MY STORY: A Little Story About How my Love for Fitness Began

I have lived in beautiful “Surf City” Huntington Beach my entire life and LOVE it here! I am blessed to be a mother of four beautiful children. However, I noticed after my second child (9 lbs 4oz) my body did not recover as quickly as before. It may also have had something to do with eating candy bars everyday. I was unhappy, so I decided to do something. After purchasing an aerobics video and consistently working out for about a month, my body was back!

From then, I continued to do aerobic videos at home and soon joined a gym. Fitness became part of my daily life I for the most part participated in aerobics classes and after eight years, a friend who had been a Miss Fitness USA finalist (and had an amazing body) introduced me to the weight room. Like many women, I had stayed away from lifting because I was intimidated and did not want to “bulk up”. My friend generously shared her time and her knowledge and I began to see changes. I had discovered my arms and back became sculpted and defined, while my lower body became tight and toned.

For the next year, I spent the majority of my workouts in the weight room. I decided I needed to put cardio back into my regime. Thinking I was in great physical condition, I ran three miles my first time out. The following day, I literally could not walk. It was a week before I was able to run again. During that “off” time I did some homework. After some needed knowledge and less than three months, I ran my first 10K race. As soon as I crossed that finish line, I knew I wanted to run a marathon. Since then I have enjoyed competing in many 5K, 10K and Half marathons, and six Full marathons. I have also competed in about 18 Camp Pendleton Mud Run races; even placing 1st, five times.