Showing up…

Tara — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:59:13 +0000

I’ve stared at my computer and cried for about 10 minutes trying to get my thoughts together in enough of a cohesive manner to string sentences together then hit “publish”. Every time I’ve sat down and opened my laptop, I’ve promptly stood up and found myself finding other things to do.

Things are up and running.

More figuratively than literally speaking.

I’m taking a long deep breath (remember that “practice breathing” I talked about in the last post?) and sending out a heart felt thank you to my friend Nicole (“Nugget”) who after reading that last blog post so graciously [...]

Ready, Set….B.R.E.A.T.H.E

Tara — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:05:16 +0000

Seriously, this is my mantra right now…

(Mostly the BREATHE part)

Life knows how to get hectic and it knows how to do it like a BOSS.

Blog posts are coming fewer and farther in between and right now non-existent over at TheHDD. 24 hours in the [...]

Bricks: building an emotional foundation.

Tara — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:15:42 +0000

If you know anything about training for a triathlon, you know that “bricking” plays an integral part of that training. For me it’s most important that I work on my transition from bike to run. The swim and run, for me, are the two strongest events. It’s the bike that has me freaked out and [...]

Don’t Hide…

Tara — Thu, 02 May 2013 12:33:57 +0000

Before I get into this blog post I would just like to emphasis this isn’t directed at anyone in particular. I try not to point fingers unless it’s absolutely necessary (and in the history of alifechangingjourney it’s only happened once). Many people are going to read this and immediately think to themselves:

37 miles to hit a wall…

Tara — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:52:54 +0000

Normally I peruse the interwebs for some kind of picture to put at the beginning of every post. Don’t ask why cause I don’t know. I guess I feel like it makes the post more readable or breaks up the monotony of thousands of words coming together and sometimes causing your eyes to [...]

Oh hey there…(Tommie Copper Giveaway)

Tara — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:35:07 +0000

Okay so here it is Sunday.

My last post was a week ago.

Not because I haven’t had anything to say

In fact I’ve had quite a bit to say.

Before I get into my rant (but in a good way…sort of), I have a Tommie Copper [...]

35-40 hours per week….

Tara — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:10:54 +0000

This could very well be one of my most favorite blog pictures I’ve used to start the beginning of a blog post in a long time. The last week or so has been a beautiful chaotic mess whirlwind of last minute road trips, crossing the border, sitting in offices waiting for my very [...]

And Cut….

Tara — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:44:16 +0000

And just like that the immigration process is over.

18 long months we’ve been shuffling papers, paying fees and waiting….

And waiting….

And waiting…

Over a year of running to the mailbox hoping for some silver lining and only finding letters of such and such [...]

Half Ironman Training week 1.

Tara — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:01:26 +0000

I don’t spend too much time blogging about my training for races nor do I spend too much time writing about the “hum drum” of my everyday ordinary life (though it is far from ordinary considering). This blog is much more woven with words of emotional work I do to change my life [...]