Kelly O'Mara

Kelly is a professional triathlete and reporter. You can learn more about her reporting and writing at kellydomara.com. This is her triathlon site, It’s Always Sunny Running. The title is ironic.

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Recent Races

I’ve Decided Not to Quit

So what now? What’s next? I didn’t really feel like saying anything more after Ironman Lake Placid because it sucked. I talked about why it sucked on the podcast, but if you lay out any more of the details of the sucking it starts to sound like you’re just making excuses and no one cares… Continue reading →

August 24, 2018August 24, 2018

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Sweden 70.3 and Finland 70.3 and Now I’m Home

Maybe the light is different in Europe. Maybe it’s the bathroom mirrors. But at one point during the two weeks in Finland and Sweden, during the blur of hotels and Airbnbs and rooms, I looked up and thought, “Man, I aged. I looked older.” That’s not a metaphor. That actually happened. There is this thing… Continue reading →

July 13, 2018July 14, 2018

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A Sorta Wildflower Race Report That’s Really a Life Report

After Wildflower I was going to write something about my race and how I had a therapy session for myself out on the run course, but then it was hard to explain and long and I never quite got to it and I started it and then I didn’t finish and now it’s ages ago… Continue reading →

May 17, 2018May 19, 2018

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What If I Forget How to Win?

Here is a list of some things that have happened since the end of the last triathlon season: I had that EP Study and procedure done to figure out what’s wrong with my heart I then had a bad reaction to it and started having atrial flutter episodes, like, all the time, which (in case you… Continue reading →

March 23, 2018March 23, 2018

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So I Ran 31 Miles

Last weekend I ran my first ultra, the Way Too Cool 50K, and I was going to write up a short blog post but then I wrote about the two lessons I learned for Wednesday’s newsletter instead, and then I thought I’d just like add some stuff here when photos come out, and then they… Continue reading →

March 11, 2018March 11, 2018

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Week 6: A Race Report-ish – Kaiser Half-Marathon

Thursday I had my final (sorta) follow-up appointment at Stanford. It was the shortest appointment ever. My doctor basically said, “Well, if you haven’t had any more heart episodes since early December, then I guess it’s back to normal. We still don’t know exactly why it came on so intensely, but fingers crossed it stays… Continue reading →

February 5, 2018February 4, 2018

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