My first Ironman 70.3 – Before (1)

That's Mirinda Carfrae, the female winner of the Ironman World Championships 2010. I put the #102 on her arm! I signed up for the Memorial Hermann Ironman 70.3 (half) Galveston for three reasons. I did it because I had the experience of a lifetime while volunteering at the 2010 Ironman World Championship in Kona–body marked both winners and lived a dream by finally being a helper at race.  I signed up for the half because the inaugural Memorial Hermann Ironman Texas... Read More

“Are you flexible? Can you bend?”

I just finished the Bikram Yoga 60-Day Challenge. I attended Boot Camp for Goddesses as a gift to myself for my 40th birthday.  It was expensive but I considered myself fortunate when I learned how many of the other attendees flew in from all over the United States.  Heck, my husband dropped me off and was back home in less than half an hour!  The camp was run by a very beautiful and dynamic woman named Sierra Bender. I’d never met anyone like her.  She was so graceful... Read More

Kinaya Ulbrich writes of her experience with the Bikram 60 Day Challenge

Completing the Bikram 60 Day Challenge changed me. Yahoo! My post was placed in the BYD Newsletter! I’m excited! Here it is: I have avoided blogging about my yoga challenge experience because I have not wanted to accept that it’s over! Yes, it’s over! It was difficult, time-consuming, incessant, constant–and wonderful. I have never made a commitment like this ever. I did something wonderful for my body every single day for 60 days and although the grind... Read More