Blog — Page 21 of 48 — Bethany Rutledge

2017

Catching Up: On Turning 36 and #IM703WC

I can’t believe I’m actually 36. Does everyone say that? It was only the other day that I was celebrating my 5th birthday at Chuckie Cheese. That was the biggest parenting win, because I still remember it as being my absolute favorite birthday. Then I was 16, then 18, then 21. All birthdays that seem to take forever to arrive because you’re anticipating all the benefits. Then just as suddenly, I was 30 and thought “does this mean I have to be an adult now?” And even faster, I sped through the 30 – 34 age group and have arrived …

2017

Women’s Running Mag: I Put Racing On Hold To Pursue IVF Treatments

I was excited to share a little bit about my IVF journey with Women’s Running. Also, the reason why I won’t be racing at the IRONMAN World Championships this coming weekend. Check it out.

2017

Inside Tips to Rock IRONMAN Augusta 70.3

I enjoyed putting together this guide to IRONMAN Augusta 70.3. After all these years it’s still my favorite 70.3 How about you? I think I’ve done Augusta in some form or fashion basically every year except one year when we went to Chattanooga instead. I have crushed it, PR’d it, relayed it (pre- blog), and DNF’d it (apparently I didn’t want to document that with a race report)! It was also my very first 70.3 (pre- blog)! …read more Source: Energy Lab

2017

IVF Stories: How I felt after retrieving zero eggs

Here’s the short version of the update. Egg retrieval attempt #1 was a bust, and it was frustrating. Now we’re about to start round 2! IVF Stories: How I felt after retrieving zero eggs The upside of having little response to the stimulation meds is I felt pretty fantastic the whole time. Not like run-a-marathon fantastic but my brain felt sharp and I almost felt my hormones were balanced. I recovered super quickly from egg retrieval and was hiking/ jogging Jackrabbit Mountain with Bailey two days later (with RE’s blessing by the way). The downside being.. the reason I felt so …

2017

IVF Stories: What Does Good Look Like?

In any goal oriented activity, it’s important to ask yourself what good looks like. When I was in the corporate world, this was a huge buzz phrase, we were constantly studying the habits of successful salespeople to find behaviors we could emulate. The process continues when you start working for yourself and is amplified by even more decisions daily. Am I doing the right steps in fleshing out my book? Are we doing the right things to help Grit and Dirt reach a wider audience? Should I bug the editor on the status of my latest queries or would it …

2017

IVF Update and How Lance Screwed Up His Doping Protocol

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s been over a week since my last confession. 🙂 First of all I just want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has reached out thus far after my initial post about IVF. I was able to reconnect with people I haven’t spoken to or seen for many years, which was awesome. We also received a lot of support which we really appreciate. Also, a lot of questions! So far we’re a bit in to the stimulation stage where they basically pump you up full of hormones to hopefully make your body mature a bunch of eggs …