This month's Healthy Giraffe Event returned to the condo with a theme of John Joseph who I blogged about last week. The theme consisted of making John's Vegan Teriyaki Chick'n Burritos and viewing an episode of Munchies featuring John. We facilitated the event in reverse order this time preparing John's burrito first, then watching the... Continue Reading →
My Best Damn Race – Part 1
Yesterday I achieved my single goal for this run season at The Best Damn Race in Safety Harbor. Since October 22, the day after my last triathlon race of the year at Ironman North Carolina, I've had a picture posted to my wall with the time, 18:59, a quote from legendary runner Steve Prefontaine and... Continue Reading →
My Best Damn Race – Part 2
What an amazing day at this year's Best Damn Race Safety Harbor! Pre-Race As mentioned at the end of Part 1, I went on my pre-race warm up and my quads didn't feel great. "Did I burn them up on my pre-race run yesterday going to fast?" Quickly, I mentally referenced Olaniyi Sobomehin, Chris Hauth,... Continue Reading →
The Healthy Giraffe – 1st Event Was Cheesy
Wow, what a great time at the first Healthy Giraffe event with some great people! Everyone brought a healthy food/treat and we then had our tasks ahead of us. First up for us was making a Mac & Cheese dish out of Julia Piatt's book, This Cheese is Nuts. A few of the ingredients that... Continue Reading →
The Healthy Giraffe Event – January 13
In the first gathering at the Giraffe's Den, we will cook Mac & Cheese, share potluck dinner mains, sides and desserts and make no bake Oreo Cookies. If you would like to make something else while we are here we can do that too. If you are interested in attending please click on The Healthy... Continue Reading →


