Motivational Quotes about Life in General
Ryan has been encouraging and aided in my learning since the beginning. When Ryan and I were first dating he recommended a book to be titled, “The Slight Edge” by Jeff Olson. Soon thereafter I had a copy of it in my hand. I continued to turn page after page being inspired by the great […]
The First Race as His Wife
Yesterday was the first race of Ryan’s that I attended as his wife! (He placed 2nd overall- woot woot!) It felt a little different although I can’t really explain it. I guess some people look at “girlfriend” as short term, but “wife” is looked at more long term. So when I was introduced as Ryan’s […]