As triathletes, especially professionals, we tend to define ourselves by our results. The races become the focal point to examine if we are headed in the right or wrong direction. Better results ultimately conclude progress. While this is certainly true in the athletic sense, I take a look back and Read more…
A few weeks before reporting to West Point with some fellow Houstonians I was talking to someone recently about #metoo and there was a sort of a laugh and a shrug of indifference, “Yeah, well who has this not happen to?” I found myself immediately getting defensive. The idea that Read more…
Let’s not sugar coat it: 2017 started off kind of rough. Okay, it’s sucked. It didn’t just suck, it royally sucked. January began with a double outer and inner ear infection forcing me out of Chile. I remained optimistic, maybe it was time to take some extra rest after a Read more…
Photo: Scott Flathouse I’ve been down to Texas twice this year to race. I kicked my racing off at the Texas 70.3 in Galveston. The short version was my swim was off–way off–like “what-was-I-doing-out-there?” off. All I can come up with is was the first race of the year, I Read more…
How many full circle moments do you get in life? Or how many do you get that make such a profound impact it changes your entire perception on life? I can’t imagine that we get that many, so when one comes I try to hold on to it for as Read more…
My incredible sponsor Coeur Sports (check out coeursports.com) wrote me and asked to write a blog on Memorial Day. Of course the motto of Coeur is heart and courage. At first I wasn’t sure which way to run with it. Memorial Day conjures up so many meanings to me it can Read more…
I sat on the pier waiting for the Ironman World Championships to start. The professional men took off and then the professional women lined up waiting for their cannon. A woman that came to Kona to watch a mutual friend race turned to me and asked, “Why are there less Read more…
So I’m sitting on a plane on my way to Kona and I fully intended to zone out and watch The Mindy Project and be completely unproductive for the next 10 hours. But somehow the DVD isn’t registering and now I’m looking to pass the time, and my travel companions Read more…
I’m sitting on a plane again so I figured it would be a good time to write my race report from Galveston or Ironman Texas 70.3. I wrote a report for Oceanside 70.3 but in typical Jessica fashion I never seemed to get around to publishing it! Rather than bore Read more…
I wanted to give an update before race season kicks off shortly in Oceanside in a few weeks. And with my writing habits, once I start racing who knows when I’ll actually blog again?! Indeed one of my goals this year is to not neglect my blog as I have Read more…