1531 My Strength Is My Story with Meredith Atwood

Have you ever tried something so drastic that it actually
worked? Meredith Atwood, a recovering attorney who had never run
a mile in her life, made the decision to become a
triathlete.


Meredith Atwood is a wife of 18 years and mother to their two
children.


She is a four-time IRONMAN triathlete. Meredith is also the host
of "The Same 24 Hours Podcast", and a writer for the Triathlete
Magazine and Women's Running.


In 2010, she started writing about her journey on her SwimBikeMom
blog. Over 2.5 million words later, Meredith is now an author.
"When you know better, you do better.” ~ Meredith
Atwood

Connect with Meredith Atwood


BOOK: Triathlete for Every Woman


Podcast: The Same 24 Hours Podcast


 


Enjoy the multitude of topics discussed including the tribe of
misfits, motherhood, Olympic Weightlifting, and addiction.


Law school

Coffee

Take care of myself

Strong little girl

Loneliness

Childhood & diets

Olympic weightlifting

Tribe of misfits

The Expert

Triathlete accident

Wasted potential

Who am I?

I was alive!

Motherhood

Regret

SwimBikeMom Blog

Goals

Excuses

Naysayers

3-Tier System

Self Love

Triathlon

Parenting

Body Image

Best Races

Habit of quitting

Annie Grace, The Naked Mind

Addiction

Alcohol

Grateful Sobriety Facebook Group

The tree

Sobriety

Faith

Failure



 


Connect with Meredith Atwood


BOOK: Triathlete for Every Woman


Podcast: The Same 24 Hours Podcast
"You learn from those horrible moments what you're made
of." ~ Meredith Atwood

#MyStrengthIsMyStory #CreateYourNow #TriathlonfortheEveryWoman


 


Quotes and statements within the interview:


"Really simple things bring me joy."


"And I was a fat little thing."


"It was weird to lift weights in 1993."
"I think that's the breakdown in a lot of relationships
and reality. People aren't honest."

"Today is the first day of the rest of your life." (Spinning
instructor)


"I cried."
"I am forever changed. This is AMAZING!!"

"The people closest to us sometimes are the worst, because they
see all the struggles."


"I advocate telling people about your next goal."


"The first time I did a triathlon, I knew I wanted to do an
IRONMAN."
"Other people are not your problem."

"We want to change because we're in some sort of pain, or
suffering in some way."


"But what is going to happen if you don't change?"
"Triathlon can be short."

"The indoor triathlon is magic, because all the things that you
want to use for excuses, they do away with."


"If you want to raise fit children, you better get your own butt
in gear."


"If you've got daughters, like they cannot see you hide your
body."
"I work really hard for this crappy-looking
body."

"The glory was gone."


"I couldn't come up with a real reason to tell my children."
"My rock bottom came because nothing happened, but I
realized that I would be dead in a year."

"I just quit."


"I did my IRONMANs as a drinker."


"My life has really blossomed and exploded in the last three
years as a sober person."
"I truly believe in the power of prayer and
God."

"Life is a failure battleground."


"And I don't think I'm scared of failing, because I've really
failed a lot."


 


What has your story gifted you?


I'm not alone.



"I know my struggles are not unique to me."


"By telling my story and living in my truth and standing in my
truth, I have learned that we all have the same struggles."


"The gift of my life has been telling my embarrassing and hard
things."


 


Resources mentioned in the episode:



Connect with Meredith Atwood


BOOK: Triathlete for Every Woman


Podcast: The Same 24 Hours Podcast


Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/swimbikemom/


Twitter: https://twitter.com/SwimBikeMom


Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SwimBikeMom



 
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