Amara in Training

My stories of training & racing around the world

  • A Letter to My 30+ Year Old Self

    Tomorrow, you upgrade to your next triathlon age group: F 30-35! Your last decade was very interesting, wasn’t it? You finally got the big break in design that you’ve been looking for all of your life. Do… Read more

  • Choose Your Thoughts and Choose to Believe Them

    Before you start reading a post like this, you have to cue the music. (Here’s the link.) Don’t forget to turn up the speakers. I’ll wait. Every once in awhile, I’m reminded that life will throw you… Read more

  • What You Seek Is Seeking You

    I came across a saying the other week: “What you seek is seeking you.” There was a certain peace and comfort that I found in that phrase. For as long as I remember, I’ve been looking and… Read more

  • You Only Get To Be A Beginner Once

    There was a time in my life when I was enrolled in one of those 3-month programming schools. Right before I dropped out to take a full-time design job with Amazon, Jared Tame, my mentor at Bloc,… Read more

  • Keep Climbing and Fall Forward

    Well before I resume the hustle bustle of the workweek, I like to take a short bit of time to reflect on the things I’ve done, and the time that I’ve spent. They say that what you… Read more

  • 2704 miles + 448 hours = 2013

    So this year was an amazing year in many respects. I’ve traveled 2,704.9 miles in 448 hours. I somehow managed to hit some pretty great highs and some awful lows all in the span of twelve months.… Read more

  • Race Recap: 2013 HITS 70.3 Championship Palm Springs

    It is not everyday that you can say that you had a perfect race…but I had the most perfect race that anyone could have dreamed of! Mind you, a part of this journey included: a (minor) black… Read more

  • On Fear and Falling

    Ladies and gents, I am so happy right now. Like, bursting at the seams happy. So, finally after many months/years of this weird mental game of being scared of clipping in, I decided to give it a… Read more

  • Triathlon Is Not A Solitary Sport: Here’s 70.3 Miles of Dedications

    On the cusp of my first half Ironman race, I thought I’d take the time to do something I’ve been thinking about since my first marathon…I wanted to dedicate each mile of my race to someone important… Read more