Mannozzi rounding his final turn to the finish. ( Photo courtesy of Army Guard unit Florida Hurricanes) By my twenty-third kilometer, I was reduced to a brisk walk across the gravel, rock and sandy terrain that was the back half
Well, this race was very different than my last race in California. It was my first time traveling internationally since Covid. I was headed to Slovakia, but because of travel restrictions there are only very select groups of people allowed to travel
A friend asked me if I as an athlete would share my thoughts on 1 Corinthians 9 for a Bible study group that she is leading. I have been contemplating that passage a lot these last few months, especially the
It has taken me a bit to unpack this last race, my first race since covid cancelled my regular season. My only other race this year was in January, and there were some difficult situations surrounding that event that I didn’t
Here it goes, throwback to the USATF 2017 Outdoor Nationals. I was traveling to Sacramento, CA, to compete in the 20km race walk. I had done my first 50km race earlier that year, a race I almost didn’t do because I strained
So much has changed over the last few weeks, it is hard to know where to start. For those following my race walking, I was selected in February to compete on the US National Team at the World Race Walking
Last month I had the opportunity to take my 8 year-old daughter, Annalie, to Santee, CA for the US 50 Kilometer Race Walk National Championships. In an ideal world I would love to have my whole family, especially my husband,
Kind of late in the game for a new blog, but I wasn’t very active on my “Road to Ocho +1” blog so I thought I’d give this a whirl. I really like the concept behind AthleteBiz and have been
by Katie Burnett In November of 2008 I wasn’t doing a whole lot of anything. I was barely motivated to do my schoolwork, sat around a lot of the day, watched my friends play video games, hardly picking up a
Having just returned from China a week ago, I was thinking back to the first time I returned from China; it’s a spooky tale, just in time for Halloween. It was May 14th, 2014, midweek. I had returned from a