About

In April 2014, I was driving my hour+ commute home from San Jose to Gilroy in Bay Area traffic, after working a nearly 10 hour day. I needed to make it to the daycare center by 6pm to pick up our four girls, ages 4, 2, and 6 month old twins. I was exhausted, but it's when I get home that the work actually began. I had everything I ever wanted, except seemingly myself. I was stressed, overwhelmed, exhausted, and something needed to change. I needed to start running again. It wasn't a matter of whether I had time to run, but that I had to make time to run.

I accepted the notion that I might never be as good as my Division I All-American 800m self, and that would have to be okay. I hadn’t trained for a race in over 10 years. Things were different now. I had different responsibilities and priorities, but I could still enjoy running like I used to - and I could still feel fulfilled and accomplished by setting new goals. I decided to set a goal of training to run a half marathon. So I picked up my girls, went home, fed them and put them to bed. And that night, I dug out a very old pair of running shoes and went for a 3 mile run. And it was hard, and it sucked, and I was really slow. But when I was done, I felt awesome. And I decided I would do it again tomorrow.

Since that day in 2014, I started training and steadily improved year after year. After being 4th at the Marine Corps Marathon in 2016, I went on to win the Marine Corps Marathon in 2017 and qualify for the 2020 Olympic Marathon Trials later that year. I then turned to triathlon in 2019 after a training injury kept me from running, and earned 2nd Place at the 70.3 World Championships before turning Pro in triathlon. After running in the Olympic Marathon Trials this year, my goals are to earn a spot to the 2020 70.3 World Championships and compete in the full Ironman distance and earn a spot to Kona.

I now train as an elite runner and pro triathlete, while coaching full-time under McKirdy Trained. I live with my husband and four girls in Dayton, Ohio.