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Celebrating 10 years of Going Big! 26.2 on 10/10/2020 is back ON!

Earlier this year I was cooking up an Awesome Adventure that was going to be amazing! Get ready for this...I had decided to do 10 marathons in 2020 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the first marathon of my athletic career...Portland Marathon on 10-10-10. I was 26 years old when I started Going BIG. That's right, it's been 10 years since my first Awesome Adventure and I wanted to celebrate!


That's when COVID hit. Not only did all of my scheduled races get cancelled, but I had to make a quick transition from in gym personal and group trainings to a 100% online training service in a matter of days to keep my business running and survive total lockdown. My mission pivoted from maintaining my own training to helping my members and clients stay in shape during the absolute epitome of great-excuse-to-quit-a-fitness-routine: a global pandemic.

I'm glad I'm an Ironmom and can make fast transitions. We successfully created a brand new branch of the Trunk Trainers Services, online membership, personal training and even an online 6 Week Course to teach a DIY version of a total fitness lifestyle transformation. We are helping more people than ever before and changing lives one mile at a time.

So now it's time to re-focus on my own fitness.

Here's the deal...owning a successful personal training business, having completed the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, HI, and juggling life two young boys, I can sometimes take my fitness for granted. I've always aired on the side of caution, played it safe, have been reasonable...but once in a while I get the idea to make a calculated risk and GO BIG!!

I like a challenge and need to grow, stretch and learn. So I've decided to try something I've never done before...a OYO marathon. You see, Portland Marathon was cancelled, buuuuuttttttt.....they have created an on your own version that makes it safe to race, even during COVID.

So I booked direct flights to and from Kona, will be staying with my parents in isolation except to run the race with them as my support crew, and then coming home and training my crew online while quarantining (unless a miracle happens and everything is safe by then), fulfilling my goal of celebrating my first marathon 10 years ago.

I've decided to race on 10-10-2020, the exact 10 year anniversary of my first marathon in Portland on 10-10-10. Other than the run, this will be an annual breakaway. That means it's a time to rest, recover, reflect and to get back to the roots of who I am on the most basic level. I'm so lucky to have a husband and team, clients and family to support me while I go do this, and I do not take for granted the opportunity and the arrangements that need to be made to make this dream a reality.

With this new inspiration, I've stepped up my training and feel soooooooo good! I did 8 miles a couple days ago, smooth as butter.

My body feels great. I know how to manage injuries and have a great team of fitness professionals if anything pops up. I have a life that is 100% conducive to this goal. I just need to take the leap to make it happen.

This journey will take me to Oregon, but it will also give me the ability to connect with places of my past and family. It will also allow me to set the example to my fit family and practice what I preach with our Be Elefit Program and 4 Pillars of a healthy lifestyle.

I invite you to follow along to! You can follow me on Facebook, Instagram or here in this blog (hit subscribe at the top of this page!) which I have resurrected to document my journey and hold myself accountable to my plan. The goal of Trunk Trainers and my personal mission is to inspire world fitness, one family at a time. Be inspired! 

Here I come Portland. Let's do this!


Xo,
Coach Kelsie, Your Average Ironmom

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