The Healthy Giraffe is five years old! In some ways it seems like I have been at this for so long and other times it seems like yesterday. What is this you may ask? I wrote the purpose of The Healthy Giraffe just over five years ago… The Purpose is to provide resources, support and community in an effort to live a... Continue Reading →
Speedway and Trail Racing on the East Coast
This weekend was everything about a weekend I absolutely love! I spent time with great people, raced, and supported Lauren Nolan racing. Here I will share my experiences from a full of life weekend. The weekend was about two races. Saturday I raced Clash Endurance Daytona and Sunday, Lauren, raced the Guana Back to Nature... Continue Reading →
Great Experience at 2022 Duathlon National Championships
My most important race of the year was Saturday and it was everything I thought it was going to be. Here I share my experience at the 2022 USAT Duathlon National Championships in Irving, TX. It's quite the feeling leading up to the race, racing, and then the aftermath. I share a bit about each.... Continue Reading →
A Sick Race at Cocoa Beach
Sunday I competed in the Ron Jon Cocoa Beach Triathlon racing in the Sprint Duathlon. I caught my first sickness mid-week for the first time in 7ish years and was thankful it was on a taper week and weeks before Nationals. Here I share my experience from an awesome morning on the Space Coast. This... Continue Reading →
Pinellas County Giraffes Blow Through South Florida
Sunday marked my first solo duathlon since September as I raced the Olympic distance at the Las Olas Triathlon in Fort Lauderdale. Many times traveling for races I may not see many familiar faces including those I train with but on this day there were three of us from Pinellas County that ventured to Fort... Continue Reading →