My Active Adventures

For a long time now, I've relied on other people for my training schedule and plans. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, but it's important to not lose the ability to drive and push yourself. For my last few years in KC, my training was dominated by group runs with the Olathe Running Club, the Trail Nerds, and the Trail Hawks. When I moved to Pensacola, it was events with Team RWB and Running Wild that dictated my schedule and training. Then for the last 2 1/2 years, it's been the schedule and programming at Anthem CrossFit. All of those were extremely good for me, and I'm SO very grateful to all of these organizations and the people involved with them for the positives that they have added to my life. I've accomplished things I never dreamed of thanks to all of them, and learned things that I never knew I didn't know. The down side being that I lost my ability to rely on myself for training plans, scheduling my workouts, and keeping myself on track f

Well, hello there! It's been about two years since I last posted in this blog, but changes are coming and I wanted to dust the blog off and start using this as a place to share this journey with people again. Change isn't always what you want or what you expect, but if you have the right attitude, it can be good for you. That's what I'm planning for. I'll get more into that later. I want to start by filling you in on what I've been up to over the last couple of years that I've been away from the blog, then I'll get into what is changing, why, and where I want that change to take me. I hope you enjoy following my journey. Over the last two years, I've largely been focused on CrossFit. I LOVE IT! I've been a member at Anthem CrossFit in Pensacola, FL since 11/30/15, and it's been amazing. I've learned a lot, had a lot of fun, and made so many amazing friends there. I've discovered a love of the CrossFit methodology, and I