For some reason about 9 years ago I lost site of my inner athlete. She was fairly young - I had only learned I had an inner athlete about a year proir - so maybe that’s why she got drown out... but whatever however whenever... I’m starting to hear her again. I actually spoke out loud to someone outside my family the fact that I want to do tris again. While thinking about that I pulled up my old blog and was reading some of the things my inner athlete wrote... and thought damn! Where did that girl go!? And then while pulling out some fabric from my sewing closet I found these stuffed in the back. I had kind of forgotten I even had them! So I pulled them out and I’ve put them in my workout room. As a reminder that I AM an athlete no matter my size or shape! I did my first tri (lavaman) at 240 lbs. but it wasn’t the race or my weight that made me an athlete. It was the commitment and belief in myself that I was going to show up and do my best no matter what.

So, today I commit to being an athlete. To kicking ass and taking names. To let letting my weight or speed (or lack there of) discourage me. To doing triathlons again - anyone in NorCal want to do one with me? I’m aiming for a sprint next summer.

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