About

Here's my story:

I ran a bit in the '90s for fun, did a few 5k's and my longest race was a 15k in 1996. Then for no excusable reason, I stopped running and exercising all together. I put on about 40 lbs and went up 4 sizes.

After finally being sick and tired of being sick and tired, I started running again and my first race back was a 15K in 2/2009. I ran my first Half Marathon in 11/2009 and one year from the date of that 15K in 2009, I completed my first Full Marathon. I was then back to a healthy size. Since then, I've completed a total of 12 Marathons, 170+ Half Marathons, a Triathlon and a Figure Competition.

When I started, I didn't know anyone to ask about running, so I fumbled my way through learning the ropes and didn’t like it one bit! So I wanted to provide help to others starting out. In April 2011 I coached my first group to complete their first Half Marathon at Iron Girl Clearwater; the group members were all friends of mine. I enjoyed it so much, I started doing more and I love it! I've since coached over 1,000 people to their goals from age 18 to 80! I take great pleasure in helping others achieve a goal!

• National Coach for the Black Girls RUN! organization
• Professional Pacer with marathonpacing.com
• Coach Mentor with the organization, Game Changers (www.vcpm.com)
• Boston Marathon Qualifier and Finisher

Whether it's for your first or best race, I hope you'll choose me as your coach and be part of a Training In Action! I would love to be a part of your journey! Contact me and let's schedule a free Zoom to find out if we're a good match for each other!