Pink Chase - 25 Days of Giving: Day 11 — by Birdie on

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Super quick post because the deadline for donations to team "Bunnies for Boobies" is midnight!! Ski vert to raise money to fund Br...

Pedal against Poverty - 25 Days of Giving: Day 9 — by Birdie on

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Today's non-profit brings together two things close to my heart... cycling and micro finance. What? Micro-Finance? What is that?!?! micr...

Southface - 25 Days of Giving: Day 8 — by Birdie on

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Today's organization was brought to my attention by one of the folks that works with the group. With everything going on in Cophenhagen...

The Rally Foundation - 25 Days of Giving: Day 7 — by Birdie on

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Wow! This is a very cool organization that was brought to my attention through the folks from Getting 2 Tri. I am so loving this project, so...

Georgia Organic - 25 Days of Giving: Day 6 — by Birdie on

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I know that there is a lot of debate out there around buying organic food and if it is actually healthier than "regular" food. Lo...

Hole in the Wall Gang - 25 Days of Giving: Day 4 — by Birdie on

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Cancer. It is no longer the death sentence it once was, but we still haven't found a cure and the fight to survive it, remains a life c...

Medals 4 Mettle - 25 Days of Giving:Day 3 — by Birdie on

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Here we go!! Day 3! First of all a big thanks to James for the following suggestion! I had heard of this group before, but I'm not su...

Getting 2 Tri - 25 Days of Giving: Day2 — by Birdie on

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Today's organization is Getting 2 Tri - a group based here in Atlanta! http://www.getting2tri.org/ From their website: "The Getting...

Advent Calendar of Giving: Dec 1st — by Birdie on

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We all know that there is no shortage of good, nay, amazing causes to give our time and/or money to during the holiday season. I always feel...

Silver Comet Half Marathon — by Birdie on

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Silver Comet Half Marathon - 10/31/09 So I got roped into doing a half marathon by Kate . This is not normally something I would come up wi...

The Meadow Mile - Race Report — by Birdie on

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Have to post this here, because this had to be m favorite "race" of the year! Jason's school has a mile run every year on thei...

Lake Lanier Islands Sprint Tri - Race Report — by Birdie on

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Ahh, the end of the season. There is something about the last race of the season... One of the best parts of this race was seeing Kate roc...

Application Denied! — by Birdie on

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I just received word my application for Mother of the Year was denied; although it apparently caused some individuals on the review board to...

Tugaloo Oly Race Report — by Birdie on

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There are some days when you discover that yes, it just might be worth all the craziness... but first things first, as I write this I am cel...

Last week my mind, this week my legs... — by Birdie on

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Well I got through my "weak mind" week... but on Saturday the legs stopped coming to the party. Argh! My bike felt awful... could...

Accidental Workout — by Birdie on

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Okay, this is really weird... Jason just left with daddy for school, and AJ is still sleeping... I am in the house with time to myself befor...

The ID is winning — by Birdie on

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Thank goodness for Freud and his funny name for that little "devil" voice in our head... the Id, the one that says: "mmmm, ch...

Head in the game — by Birdie on

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"I've lost the edge, I'm sorry sir." - Cougar Top Gun This week has been really tough for me mentally. I've been gett...

Running and biking with road rash — by Birdie on

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I've discovered why the treatment for road rash included the statement keep moist while healing; dried wound doesn't bend very well....

late but not too late — by Birdie on

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I was able to get my swim in during the day, but that still let a track workout for the evening... Got out of the house as fast as possible ...

Gotta stop the late night — by Birdie on

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Once again I didn't get to my workouts until 9 pm last night... I either have to stop working out so late OR eat better... Probably have...

The dangers of running at night — by Birdie on

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Usually I worry about safety when I run at night... As in, I don't want anyone jumping out and grabbing me from somewhere in the dark......

Intervals at the track at nine — by Birdie on

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Today's run workout; track intervals; they had to wait until 9 pm. Headlamp required. Tweets from yesterday: # Important for folks buyin...

Confessions of a triathlete mommy — by Birdie on

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The following had been in my "draft" posts for a bit... just been adding to it while I think of stuff... I haven't been postin...

Mistletoe Sprint - Race Report — by Birdie on

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Ahhh, I feel sooooo much better now! I am officially a triathlete again! Whew! Completed Mistletoe Sprint on Saturday, July 25th - two day...

Mistletoe Sprint - Tri the Parks Race Series — by Birdie on

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I finished my first triathlon since the birth of AJ today! It was a great race, I was very happy with the way I raced. Ended up 2nd in AG ...

Ooh my first race report as a mommy of two!!! - Possum Trot 10k — by Birdie on

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It felt like it would never get here, but I finally raced again... after, and this is no joke, 2 years off. My last race (if you could call...

totally random but very funny — by Birdie on

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Andy Samberg : cool guys don't look at explosions MTV Shows

ahhh, recovery! — by Birdie on

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So I'm recovering from my long run, feeling better every day! This is important because this is the first week of my plan from my new c...

The 10% Rule - I really should know better — by Birdie on

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On Sunday I accomplished my longest run since giving birth to AJ... a nice 1.5 hour run (about 10 miles) with my good friend Michelle. Typi...

Mothers day love smoothies — by Birdie on

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A new combo bannana mango orange with yogurt!! They didn't last long enough to get a picture! Happy mothers day to all!!!

Competitive: nurture or nature? — by Birdie on

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Working on yoga breathing with Jason at night to help him calm down before bed. I wanted him to slow his breathing down; conversation went ...

Funny thing called food — by Birdie on

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I make sure the boys are fed before I go to the gym, how do I keep forgetting to feed myself?!?! After a great Monday workout, today was the...

Swim/Run today — by Birdie on

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Today was a good day! Got to the gym and headed to the pool after dropping the kiddos off at the kid center... as an aside, Jason in true t...

Yes — by Birdie on

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I was researching Gluten Free diets and came across this post... Yes. - Gluten Free Girl one of the best things I've read online. She i...

First Race of the Season - Mission Aborted! Yuck! — by Birdie on

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So, I was supposed to race this past Saturday... I didn't... no injuries... I was ready to race, but family comes before racing and on ...

Hitting a light post on the road to fitness — by Birdie on

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Quite literally! It was a rainy day in March and I was attempting to find a spot closer to the front door of the gym because I didn't w...

On the road to fitness — by Birdie on

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We've gotten into a routine at our house... amazingly it's helping everyone. Jason is thriving on having a routine, here I was thin...

Feeling good at the end of a big first week — by Birdie on

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The first week back at it, we had M, W, F 1 hour "boot camp" workouts. Wednesday I added a 30 min run after the boot camp, then m...

Boot Camp Day #2 — by Birdie on

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Today's workout was some more circuit training. Still sore from Monday but getting better at the agility stuff. I got a naughty note a...

First full week of the year do-over — by Birdie on

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Day one of the do-over and we successfully made it to the gym! Due to a car seat "situation" I was 10 min late for class and true...

Square Peg Round Hole — by Birdie on

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square peg = The things I want to do round hole = The reality of my life I spent the week trying to smash the square peg into the round hole...