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About The Everyday Athlete by Heidi Swift
Everyday Athlete is a labor of love produced by Heidi Swift, a Portland, Oregon resident (Seattle native), Portland Velo member and racer and long-time blogger with a penchant for adventure. When she’s not taking pictures or making pretty marketing for people, she’s running, cycling, hiking, softball-ing or bootcamp-ing.
Everyday Athlete is all about what it means to keep your body in motion and feel good doing it. It’s about carving out a space in the world to feel healthy, strong, fast, motivated, elated and inspired. It’s about fitness, sure, and hopefully you’ll find some really killer resources here, but it’s also about living big and following your passion.
It’s also about embracing local heroes (including yourself!) and taking the focus away from the big-name, overpaid, frequently disappointing professional athletes that we have been trained to look up to, admire, and emulate.
Be your own hero.
Run that illusive PR.
Set a goal and nail it.
Take control and start killin’ it.
You’re a superstar.