Guest Blogger

My name is Kim and I am not a natural athlete. I was forced to play sports growing up and I was terrible. And terrible is probably an understatement. In middle school I finally got a rebound during one of the few times they let me off the bench in basketball, and I was so excited I took the ball down for a layup AT THE WRONG GOAL. Luckily I was terrible and missed, but it was . . .

I started running in 2013 when I had the bright idea of competing in (or at least completing) a Sprint Length Triathlon. I did not run at all, I never had, nor did I swim or bicycle for fitness or fun. SO, I decided to take a No Boundaries class through Fleet Feet, I took several Masters Swim classes at the YMCA, and I bought a really nice road bicycle and started to ride outside. I didn't love running after finishing NOBO, in fact . . .

The title may be a bit of hyperbole, but meeting this majestic alpaca and his friends at the DC zoo in 2009 did actually have a profound impact on me. More specifically, a cow named Tulip was the most remarkable friend I made . . .

The title may be a bit of hyperbole, but meeting this majestic alpaca and his friends at the DC zoo in 2009 did actually have a profound impact on me. More specifically, a cow named Tulip was the most remarkable friend I made . . .