A Little Bit About Me...

Every time I talk to my Triathlon Coach Valerie and I ask her how she is doing her response is "It's great to be me." The first time I heard that I was speechless, I have never heard anyone respond that way to me before. I always hear "I'm doing good" or "I'm ok" never "It's great to be me." I immediately thought to myself, I want to be able to say that and truly mean it one day. Fast forward a few months....

This past week has been a particularly good week for me. Work is finally getting back into normalcy, and whatever I had going on in my body last week is gone. I had one of those great moments during my training when I realized that I can do an 8 mile tempo/interval run at a fast pace (for me) and feel really good. And to top that off I taught a semi-private class and a workshop which both went so well. I was driving home after both of the classes and I realized that I was on such a high. It feels so good to know that I am helping people feel better in all aspects of their lives and I truly love the connection that I make with people through yoga.

This was also one of those weeks that I had about zero downtime, but in reality that is how most of my weeks are. I work about 50 hours a week, I am training for a Half Ironman so I put in a lot of time training, I teach at least 1 yoga class a week, plus my 4 hour trainings on Saturdays, oh yeah and I have a boyfriend, a family, a puppy and 2 cats that I try to spend time with as well. Most people look at me like I'm nuts when I tell them what my days consist of, getting up at 4am to train, working 10 hour days, 4 hour yoga training on Saturdays, sprint workouts, nutrition coaching, Half Ironman, etc...but I love it. I wouldn't change any of it, and I am happier now than I have ever been. The combination of yoga and triathlon has brought so much to my life, I feel so lucky to be living the life I have and now I have the ability to share it with others. I can now honestly say, "It's great to be me."