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| October 2008 |
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| May 2009 |
Hi, I’m Lea. I’m a wife, stay home mom to two boys (ages 3
and 5), and an endurance athlete. Endurance sports are what help to keep me
sane. I haven’t always been an athlete. In fact, aside from being on the crew
team for two years in high school I’ve pretty much been a couch potato. Fast
forward through college and two pregnancies and I found that I went from a size
8 to a size 16.
In 2009 I was miserable at a size 14/16 with two toddlers in
diapers to chase around and had a stressed marriage. In order to cope with the
stress I started walking. Every day I would put my boys in the stroller and I
would walk. One day I decided that I would try running. That lasted for about a
minute! However, over time I walked less and ran more. The weight was coming
off and I was feeling better. I started seeing a personal trainer and got even
better results. Things were looking up. Late in 2009 I got a flyer from Team in
Training in the mail. That led me to enter the endurance sports world in 2010
and I haven’t left.
It’s now nearing the end of 2011 and I have completed
several 5k and 10k races, 1 marathon, 2
half marathons, 2 olympic distance triathlons, 2 sprint distance triathlons,
and 1 ten mile trail race. I am back to a size 6/8 and feeling better than
ever. I am enjoying raising my boys and happy in my marriage.
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| June 2010 |
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| October 2011 |
So, what’s next? I’ve got a half marathon on the schedule
for December and then it’s on to half ironman training. I anticipate tough long
hours of training but also look forward to finding the strength within to push
myself further than I’ve been before. I hope you’ll follow along with me on my
next endeavor. I’m sure there will be ups and downs and at times will be very
unglamorous, but it’s going to be exciting!
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